“When a trout rising to a fly gets hoooked on a line and finds himself unable to swim about freeely, he begins with a fight which results in struggles and splashes and sometimes an escape. Often, of course, the situation is too tough for him. In the same way the human being struggles with his environment and with the hooks that catch him. Sometimes he masters his difficulties; sometimes they are too much for him. His struggles are all that the world sees and it naturally misunderstands them. It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one.” WorldWayHumansSometimesHardFightingCoursesLinesHuman BeingsResultsSituationStruggleEnvironmentToo MuchMastersHappeningsToughDifficultyFishesRisingSwimHookHookedTrout Author:Karl A. Menninger
“The goal is to keep the bewildered herd bewildered. It's unnecessary for them to trouble themselves with what's happening in the world. In fact, it's undesirable - if they see too much of reality they may set themselves to change it.” IfsWorldMayFactsRealityGoalToo MuchTroubleHappeningsUnnecessaryHerdsBewilderedUndesirable Book:How the World Works Source: How the World Works
“I don't like to put too much effort into things. I find that once you get involved with special effects it is no longer about what is happening in front of the camera and I really want to concentrate on what is happening in front of the camera, like the man apparently peeing on the surface of the screen.” MenWantEffortToo MuchSpecialEffectsFrontsHe ManInvolvedHappeningsCamerasSurfaceScreensGet InvolvedSpecial Effects Author:Steve McQueen
“The only thing I can hope the viewer will get from the work is something about the structure of the work. It would be asking too much, I think, for them to get my exact intention. But if - through the construct of language, the way things are juxtaposed - there is some sort of disruption of the way you would normally go about reaching photographic images... if that is happening, that's fine.” IfsThinkingWayI CanWould BeLanguageToo MuchFineHappeningsAskingStructureIntentionReachingWorking ItViewersConstructsDisruptionAsking Too Much Author:Lorna Simpson
“Back then and later on when I was in NEU! and Harmonia I was too much preoccupied with my own music to be aware of the German music scene, let alone following it actively. But changes which were happening with S.o.S. (namely the development of individual ideas and the effort to distinguish from the Anglo- American rock patterns) also helped me recognize other musicians within my immediate vicinity.” IdeasIndividualMy OwnEffortToo MuchRocksDevelopmentSceneMusicianHappeningsPatternsFollowingVicinity Author:Michael Rother
“The trouble with us is that we expect too much from the great happenings, the unusual things, and we overlook the common flowers on the path of life, from which we might abstract sweets, comforts, delights.” MightCommonPathToo MuchTroubleSweetFlowerComfortHappeningsDelightAbstractUnusualUnusual Things Author:Orison Swett Marden
“It was cool to feel this global electronic thing happening. But it just got to be too much at a certain point.” FeelsCertainToo MuchHappeningsThings Happen Author:Casey Spooner
“I do think that there is a real crisis of masculinity that's happening in America. I think the problem is - the way it's being framed is that there's a problem with masculinity because women are too powerful, or women are taking up too much space.” ThinkingWayRealProblemAmericaSpacePowerfulToo MuchHappeningsCrisisMasculinityFramed Author:Jessica Valenti
“When you see what is happening with the social network, with Facebook, Twitter and co it is becoming obvious that the reputation of ourselves is becoming more and more important everyday. Image is becoming too much for me, and we are living in a virtual world and sometimes it is very easy to make mistakes. It is more difficult to take responsibility for our mistakes.” WorldImportantSometimesSocialEasyDifficultMistakeResponsibilityToo MuchBecomingHappeningsEverydayObviousReputationMaking MistakesTaking ResponsibilityBecoming MoreSocial NetworkVirtual World Author:Emmanuel Petit
“I think that what's happening today, with all the young poets rushing from one college to another, lecturing at the drop of a hat and so on, is not too good; I think it might have a bad effect on a great many of the young poets. They - to quote Mark Twain - "swap juices" a little too much, so that they are in danger of losing their own identity and don't give themselves time enough in which to work out what's really of importance to them - they're too busy.” ThinkingGivingLittlesEnoughMightTodayYoungToo MuchEffectsDangerIdentityCollegePoetLosingHappeningsImportanceMarkBusyWork OutGreat MenHatsJuiceToo BusyRushingLecturing Author:Conrad Aiken
“Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve.” PeopleWorldYearsChildrenStillsDiesMillionsToo MuchEatingHappeningsDoctorsHungerPopulationSpreadBillionsBritainWarningObesityMalnutritionWorld HungerWorld PopulationHunger Awareness Author:Jonathan Sacks
“Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s the size-doesn’t-matter-except-in-my-case problem, the failing-to-deliver-the-goods problem…and what do women have to worry about? A handful of cellulite? Join the club. A spot of I-wonder-how-I-rank? Ditto.” MenLooksMatterProblemWonderCasesWorryToo MuchFailingHappeningsSizeClubsSpotsGoodsHandfulCelluliteSize Doesn't Matter Author:Nick Hornby