“It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, 'If only, if only.” IfsThinkingLooksLittlesGirlCuteHeightGradesVery CoolEighth GradeShort Girl Author:Alison McGhee
“I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.” IfsThinkingMenTurnsPartyDressesInvisibleFancyInvited Author:David Morrissey
“Most of us are waiting. We're waiting for something interesting to happen. And I think we're going to wait forever if we don't do something more interesting with our lives.” IfsThinkingHappensWaitingInterestingForeverOur LivesSomething InterestingWaiting For Something Author:Donald Miller
“Poetry is partly sympathy, don't you think? If it's any good, it gets people to think about others' points of view.” PeopleIfsThinkingViewsPoint Of ViewPoetry Is Author:Edwin Morgan
“I think everybody's crazy, and if I'm the one being a little direct about it, that's fine by me.” IfsThinkingLittlesCrazyFineDirect Author:Ezra Miller
“I did work at a mall in college - I think retail/customer service is just one of the most hideous jobs in the world. So I always try to be extra nice when I go into a store. But malls are part of our culture, if you watched any teen comedy in the '80s. it's clear that malls are where we live!” IfsThinkingWorldTryingJobsCultureClearComedyNiceCollegeCustomersStoresExtrasJust One80sHideousMallsRetail Author:Jayma Mays
“I've definitely seen that Texas is certainly a right-wing area politically. I think if you talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMayStillsCountryEnergyStrongMovementSourceAreasWingsAverageOilAlternativesTexasHippieRight WingDrillsTexanAlternative Energy Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a painting for two minutes and think they've seen it. Certain paintings are made to be consumed fast. But some require a slowed-down time. You have to go back to them.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLooksMadeTwoWholeFilmCertainWalksMinutesHavensPaintingConsumedGalleryDown Time Author:Julie Mehretu
“Your moral stance depends on what you think is being aborted. If you don't believe it to be a person but part of a woman's body, of course you will be pro-choice. I would be virulently pro-choice if I didn't believe it to be a person.” IfsThinkingBelievePersonsBodyWould BeChoicesCoursesMoralDependsDon't BelieveStanceWomen's Bodies Author:Louise Mensch
“No one thinks they're irritating. Nobody thinks they're boring. So if you're playing a character like that you have to play them as how they think of themselves.” IfsThinkingPlayCharacterBoringIrritating Author:Nick Moran
“I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.” IfsThinkingGivingRealityLanguageInterestingMathPhysicsCompellingScenariosReally CoolEntryDisconnected Author:Randall Munroe
“I think certainly if I'd started getting published when I was in my early twenties, I was quite sheltered then and didn't know anything much about the world. I hadn't had any direct experience of how the world works.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldDirectTwenties Author:Richard K. Morgan
“What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or YA is in fact crossover and is equally valid for anyone who likes to read fantasy.” IfsThinkingWritingChildrenFactsStuffFantasyLikesLabelsCrossover Author:Robin McKinley
“Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire.” IfsThinkingFeelsDifferentFeelingsJobsWonderfulLike YouFinishedSatisfiedRetiring Author:Alfred Molina
“I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern.” IfsThinkingProblemWould BeActorsCausesCasesConcernHollywoodBritishVillainCasting Author:Alfred Molina
“When I look back on my career - if that's what it is - it looks a bit like a crazy quilt, and I think it's just really because, when one job has finished, I've never really been in a position where I had three or four options.” IfsThinkingLooksJobsThreeBitsCareersFourCrazyPositionFinishedQuilts Author:Alfred Molina
“I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job.” IfsThinkingKindTwoDifferentWholeWould BeJobsNumbersFourBoringBunchFantasticGenreThemeJust OneBe KindStale Author:Callan McAuliffe
“It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsMatterPlayMomentsAudienceSceneVery GoodThat MomentRadar Author:Carey Mulligan
“Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.” IfsThinkingWayBookPleasureDisciplineVicesGambleVice VersaUndisciplinedKraken Author:China Mieville
“I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance.” IfsThinkingMadeWatchesDangerPerformancesAlbumsStudios Author:Chuck Mangione
“I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.” IfsThinkingTwoHelpingDecisionMinutesScoreThrowingThink PositiveRight DecisionReceiverMake The Right Decision Author:Dan Marino
“I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.” IfsThinkingYearsCharacter Author:Dominic Monaghan
“I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will).” IfsThinkingHumansWellsMightFallHuman BeingsKnownRolesFiveHappenedMonthsLuckyMarriedWell KnownGet WellNightclubs Author:Eric McCormack
“I do think it was fantastic to have a kid young. My friends now are all panicking if they haven't found somebody to have kids with. It was never like that for me because I already had the kid!” IfsThinkingKidsYoungFoundHavensMy FriendsFantastic Author:Sofia Vergara
“And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain.” IfsThinkingWantedHonestObsessedPearlsJamCobainPearl Jam Author:St. Vincent
“It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.” IfsThinkingSoulAudienceLaughingKnowingDestroying Author:Vince Vaughn
“If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt ceiling. People think it's authorizing new spending. The debt ceiling doesn't authorize new spending; it allows us to pay obligations already incurred.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldAsksPayPercentHundredBillsDebtSpendingSignificantObligationMisunderstandingCeilingsGlass CeilingDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.” IfsThinkingIntimidatingDungarees Author:Rachel Weisz
“If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayDifferentEndsStoriesFitBills Author:S. Robson Walton
“I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.” IfsThinkingMeanMomentsReadingLeftVery GoodBusTubesLeft Alone Author:Samuel West
“I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingNamesChristianityDisciplinePleaseAngryTiredIslamDamageDividesGoing To Work Author:William P. Young
“I think that before you take on nation building in your mind's eye as to how it should be, you'd better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work.” IfsThinkingShouldMindEyeNationsUnderstandingClearBuildingBe YouNation Building Author:Anthony Zinni
“I think the Mogadishu effect, if I had to define it, is we need to be more careful where we decide to commit US forces, and for what reason, and to make a clear judgment as to what we can and can't do and whether it's in our interests, or we could afford the resources that it would take to make the situation right.” IfsThinkingNeedsReasonForceInterestSituationClearEffectsJudgmentResourcesCarefulCommitMogadishu Author:Anthony Zinni
“I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.” IfsThinkingFeelsSometimesHappensGamesSportsKnowingWindOne DayThrowingAnything Can Happen Author:Barry Zito