“If I get two lines in the script, I somehow turn it into 20. I've got a bit of a bad habit of doing that, of just embellishing my little moment.” IfsLittlesTwoMomentsTurnsBitsLinesHabitScriptsBad HabitsLittle Moments Author:Rebel Wilson
“Only when the habit of one's consciousness to see in paintings bits of nature, madonnas and shameless nudes... has disappeared, shall we see a pure painting composition.” BitsConsciousnessPaintingHabitPureCompositionShameless Author:Kazimir Malevich
“Contrary to popular stereotypes, seeking simplicity doesn't require that you become a monk, a subsistence forager, or a wild-eyed revolutionary. Nor does it mean that you must unconditionally avoid the role of consumer. Rather, simplicity merely requires a bit of personal sacrifice: an adjustment of your habits and routines within consumer society itself.” MeanDoeBitsRolesSacrificeHabitSimplicitySeekingContraryConsumersRevolutionaryStereotypeMonkAdjustmentSubsistencePersonal Sacrifice Author:Rolf Potts
“Advice ... is a habit-forming drug. You give a dear friend a bit of advice today, and next week you find yourself advising two or three friends, and the week after, a dozen, and the week following, crowds!” GivingTwoTodayThreeNextBitsWeekAdviceHabitDrugDearCrowdsFollowingFinding YourselfDozenNext WeekDear FriendFollowing The CrowdThree Friends Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may lose a little of the sense of isolation and desolation which abides with me. My circumstances allowing of nothing but the ejaculation of one-syllabled reflections, a written monologue by that most interesting being, myself, may have its yet to be discovered consolations.” IfsThinkingWritingMayLittlesHappensBitsLosesInterestingWrittenHabitCircumstancesReflectionIsolationAllowingConsolationDiariesMost InterestingDesolationMonologuesBeing MyselfEjaculation Author:Alice James
“I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind that you get to stir your to-go coffee. I picked up this habit from my husband, who loves to chew on things. His favorite chew-toy is a plastic pen top, and gnawed pen tops and little bits of plastic litter our apartment.” KindLittlesFoundBitsHabitHusbandLittle BitCoffeeMy HusbandPensPlasticToysApartmentSnacksAuthentic HappinessStirrers Author:Gretchen Rubin
“You do have habits and rhythms that you do sort of fall into when you're acting, but if you've got text that doesn't allow you to do that it puts you in a bit of an uncomfortable space and takes you out of your habits.” IfsFallBitsSpaceActingHabitRhythmUncomfortable Author:Radha Mitchell
“There are lots of people who believe there may be at least some genetic component to procrastination, and even if there isn't, it seems to be the case that procrastination habits are often set relatively early in life (that's certainly the case with me). But I also think that there's lots of evidence that external tools can help quite a bit in getting people to stop procrastinating.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveMayHelpingSeemsBitsCasesHabitEvidenceToolsProcrastinationComponentsProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.” ThinkingFirstsEnoughKidsBitsVoiceHabitDrinkBiggerDrinkingNervousThrowingGetting OldGetting OlderEntertainersQuiverRoadblock Author:Tim McGraw
“My game wasn't where it should have been at all at the start of the year. I got into a couple of bad habits on my swing, and it just took me a little bit of time to get out of them.” ShouldYearsLittlesHas BeensGamesBitsCoupleHabitLittle BitShould HaveSwingsShould Have BeenBad Habits Author:Rory McIlroy
“I think everyone thinks their dad is a little bit odd or crazy. As they get older, they develop their own little habits. They have a certain way that they like to live their life, and nothing is going to interrupt that.” ThinkingWayLittlesCertainBitsCrazyHabitDadLittle BitOdd Author:Simon Bird
“I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.” WayFeelsWritingLittlesBitsTermHabitCreaturesLittle BitCreatures Of Habit Author:Mary Chapin Carpenter
“Curiously, the balance seems to come when writing is woven into every aspect of my life, like eating or exercising - one flows constantly into the next: I'll wake up and have coffee, read the news, then write a letter or two (always in longhand), then go teach, and after teaching write a bit in a journal - dreams, what I had for breakfast and lunch and why I had it, what's on the iPod, sexual habits, etc. - then read a bit, then work on a real bit of writing...you get the idea.” WritingTwoIdeasRealDreamSeemsNextBitsTeachTeachingHabitBalanceExerciseEatingNewsAspectFlowLettersWake UpCoffeeEtcBreakfastLunchJournalWovenIpods Author:Kevin Keck
“I had been working at home at the time and was looking to find a studio space somewhere outside of my apartment. I thought that might be good for me in terms of having a little bit more discipline with my work habits.” LittlesHomeMightBitsTermSpaceHabitDisciplineLittle BitStudiosBe GoodApartmentWork HabitsStudio Space Author:Ralph Reese
“I come from a background of 40 pages a day. The other side of the coin is quality can suffer a bit on those shows and you can get into some bad habits but thanks to those days, I can do memorization in my sleep.” I CanShowsSufferingBitsSidesCan DoSleepQualityHabitPagesBackgroundsThanksCoinsBad HabitsMemorization Author:Sherri Saum
“I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.” ThinkingTryingLittlesStillsMotherBitsSportsWifeReaderHabitLittle BitDaughterDown AndMy WifeEnvyMy TimeMy DaughterBad Habits Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“I feel that between my experience and my mother's, breast cancer is a little bit like someone who lives next door. I know what that person looks like and what their daily habits are.” KnowsFeelsLooksLittlesPersonsMotherNextBitsDoorsHabitLittle BitCancerBreastsBreast CancerDaily Habits Author:Cynthia Nixon
“Here's a habit I never thought I'd develop: I gravitate to anything online that's marked 'most popular' or 'most e-mailed.' And I hate myself a little bit every time I do.” LittlesHateBitsHabitLittle BitI HateOnlineHate MyselfI Hate Myself Author:Susan Orlean