“People hate the feeling that technology is dragging them into the future, that they're not really following what's happening, but being forced to be involved. Even if it makes their life better, it still feels like it's happening against their will.” PeopleIfsFeelsStillsFeelingsHateTechnologyInvolvedHappeningsFollowing Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I don't believe in writer's block. There are good days when you're writing and less good days. I've learned that if it's not happening to walk away and return later. I doodle a lot and often get my best ideas with a pencil in my hand while I'm doodling. The problem is, sometimes I lose my doodles and that's bad!” IfsWritingBelieveIdeasSometimesProblemHandsLosesWalksReturnHappeningsDon't BelieveBlockI've LearnedPencilsGood DayWriter's BlockDoodling Author:Judy Blume
“If you were a person in Rockhampton who is wondering where your next job was coming from, and you had the prospect of one of Australia's largest ever coal projects with a very, very long life span being developed and reviving the regional economy. And you saw the Greens in particular doing their little best to stop it happening.” IfsLittlesPersonsLongJobsNextWonderEconomySawsParticularProjectsHappeningsAustraliaCoalLong LifeLife Span Author:George Brandis
“If you can give your walls history, it supports the action that's happening in front of them.” IfsGivingActionSupportFrontsWallHappeningsIt SupportYour Wall Author:James Pearse Connelly
“I don't mean I give the same intensity to everything I do - if I did that, I'd be dead, but I'm very conscious, I make notes, and I have a fairly good idea of what's happening in my life.” IfsGivingMeanIdeasHappeningsConsciousNotesIntensityGood Ideas Author:David Toop
“The work that I've been trying to do with violence against women and children comes from seeing quite a bit of violence. I just think it's important that we try to help the young boys who are watching the fathers do it - because if it's OK for the fathers to do it, then these young boys are watching their dads and going, well, nothing's happening to them, so maybe this is OK. But actually, this violence needs to stop in the sandpits.” IfsThinkingNeedsTryingWellsChildrenImportantHelpingYoungFatherBitsBoysViolenceSeeingDadHappeningsViolence Against Women Author:Kelly LeBrock
“There's so many things happening with computers and what-not, where we may be able to live until 150 and even longer, but if the planet's not here for us to live on it, if we burn ourselves out from global warming and everything else, if we don't figure that out, if we don't figure out an alternative form of energy, I think we're in big, fat trouble.” IfsThinkingMayBigsAbleFormEnergyTroubleFiguresPlanetsComputerHappeningsThings HappenFatsAlternativesGlobal Warming Author:Lisa Rinna
“If all is happening perfectly then all that we are feeling is also perfect, which means if there is something happening that feels like it needs to be changed, then change it.” IfsNeedsFeelsMeanFeelingsPerfectChangedHappenings Author:Bryan Kest
“Your tree pose is going crazy and you're falling; and your leg is burning; and it feels impossible to maintain any sort of stability practice observing what's happening instead of getting wrapped up in the circumstance. If you can learn to be easy with your breath in these moments, your body and mind will follow.” IfsFeelsMindMomentsBodyFallEasyPracticeImpossibleTreeCrazyCircumstancesHappeningsBreathsLegsYour BodyBurningStabilityObservingMind And BodyGoing Crazy Author:Tara Stiles
“Any artist is an instrument-and that's exactly why you can't do it all the time. You can only do it when it's happening, when it's coming through. No matter how much you may want to do it, if it's not happening then it's simply not happening.” IfsWantMayMatterArtistHappeningsInstruments Author:Van Morrison
“Whatever happens, we can deal with it if we admit that it's happening and so on. So to be comfortable with what is - that is a real superpower.” IfsRealHappensDealsComfortableHappeningsSuperpowerWhatever Happens Author:George Saunders
“If you've been driving for a little while and nothing's happened to you yet - and you've been texting and driving - you think, 'Oh nothing's going to happen.' But all it takes is an accident happening with one of your friends or God forbid, something happening to you, to really give you a wake-up call.” IfsThinkingGivingLittlesHappensHappenedHappeningsWake UpAccidentsDrivingTextingWake Up CallTexting And Driving Author:Victoria Justice
“I look at a photograph. What's going on? What's happening, photographically? If it's interesting, I try to understand why.” IfsTryingLooksInterestingHappeningsPhotograph Author:Garry Winogrand
“It's just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no. You know what it is? People are adults and they know they're at a comedy show but every once in a while somebody isn't an adult and then for some reason, you know, it's lazy reporting. They're trying to create this thing that isn't happening. It's not like people go in there and are just sitting with laptops open getting ready to blog about every stupid joke.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingPersonsReasonShowsTalkingComedyStupidReadyHappeningsJokesSittingAdultsClimateLazySay AnythingBlogsClicksLaptopsBaitVery StupidComedy ShowsStupid Jokes Author:Bill Burr
“One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems - where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?” IfsWorldReasonProblemTodayAmericaLostHappeningsDoctorsAngryLeavingUniversityReason WhyTherapyFacultySessionDoctor WhoNigeriaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPhysical TherapyComing To America Author:Chinua Achebe
“If you look at the funding of far-right parties in Europe - where's the money coming? We do know that 9 million euros was given by Russia, through a Czech bank, to [French National Front leader] Marine Le Pen. We know that this is not an isolated case. This is happening elsewhere.” IfsKnowsLooksGivenPartyLeaderMillionsCasesFrontsHappeningsEuropeRussiaPensIsolatedElsewhereMarineFundingEuroCzech Author:Toomas Hendrik Ilves
“Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff [ abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights] very much because Donald Trump and the general election is sucking all the air out of the room - if people aren't paying attention to their state, they're certainly not paying attention to what's happening in other states.” PeopleIfsStatesFactsStuffRoomsAttentionRightsAirTrumpHappeningsElectionPay AttentionAbortionVotingLegislatorsRight To VoteAbortion RightsGeneral ElectionsMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Lizz Winstead
“If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.” IfsEndsActorsActingClassFrontsMastersHappeningsThe End Of The Day Author:Luke Evans
“If it's not happening, write your own thing!” IfsWritingHappeningsWrite Your Own Author:Molly Shannon
“When people see what is happening in Gaza, that can't make you too fond of the perpetrators - the Israelis. If you are a Muslim and you look at what is happening there, it fills you with a lot of resentment. Especially if you are weak, then you are nursing these grudges and you are increasing in bitterness and look for a chance to get your own back.” PeopleIfsLooksChanceHappeningsWeakBitternessResentmentNursingGrudgeGazaPerpetrators Author:Desmond Tutu
“My people have very subtle slang, inflections and ways of saying things that has little to do with words. If you're from the same place, you'll feel the jargon and know exactly what's happening. Same with any neighborhood cat. What he sees and hears and feels and lives makes him what he is. That's what blues is.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayFeelsLittlesHappeningsCatSubtleNeighborhoodJargonSlang Author:Nina Simone
“If someone comes in without having been on a spiritual path for long, he or she still will understand what is happening to them in their human lives, what is happening through the evolution, how their humanness is playing such an important role at this time, and where they are in their lives with their inner feelings. It actually gives them a support system, a base from which they can start to evolve naturally within themselves through the understanding of our humanness, of our imperfection.” IfsGivingHumansLongStillsImportantFeelingsSpiritualUnderstandingRolesSupportPathEvolutionHappeningsEvolveHuman LifeImperfectionSpiritual PathHumannessSupport SystemsInner FeelingsHumanness Is Author:Christine McCormick Day
“Just like we did in Japan, in South Korea. Just like is happening in Iraq. Laura [Bush] and I feel very strongly that if the United States were to leave.” IfsFeelsStatesUnitedUnited StatesHappeningsSouthIraqJapanVery StrongKoreaLauraSouth Korea Author:George W. Bush
“It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include all minorities. But if the protection of one minority against another minority is what is happening, then I worry about that.” IfsKindImportantPrinciplesWorrySpeechHappeningsProtectionAll KindsMinorities Author:Judith Butler
“There's so much noise that's happening in our world, but the little voice that you've always got to listen to is your gut and your intuition, and you can do things and go beyond boundaries, if you to trust that gut and instinct.” IfsWorldLittlesVoiceCan DoHappeningsInstinctIntuitionBoundariesNoiseGutsOur World Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I don't think the police, even if we train them, can be, you know, as good as psychologists and psychiatrists and others knowing what is happening to somebody. So we've got to have a more coherent, comprehensive approach.” IfsThinkingKnowsKnowingApproachHappeningsPoliceTrainBe YouComprehensivePsychiatristPsychologist Author:Hillary Clinton
“I just try to enjoy the moment and enjoy what's happening. I mean, I want to be conscious of what's going on around me, and be aware of if I can make a change and make things better, which I think is very important.” IfsThinkingWantTryingMeanI CanImportantMomentsEnjoyHappeningsConsciousMaking Changes Author:Donavon Frankenreiter
“When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me in a certain way, in my mind, it means they don't love me or they don't respect me. Bringing awareness to the beliefs that are underneath the attachment and bringing awareness to the way my body and heart are tightening, helps me wake up and re-inhabit a larger space of being. Holding on and pushing away might be going on but I'm freer to respond in a healthy way.” IfsWayMindHeartMeanHelpingBodyMightCertainBeliefSpaceAttentionWatchesAwarenessHealthyHappeningsWake UpPay AttentionHelp MePushingAttachmentHolding OnRespect MePushing Away Author:Tara Brach
“I have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want to believe. This is reality, I'm telling you the reality from our country. We live here, we know what is happening, and they have to listen to people here. They cannot listen only to their media or to their research centers. They don't live here ; no one lives here but us.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelieveCountryRealityClearHonestMediaHappeningsResearchAskingOur CountryOfficials Author:Bashar al-Assad
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“I delivered a clear and forceful message that although we recognize Russia's intelligence gathering will sometimes take place even if we don't like it, there's a difference between that than either meddling with elections or going after private organizations or commercial entities, and that we're monitoring it carefully, and we will respond appropriately if and when we see this happening.” IfsSometimesDifferencesClearMessagesHappeningsOrganizationElectionRussiaEntityGatheringMonitoringIfs AndMeddlingIntelligence Gathering Author:Barack Obama
“It would be kind of magical if we were just happening to be able to see right to some boundary and then something crazy happened beyond that, like galaxies ceased to exist. I mean, that just seems nuts.” IfsKindMeanSeemsWould BeAbleHappenedCrazyHappeningsBoundariesBe KindNutsGalaxy Author:Janna Levin
“I think I'd be depressed if everything were nearly all known, but I don't feel any danger of that happening.” IfsThinkingFeelsKnownDangerHappenings Author:Jim Peebles
“You see in Once Upon a Time in the West the whole film moves around her [Claudia Cardinale]. If you take her out, there's no more film. She's the central motor of the entire happening.” IfsWholeFilmMovingHappeningsWestMotorOnce Upon A TimeClaudia Author:Sergio Leone
“I mean, on one hand Rex Tillerson is correct, there are no plans to change the One China policy. But certainly that policy is on the table if China doesn't also come to the table and work with us on trade, work with us on the South China Sea on what's happening there.” IfsMeanHandsPlansSeaPolicyHappeningsTablesTradeSouthChina Author:Reince Priebus
“Almost 40% of all young adults are living with their parents. This is a 75-year high in America. Forty percent of young adults are living with their parents. I see stuff like this, and I think it's a good thing I didn't become a parent, because if that were happening to me, you wouldn't want to be my kid.” IfsThinkingWantYearsKidsAmericaYoungStuffParentHappeningsPercentAdultsGood ThingsYoung AdultForty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If we look at the Gulf War, the same is also true. Indeed, my work on the logistics of perception and the Gulf War was so accurate that I was even asked to discuss it with high-ranking French military officers. They asked me: 'how is it that you wrote that book in 1984 and now it's happening for real?' My answer was: 'the problem is not mine but yours: you have not been doing your job properly!'” IfsLooksBookWarRealProblemJobsAnswersMilitaryMinesPerceptionHappeningsOfficersAccurateRankingGulf WarLogistics Author:Paul Virilio
“If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the international group of religious people - that everybody who is religious is taking up their cause. It would help them a lot if we give them courage, and that in itself is enough.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingWellsImportantEnoughHelpingCausesReligiousGroupsProduceCommunicationHappeningsTragedyInternationalSensitiveInterfaithTibetanTibet Author:Elie Wiesel
“I'm angry at what's happening to America and angry with myself that I can't do more. I would be miserable if I couldn't bear witness.” IfsI CanWould BeAmericaBearsHappeningsAngryWitnessMiserable Author:Bill Moyers
“James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant social critic, he foreshadowed the destructive trends happening now in the whole Western world and beyond, while always maintaining a sense of humanistic hope and dignity. He explored palpable, yet unspoken, intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies and the inevitable, if unnameable, tensions with personal identity, assumptions, uncertainties, yearning, and questing.” IfsWorldWholeSocialHalfClassCenturyIdentityHappeningsDignityCriticsWesternBrilliantInevitableUncertaintyTensionAssumptionDistinctionDestructiveTrendsYearningMaintainingTwentieth CenturyUnspokenWestern WorldAmerican WriterHumanisticIntricacyPersonal IdentityWestern SocietyClass Distinction Author:Raoul Peck
“The media has been trying to undermine Donald Trump from the moment he got into the race, and he has triumphed over them at every turn - and they can't stand that, either. And they've realized they alone don't have the power to get rid of Trump. So now it's join forces with the deep state, the sabotage going on with the Obama army that is working in quiet and invisibility within the shadow government, if you will. And even that is not distancing Trump's supporters from him. They know full well what's happening, and they're infuriated by it, and they're furious.” IfsKnowsTryingWellsHas BeensStatesMomentsGovernmentTurnsForceRaceMediaTrumpQuietHappeningsShadowArmySupporterFuriousSabotageInvisibility Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The political awakening that is happening worldwide is a major challenge for America, because it means that the world is much more restless. It's stirring. It has aspirations which are not easily satisfied. And if America is to lead, it has to relate itself somehow to these new, lively, intense political aspirations, which make our age so different from even the recent past.” IfsWorldMeanDifferentAgeAmericaPastPoliticalChallengesMajorsHappeningsAwakeningSatisfiedIntenseRelateAspirationRestlessLivelyStirringRecent Past Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“When I'm in a state of goodness about the world, no matter what is happening, I see that goodness. But if I'm in an irritable, angry, separate state, I've shut down.” IfsWorldMatterStatesGoodnessHappeningsNo Matter WhatAngry Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“If you say to people that there's less violence today than in the past, they would be stunned to hear that. But it's the truth, even though we have awful things happening in Syria or Sudan.” PeopleIfsWould BeTodayPastViolenceHappeningsThings HappenAwfulSyriaStunnedSudan Author:Bill Gates
“When I was a child, we seemed to be living in a world remote from the rest of the world. But television has made a great difference to all of us. If something happens where I live, you see it tomorrow or perhaps even at the same time it is happening there. It's not "one world" in the sense that conflicts are resolved in the world. But we are more one world in that we know what is going on and are psychologically influenced by what goes on around us.” IfsKnowsWorldChildrenMadeHappensDifferencesTelevisionGoes OnTomorrowConflictHappeningsThings Happen Author:Nadine Gordimer
“A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they were governing or solving problems in consequential periods, like the Civil War or the world wars or the Great Depression or the Cold War, they had a period of time and space to actually think, to be private and you read their biographies, and they had time to think about what was happening and how to respond. I don't think human nature has changed in the last 50-150 years, but the stresses, the demands on those of us in public life have just exploded.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldYearsHumansWarProblemAgeLastsSpaceHuman NatureChangedColdPeriodsDemandHappeningsStressAdmireWar Of The WorldsCivil WarProblem SolvingCold WarBiographiesTime And SpaceGoverningPublic LifeGreat DepressionTime To Think Author:Hillary Clinton
“We often confuse or loosely use the ideas of crony capitalism or neoliberalism to actually avoid using the word "capitalism", but once you've actually seen, let's say, what's happening in India and the United States - that this model of US economics packaged in a carton that says "democracy" is being forced on countries all over the world, militarily if necessary, has in the United States itself resulted in 400 of the richest people owning wealth equivalent [to that] of half of the population.” PeopleIfsWorldIdeasCountryStatesUseWealthUnitedHalfUnited StatesDemocracyModelsHappeningsCapitalismEconomicsIndiaPopulationNeoliberalismCroniesCrony Capitalism Author:Arundhati Roy
“There are by now declassified documents from the 1950s that tells you a lot about what's going on in Egypt and we should have known it then. It's about exactly what's happening, how we can disregard public opinion as long as the dictators we support are capable of suppressing their populations. So to hell with public opinion. That's all right there in the 1950's. That's not security. That's not security of the government. That's, if anything, security from its own population. And there's a lot of that.” IfsShouldLongGovernmentKnownOpinionSupportHellSecurityCapableHappeningsShould HavePopulationDictatorDocumentsEgyptPublic OpinionDisregardSuppressingShould Have Known Author:Noam Chomsky
“If there is a Greek exit from the Eurozone, I think the German elite will be quite pleased that they can then use that to restructure the Eurozone and make it a zone where only strong countries are allowed in. There would then be two tiers within the European Union, which is in fact already happening. But you cannot simply get rid of German control by raising the specter of the Third Reich. That's ahistorical.” IfsThinkingTwoCountryFactsUseStrongHappeningsThirdsUnionsGreekZoneElitesExitEuropean UnionRestructureEurozone Author:Tariq Ali
“If you look at what happened, I came in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And unlike Franklin Delano Roosevelt who waited, well, didn't take office until about three years into the Great Depression, it was happening just as I was elected.” IfsYearsWellsLooksThreeHappenedMiddleWorstOfficeHappeningsCrisisFinancialThree YearsFranklinGreat DepressionFinancial CrisisFranklin Delano Roosevelt Author:Barack Obama