“In a theatre it happened that a fire started off stage. The clown came out to tell the audience. They thought it was a joke and applauded. He told them again, and they became still more hilarious. This is the way, I suppose, that the world will be destroyed-amid the universal hilarity of wits and wags who think it is all a joke.” ThinkingWorldWayStillsAudienceFireHappenedStageJokesUniversalTheatreWitDestroyedClownWagsHilarity Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“I prayed very hard for this to happen and it happened. I don't even think about what I've achieved, I haven't focused on it and I wish I had, because I really want to enjoy it, and I don't know if I am enjoying it, because I am going through my life like a bulldozer. I still haven't marveled at it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantStillsHardHappensWishEnjoyHappenedHavensFocusedBulldozers Author:Mariah Carey
“And I don't want you thinking that my girlfriend is a bad person. She is an amazing woman, the fact that I only have seven stories about her in eight years, says a lot. You know, don't get me wrong, five of them happened this year, but that's still way below the bar, you know what I am saying.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantYearsPersonsStillsFactsStoriesFiveHappenedSevenEightBarsGirlfriendMy GirlfriendAmazing Woman Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“It's sick that I experienced a once in a lifetime love - still as strong as the day it happened - & have been punished every single day since.” Has BeensStillsStrongHappenedSickLifetimeTime LoveOnce In A Lifetime Author:Cady Groves
“I do take a computer to do some processing live and I might use a couple of plug-in synthesisers, 'cause obviously you can take quite a lot of power in terms of sound generation on a computer that I can trigger from a couple of keyboards. And it means I don't have to take some of my vintage stuff and have it trashed by various airlines which has happened in the past. But I still take some vintage stuff with me, I'll take that risk because I like using all that stuff.” MeanStillsI CanUseMightPastCausesStuffSoundTermRiskGenerationsHappenedCoupleComputerVariousTriggersAirlineVintageKeyboardsProcessingPlugsMight UseVintage Stuff Author:Thighpaulsandra
“Most of my friends that I know now [were sexually assaulted] stayed silent. And I see that still happening today. A lot of women will stay silent and not share what happened to them.” KnowsStillsTodayHappenedShareHappeningsMy FriendsSilentSexually Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“I do think that the legacy of the Norman conquest is still strong in Britain. Our hereditary monarchy, our established church, our ancient county structures, though hollowed out in many ways, are a direct result of what happened in 1066.” ThinkingWayStillsStrongChurchResultsHappenedDirectStructureAncientLegacyBritainConquestMonarchyCountyHereditaryNorman Conquest Author:Paul Kingsnorth
“People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood.” PeopleMadeStillsSeemsMotherCoursesFunNumbersHappenedChangedMotherhoodPrioritiesHaving FunBest ThingsVioletBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Imelda May
“The withdrawal that Congress is debating now will only effect whether we leave somewhat gracefully or in complete panic and humiliation. Sistani has already made the decision. The Sunnis will not be coming back into the Iraqi government. The die is cast. The civil war will continue. George W. Bush will leave office a complete embarrassment. And he still won't know what happened to him.” KnowsMadeStillsWarGovernmentDiesDecisionHappenedEffectsOfficeCongressCastsCivil WarPanicHumiliationComing BackEmbarrassmentWithdrawal Author:Cenk Uygur
“I worked in a paper mill all my adult life and there were a lot of funny guys there. So you pick up on that. Even though something really bad might have happened to somebody you can still make a joke out of it.” StillsMightGuyHappenedPaperJokesPicksAdultsMillsFunny Guy Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“It's best to think of these as two things - they're related, but there's different dynamics going on with each of them. A key difference is Abyei is contested territory. We still do not know whether Abyei is going to belong to the new country of South Sudan or effectively the new country of Sudan, the northern part. That was supposed to be decided by a referendum in January; that referendum never happened, so it was being dealt with through political negotiations.” ThinkingKnowsStillsTwoDifferentCountryPoliticalDifferencesHappenedKeysDecidedSouthSupposed To BeRelatedTwo ThingsTerritoryNegotiationJanuaryDynamicsReferendumsSudan Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“There's a bigger question again about how to do prevention. It's not simply about putting out the early warning. The early warning was put out on Abyei; everybody knew that this was coming. This was intentional, and still it happened. So this idea that we fail to stop these things because there's not awareness about them, or that we need better early warning information, I'm increasingly skeptical of. I think it's about how you move that information into the policy process.” ThinkingNeedsStillsIdeasMovingProcessFailingHappenedAwarenessInformationPolicyBiggerWarningSkepticalPrevention Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“I saw a dead elephant in one of Kenya's natural reserves. Around her were footprints of her baby elephant. This was just so sad, as three days before, perhaps the mother was still taking the baby around to play and to drink water. In her mind, she probably was thinking they had a life of decades to be together. However, the poaching happened so fast and everything collapsed. Without the protection of the mother, the baby elephant is likely to die too. That moment changed me.” ThinkingMindStillsPlayMomentsTogetherMotherDiesThreeWaterNaturalSawsHappenedChangedBabyDrinkProtectionDecadesThat MomentReservesElephantsFootprintKenyaSo SadDrink WaterPoaching Author:Li Bingbing
“But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not a historic event of that kind. For many people it hasn't happened yet. Others - to recur to an earlier question - are still in the phase of intense shock.” PeopleKindStillsHappenedEventsBattleIntenseShockPhasesHistoricWaterloo Author:George Pattison
“I could be dead or something even more tragic could have happened, but by God's grace I am still alive. I was hooked on Crystal Meth for eight years and did it every single day, all day long. I honestly have no idea how my heart survived or how I didn't suffer multiple overdoses, I don't get it.” YearsHeartLongStillsIdeasSufferingGraceAliveHappenedMy HeartEightHonestlyNo IdeaTragicMultipleSurvivedCrystalsHookedGod's GraceOverdoseCrystal Meth Author:Christian Hosoi
“I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we can go to the Gestapo, and see what happens, when your human rights, your ability to a freedom of expression and a freedom of thought is infringed upon. This is terribly, terribly dangerous territory.” PeopleHumansStillsHappensAbilityAliveRightsHappenedDangerousExpressionThirdsHuman RightsTerritoryFreedom Of ThoughtFreedom Of ExpressionGestapo Author:Ray McGovern
“It was a scary decision to let cameras into my life, but if I was going to do it, I just wanted to be really honest and kind of introduce myself as an adult. I think the world met me as a young girl, and they still associate me with who I was when I was 13, they still don't understand how over the last eight years what has happened and who I've become.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsKindStillsWantedLastsYoungGirlDecisionHappenedHonestMetsAdultsCamerasScaryEightIntroducingAssociates Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a lot to think about in terms of what's coming down the pike into the world's oceans, too.” ThinkingWorldStillsTermFocusHappenedOceanClimateClimate ChangeJapanFukushima Author:Rufus Wainwright
“Look at South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. They still have many problems, setbacks as well as breakthroughs, but basically changes have happened that were considered unthinkable a decade ago.” WellsLooksStillsProblemHappenedMiddleUnionsSouthEastDecadesFormerSovietMiddle EastSouth AfricaSoviet UnionBreakthroughSetbackUnthinkable Author:Dalai Lama