“I really just appreciate good jewelry, clarity, gold. I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am. That's why I rock gold and, you know, stuff like that.” ThinkingKnowsMadeStuffRocksKingsAppreciateGoldClarityJewelryPharaohs Author:Big Sean
“the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on the theory that they should live surrounded by the finest stuff. The Mall of America is built on the premise that we should all be able to afford this stuff. It may be a shallow culture, but it's by-God democratic. Sneer if you dare; this is something new in world history.” IfsWorldShouldMayAbleAmericaCultureStuffTheoryKingsBuiltDemocraticDareSomething NewShoppingConsumerismFinestShallowWorld HistoryPremisesPyramidsMallsSneerPharaohsVersailles Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“The funny thing is that the studio that we recorded in was the same studio that Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole used to warm up their voices in before they went across the street to CBS Radio. The owner has preserved it exactly the way it was in 1925. It was such a perfect coincidence that we were doing music inspired by that stuff in that room. It was incredible.” WayUsedStuffVoicePerfectRoomsStreetsKingsInspiredIncrediblesRadioStudiosWarmOwnersFrankCoincidenceFunny ThingsCrosby Author:Hamilton Leithauser
“When you're looking around for metaphor or simile, I do think it's often helpful to keep inside the world of the book, to gather your comparisons from the stuff particular to that world - be they king salmon and aviation fuel, or pot roasts and spatulas.” ThinkingWorldBookStuffParticularKingsMetaphorFuelAviationComparisonHelpfulPotSimileSalmonSpatulas Author:Leigh Newman
“I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this book I did a lot of fun research on robber barons like Rockefeller and Morgan. But the most helpful stuff came from studying royal families and mad emperors. The best book I read was probably A King’s Own Story, which is the memoir of Edward VIII. Also, anything about Ivan the Terrible or Ted Turner.” PeopleWritingBookStoriesFunStuffStudyCrazyKingsTerribleResearchMadMemoirHelpfulWealthyRoyalEmperorRobbersRoyal FamilyTurnerRobber Baron Author:Simon Rich
“As [Martin Luther] King said, it never cost anybody a dime to integrate the lunch counters. When you start talking about trying to deal with jobs and hunger and things that require investment, then that's really the tough stuff, because everybody wants to do right if it doesn't cost them anything.” IfsWantTryingSaidJobsStuffDealsTalkingKingsCostToughInvestmentHungerLunchLutherIntegratingDimes Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“Look at The Iliad, there's all this stuff about men loving children. The King of Sparta was the most brutal warrior of ancient Greece, and the only thing he liked to do was horse around with kids when he was back from slaughtering. One thing that feminism revealed is that being a distant patriarchal figure was not something men wanted to be. They want to be more involved in the lives of their children, and you can see that once they're allowed to have that connection, they crave it.” MenWantLooksChildrenKidsWantedStuffOne ThingFeminismFiguresKingsInvolvedConnectionsHorseAncientWarriorBrutalCraveGreeceIliadAncient GreeceSpartaLoving Children Author:Stephen Marche
“I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.” KindLittlesImportantKidsSchoolStuffBitsKingsLittle BitHigh SchoolBusySillyPromOverachiever Author:John Legend
“Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.” WayWritingFeltStuffMy OwnKingsComing OutSongwritersNothing New Author:Amy Winehouse
“With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.” PeopleHumansStillsWarStoriesFacesEvilReadingStuffBlackLevelsFictionCompanyFantasyChangedKingsSeriesCooksVietnamVietnam WarArchetypePeyote Author:Steven Erikson