“The tragedy is that many of us are living desperate Christian life. Sunday comes and we get some strength, and then we lose some on Monday; a good deal is gone by Tuesday and we wonder whether we have anything left. On Wednesday it has all gone and then we exist. Or perhaps refreshment comes in some other way, some meeting we attend, some friends we meet. Now that is the old order of things, that is not the new. He puts a well within us. We are not always drawing from somewhere outside. The well, the spring, goes on springing up from within into everlasting life.” WayWellsChristianOrderLeftLosesDealsWonderGoneGoes OnSpringTragedyMeetingsDrawingChristian LifeDesperateSundayMondayEverlastingTuesdayWednesdayRefreshmentsEverlasting Life Author:Martyn
“I like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're sitting next to strangers. Everyone will get up, leave, and go on their own way. And they'll never meet again. And if they do, they won't realize that it's not for the first time.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldFirstsMomentsLife IsNextRealizingChanceGoes OnSittingFirst TimeMeetingsEverydayStrangerGet UpCafesChance Meeting Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“Instead of more violence why isn't there a [meeting of religious leaders]. It's all got to be dialogue - that's the only way. Get everybody from each religion together and say 'Listen, this can't go on. Why do we have all this hatred?'” WayTogetherReligiousLeaderViolenceGoes OnHatredMeetingsDialogueReligious Leaders Author:Elton John
“For a man it's like if something goes on on-stage you'll have a drink at the bar and talk about it. With a female artist it's a big deal, you have a meeting and she's mad at you for the next couple of shows!” IfsMenShowsBigsArtistNextDealsStageGoes OnCoupleDrinkFemaleMadMeetingsBarsBig DealFemale Artists Author:Chris Johnson
“The right thing to do is to thank them for their work, let people know that they're moving on, and ... you don't really have to explain all their personal details. It's more important to leave them with their dignity... and let them go on to live another day. Remember, what you say at that meeting, that's their reputation.” PeopleKnowsImportantRememberMovingGoes OnDignityManagementMeetingsDetailsReputationThings To DoRight ThingAnother Day Author:Ben Horowitz
“I find that no matter how long a meeting goes on, the best ideas always come during the final five minutes, when people drop their guard and I ask them what they really think.” PeopleThinkingLongIdeasMatterAsksFiveMinutesGoes OnMeetingsFinalsFive Minutes Author:Michael Eisner
“I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.” WantTryingFirstsLooksKindStillsLawNightAudienceStageGoes OnFirst TimeMeetingsBeing YourselfIn-laws Author:B. B. King
“One of the most important parts of the civil rights movement that people don't talk about was these mass meetings. It's like "Movement Church." It's a combination of the music of the movement and the church. Those mass meetings are where people got the energy to go on to the next day.” PeopleImportantNextEnergyChurchRightsMovementGoes OnMassMeetingsCivil RightsCombinationNext DayCivil Rights Movement Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.
“I have to take care of the house, and the dogs, and the Macondo Board meetings, all those e-mails, the letters that are going to fans. And you've got to pay bills. These things eat up your time. You have to prepare and pack to go on that trip. Then when you come back you have to file all that stuff, answer all that mail, and that's not even washing the clothes or any of that. So it takes as many days as I've been away to come back to normal and to get quiet.” CareHouseStuffAnswersPayFansDogGoes OnQuietNormalClothesLettersBillsMeetingsTake CareBoardsMailPacksFilesWashingBoard Meetings Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I'm sometimes impatient with young people who demonstrate at my meetings and who don't want an argument, but who just want to go on television as having been there and made a fuss. This doesn't mean I don't believe in participatory democracy.” PeopleWantBelieveMeanMadeSometimesYoungDemocracyTelevisionGoes OnArgumentMeetingsDon't BelieveImpatientParticipatory Democracy Author:Pierre Trudeau
“We would go on retreats to Florence. The people in the planning team got to be good friends and so we did things like, we'd all go over to the Fort Belvedere in Florence and take that thing over. Because it's up for grabs, you can rent it. And then have New Age meetings and all that kind of stuff. [Buckminster] Fuller loved to go there.” PeopleKindAgeStuffTeamGoes OnMeetingsBe GoodPlanningGood FriendRetreatNew AgeFortsFlorenceBuckminster Fuller Author:Paul Laffoley
“For the only time in my career, I came in and met Tony [Richardson] for the part - I did not read, I just met with him - and in the middle of the meeting, he told me that I had the part [in The Hotel New Hampshire]. There was never, "Well, thank you, and we'll have my people call your people." There was none of that kabuki that goes on now endlessly for even the smallest role.” PeopleWellsCareersRolesMiddleGoes OnMetsMeetingsHotelSmallestOnly TimeHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Rob Lowe
“It's really nice meeting people after a concert. Still, it's very weird to be at the center of a group of 30 people all listening to what you're saying. When that group turns into 300 people, it goes on from weird. Some people revel in it, and I don't.” PeopleStillsTurnsNiceGroupsListeningGoes OnMeetingsConcertsReally Nice Author:Robert Smith