“In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information. The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world, it is the confusion of how to think, feel, digest, and react to what goes on.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsEyeAgeFearTechnologyInformationGoes OnAmountConstantStormAccessConfusionOverwhelmedBasketsOverflowEye Of The Storm Book:Venus in Arms Source: Venus in Arms
“I think it’s important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here is only a tiny slice out of the massive amount of operation that goes on around the world.” ThinkingWorldImportantFactsForgetGoes OnAmountHollywoodTinyAround The WorldOperationsCinemaMassiveFilmmaking Author:Mike Leigh
“There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament gospel of salvation than the fact that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret it to mean that it really amounts to this–that because you are saved by grace alone it does not matter at all what you do, that you can go on sinning as much as you like because it will abound all the more to the glory of grace. That is a very good test of gospel preaching. If my preaching and presentation of the gospel of salvation does not expose it to that misunderstanding, then it is not the gospel.” PeopleIfsMenMeanDoeMatterFactsMightGraceGoes OnAmountGloryTestsSalvationVery GoodSavedPreachingTestamentMisunderstandingNew TestamentPresentationSinningSaved By Grace Author:Martyn
“I have a limitless amount of great music at my disposal and it's very, very pleasurable because when the music goes on the film it's amazing how much it livens up the film and gives it an emotional kick in the pants, sort of.” GivingFilmEmotionalGoes OnAmountKicksPantsLimitlessGreat Music Author:Woody Allen
“It is almost impossible for anyone outside this damn beltway to really understand how the Congress works. If you aren't here, walking the halls of Congress, sitting at bars and attending parties where you get to knock back some brews with Hill staffers, you don't have a handle on the almost numbing amount of bullshit that goes on.” IfsPartyImpossibleGoes OnAmountInternetWalkingSittingCongressBarsHandleHillsDamnHallsFree SpeechBullshitAttendingNumbing Author:Brock N. Meeks
“The ending of my experience with cocaine came in a periodic way. I would get high less frequently, I would use smaller amounts, and I would do coke for less periods of time. And that process just kept increasing and increasing until I wasn't using it at all. I didn't go on a program anywhere. I didn't join an organization or detox anywhere. I just slowly tapered off until it was gone. That was also true of my heavy pot use. I just tapered off until there was almost no use at all. And the same thing was true of drinking tons of beer.” WayUseProcessGoneGoes OnAmountPeriodsProgramOrganizationDrinkingHeavyBeerPotCocaineCokeGetting High Author:George Carlin
“A certain amount of housekeeping also goes on in my poems. I wash doorknobs, do dishes, mop floors, patch carpets, cook.” CertainGoes OnAmountCooksDishesCarpetPatchesHousekeeping Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I see everything visually. It's very visual for me. And so I think, from a plotting standpoint or what have you, there's obviously a certain amount of internal thinking that goes on in a novel (that) you can't do...in a screenplay. But I think, pacing wise, my novels move quickly because (they aren't overly) descriptive.” ThinkingMovingCertainNovelWiseGoes OnAmountVisualsInternalsScreenplaysStandpointPacing Author:Michael Landon, Jr.
“There's no comparison between the most precious parts of one's personal life and success and wealth. If you lost someone near and dear to you, you can't relate it to any amount of fame, fortune and luxury. You just have to go on living.” IfsLostWealthGoes OnAmountFameFortuneDearLuxuryRelateComparisonPersonal LifeLost Someone Author:Robert Plant
“One of the things I've realized in my decades on this planet is that the world goes on no matter what, and if we are to survive with any amount of grace we all need little oases of tranquility and sanity in our lives. For me, an evening of wine in good company is just such a place.” IfsWorldNeedsLittlesMatterCompanyGraceOur LivesPlanetsGoes OnAmountNo Matter WhatWineDecadesEveningSanityTranquilityGood CompanyOasis Author:Dave Chambers
“Stupid things like that which I never took into consideration – that I never thought about before like "Oh, maybe I'm hindering my singing by drinking all this amount before I go on stage. Maybe it's making me not project my voice properly."” VoiceStageStupidGoes OnAmountProjectsSingingDrinkingConsiderationStupid Things Author:Ladyhawke
“You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on [social media] that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on.” FeelsAgeSocialMediaGoes OnAmountLuckySocial MediaIntenseBullyingNegativity Author:Natalie Portman
“I only made x amount of albums in 20 years and to still be living comfortably. A lot of people and friends look at me and be like yo Ra how do you do it? You don't go on tour every year and you don't make an album every year, you chill with your family and watch TV. Everyone else is out on tour getting that money. But I managed to do my thing right with the help of my accountant and I'm still comfortable.” PeopleYearsLooksMadeStillsHelpingWatchesTvsGoes OnAmountComfortableAlbumsOur FamilyLook At MeChillAccountantsLiving Comfortably Author:Rakim
“I often think that the reason capitalism hasn't completely destroyed everything is that a huge amount of anti-capitalist endeavor goes on, from labors of love, nurture, friendship, and barter to gift economies and different kinds of exchanges, not just one alternate model but a whole host of other ways in which we engage with each other and with the world that aren't financial and debt-based.” ThinkingWorldWayKindDifferentReasonWholeEconomyHugeGoes OnAmountModelsCapitalismLaborFinancialDebtDestroyedJust OneEndeavorHostCapitalistDifferent KindsNurtureLabor Of Love Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Here's the thing: If you're monitoring every single thing that goes on in a given culture, if you have all the information that is there to be had, then that is the equivalent of having none of it. How are you going to process that amount of information?” IfsCultureGivenProcessInformationGoes OnAmountMonitoring Author:Alan Moore
“I don't watch much telly, the telly hardly goes on, but the things I do watch are sort of nature programs, and something about the oceans and the amount of weird fish that's in there.” WatchesGoes OnAmountOceanProgramFishes Author:Karl Pilkington
“A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.” PeopleMiddleInformationHugeGoes OnAmountEastFedsMiddle East Author:Jimmy Wales