“one trouble with all the churches is that they have too many incurable saints in them, men and women who pray too much and do too little, who cannot forget their own selfish salvation enough to look after other people's without feeling their own spiritual pulse all the time they are doing it. Of late I've sometimes suspected that it is nearly as debilitating to stay in the church all the time as it would be to stay in a hospital all the time.” PeopleMenLooksLittlesSometimesEnoughFeelingsWould BeSpiritualReligionChurchForgetToo MuchTroublePrayingLateMen And WomenSalvationSaintSelfishHospitalsPulse Author:Corra May Harris
“Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do not enter into relations. But not for the novel.” PeopleWritingStoriesNightNovelLateRelationTechniqueBarsShort Story Author:W. H. Auden
“Society is completely unreasonable. People want everything and want to pay for nothing. They panic if they think about their taxes being raised, but if their garbage collection is a day late they scream and yell.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantPayTaxesLateRaisedCollectionsScreamPanicGarbageUnreasonable Author:Michael Schur
“When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, "How come you're late?! You're supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?!" That's what happens. That's why improvising on the spot gets very dicey.” PeopleTryingMomentsHappensSpaceReadyQuietLateSpotsShirtsDryReluctantCleanersImprovisingQuiet MomentsDry CleanersSad Moments Author:Albert Brooks
“In your late teens and early twenties, everything is idealism. Everything should just work in black and white. That's good. You need that. I think most revolutions are started by people in their teens and twenties.” PeopleThinkingNeedsShouldBlackWhiteRevolutionLateTwentiesTeensBlack And WhiteIdealism Author:LeCrae
“Has anyone seen me on Letterman? Two million people watch that show and I don't know where they are. You might have seen this next comedian on the Late Show, but I think more people have seen me at the store. That should be my introduction. "You might have seen this next comedian at the store," and people would say "Hell yes I have!"” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldTwoShowsHumorMightFunnyNextWatchesMillionsHellLateStoresComedianHaving FunIntroductionLetterman Author:Mitch Hedberg
“People ask me for my autograph after a show. I'm not famous, I think they're messing with me. I think they're trying to make me late for something.” PeopleThinkingTryingShowsHumorFunnyAsksLateAsk MeAutographs Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I'm hugely inspired by music. I am a big listener of 60's and 70's classic rock. And i really just love the overall freedom of that time, of the late 60's and 70's. I love that you had so many different ways of expressing yourself, fashion was really one of them, the idea of clashing didn't exist, and people were using clothes as an opportunity to express who they were. That is inspiring to me - you could mix textiles, fabrics, you were 100% who you were, and that's where my main inspiration comes from.” PeopleWayIdeasDifferentBigsInspirationOpportunityRocksFashionLateClothesInspiredDifferent WaysClassicFabricListenersExpress YourselfTextilesClassic Rock Author:Nicole Richie
“There are certain kinds of people who write science fiction. I think a lot of us married late. A lot of us are mama's boys. I lived at home until I was 27. But most of the writers I know in any field, especially science fiction, grew up late. They're so interested in doing what they do and in their science, they don't think about other things.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindHomeCertainFictionBoysFieldsGrewLateMarriedGrew UpScience FictionMamaMama's Boy Author:Ray Bradbury
“A lot of people think that Jesus is coming back. That's fine, it's your right. But you know, I live in New York, and I think he's running a little late. I'm asking myself, 'Alright, what happens if Jesus comes back tomorrow? What - does he make rounds to churches?' 'OK, everyone who's been good, buses leave in 10 minutes. I'll meet you in front of the post office. I gotta go. Oh, don't tell the Jews I'm back.'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLittlesDoeHumorHappensRunningFunnyJesusChurchMinutesFrontsNew YorkFineTomorrowOfficeLateAskingRoundsJewPostsBusComing BackAlrightPost OfficeI'm Back Author:Marc Maron
“I'm just as normal as anybody else. I'm just probably in the same place as many people in their mid to late twenties are.” PeopleNormalLateTwentiesLate Twenties Author:Tristan Prettyman
“...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was sitting in a bar here in Davos with Bono. Late at night, after a few drinks, he was on fire, talking about how we could get a percentage of each purchase from civic-minded companies to help change the world. He kept calling people, waking them up, and handing me the phone to show me the interest.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsWellsHelpingShowsFormNightInterestBusinessCompanyTalkingCreativeFireDrinkCallingLateSittingCapitalismYears AgoPhonesBarsChanging The WorldWakingShow MePercentagesCivicsDavosCivic Minded Author:Bill Gates
“I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age.” PeopleThinkingIdeasAgeRiskMiddleHigherLateSafetyYieldMiddle AgesBad IdeasTaking Risks Author:Paul Krugman
“A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMayLateToo LateYou Think You Know Author:Kenneth Clark
“Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.” PeopleFirstsRealizingLatePhonesToo LatePrisonerTagCellphone Book:Ghostwritten Source: Ghostwritten
“You get married, you start having responsibilities. It's really hard if your dream hasn't caught some traction by the time you're in your mid-to-late 20s. You want to provide for your family. I would say, the majority of people fall in that boat. They want to do something, but life gets in the way. And they're like "well, I'm going to get this job, and have safety and security."” PeopleIfsWayWantWellsHardDreamJobsFallResponsibilitySecurityLateMarriedSafetyMajorityCaughtBoatOur FamilyYour DreamsSafety And SecurityTraction Author:Jeremy Coon
“If you're going to do a memoir, then it's sort of at this age - in your late sixties or seventies - that you do it. I don't understand people who do memoirs when they're 20. I think most people need a little more time than 20 years to become the person they are. In fact, that process of becoming who you are is still ongoing when you get older, where you go, "Let's see where my next 10 years is going to take me." S” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsYearsLittlesPersonsStillsFactsAgeNextProcessBecomingLateWho You AreMemoirMore TimeTake MeSixtySeventiesOngoingBecoming Who You Are Author:Grace Coddington
“I wanted to be an artist, even at the age of 15, and people used to laugh at me. It was the late '90s, the time of pop stars and navel-dancing, where you were showing your midriff. I wanted to be a real singer.” PeopleRealAgeWantedUsedArtistStarsLaughingLateDancingPopsSingersPop StarsNavel Author:Duffy
“All the people in the late '80s and early '90s were really hell-bent on doing something for themselves, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. There was a lot of determination, and I was definitely part of that way of thinking.” PeopleThinkingWayAnswersHellLateDeterminationBent80sWay Of Thinking Author:Tracey Emin
“You can get people the qualifications; But you can't teach them the qualities they're going to need. You can't teach integrity, a drive for excellence, refusal to quit under pressure. It's too late to build that into people you're going to hire.” PeopleNeedsQualityTeachIntegrityLatePressureExcellenceQuittingToo LateNeed YouRefusalQualificationsUnder Pressure Author:Roger Ailes
“I have been urging the leaders to listen to the aspirations and challenges of their own people, and engage in dialogue and take very bold measures. Normally, to their regret, these measures and bold reforms come too late, too little.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensChallengesLeaderRegretLateDialogueReformAspirationToo Late Author:Ban Ki-moon
“It is only natural that people's wishes and aspirations should be realized by the leaders of the region. As this wind of change blows, it is up to the leaders to seize this opportunity to look for the better future for their own people through bold reforms before it is too late, before the people are forced to take action.” PeopleShouldLooksActionOpportunityWishNaturalLeaderWindLateBlowReformAspirationToo LateRegionsBetter FutureWinds Of Change Author:Ban Ki-moon
“I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'” PeopleIfsFirstsLooksSaidShowsWould BeClassTeachPiecesMissingLateFabulousDeadlineLove To ReadLush Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Disco satisfied social as well as musical needs. Disco people got to dress up all the time and go to places ... where everybody sort of 'looked good' - and later, after an evening of chemical alteration, everybody looked even better, and the next thing they knew, they were getting The Blox Job. Punk, in the late seventies, purported to be a rebellion against this sort of silly behavior. Maniac bands started thrashing away in dingy little places with no decor, developing their own silly behavior. ... New wave evolved from punk, basically, by sterilizing its own safety pin.” PeopleNeedsWellsLittlesJobsNextSocialBandBehaviorLateDressesSafetyMusicalWaveSillySatisfiedEveningDevelopingRebellionChemicalsPunkSeventiesPinsDiscoManiacsAlterationsDecorSafety Pins Author:Frank Zappa
“People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, It doesn't mean I know you'll never go, Only that I wish you didn't have to.” PeopleKnowsMeanWishLove YouLateGoodbyeToo LateWish YouByeSay I Love YouFarewell FriendFarewell LoveGoodbye Love Author:Fulton Oursler
“People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That’s why this is such a crucial time. We can go in either direction. But if we don’t make a choice soon, it will be too late to turn things around. I think people are willing to make the right choice. But they need leadership. They’re hungry for leadership.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFeelsCountryCareTurnsChoicesWillingLateSelfishHungryGenerousToo LateCrucialCompassionateThreatenedRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Robert Kennedy
“People who expect to feel guilty tend to be more sympathetic, to put themselves into other people's shoes, to think about the consequences of their behaviour before acting, and to treasure their morals. As a result they are less prone to lie, cheat or behave immorally when they conduct a business deal or spot an opportunity to make money, studies suggest. They are also likely to make better employees because people who think less about the future results of their actions are more likely to be late, to steal or to be rude to clients.” PeopleThinkingFeelsActionLyingOpportunityResultsDealsActingMoralStudyLateConsequenceShoesTreasureStealingGuiltySpotsMaking MoneyBehaveEmployeeClientsBehaviourCheatRudeSympatheticBusiness Deals Author:David D. Burns
“We wanted to more richly experience why we were alive, not just make a better life, and so people went in search of things. The great thing that came from those that time was to realize that there was definitely more to life than the materialism of the late sixties and early sixties. We were going in search of something deeper.” PeopleWantedRealizingAliveLateDeeperGreat ThingsMaterialismSixtyBetter LifeMore To Life Author:Steve Jobs
“Some think that it is cruel or brutal to remove the bottom 10 percent of our people. It isn't. It's just the opposite. What I think is brutal and "false kindness" is keeping people around who aren't going to grow and prosper. There's no cruelty like waiting and telling people late into their careers that they don't belong - just when the options are limited and they're putting their children through college or paying off big mortgages.” PeopleThinkingChildrenBigsGrowsWaitingCareersKindnessCollegeLatePercentOppositesBottomCrueltyRemoveBrutalMortgage Author:Jack Welch
“I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).” PeopleKindCountryKidsRocksBrotherBandLateAlbumsRock N RollCharlieRogerSweetheartBuffaloIraRodeoHaggardGeorge Jones Author:Elvis Costello
“Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.” PeopleFirstsShowsThreeFourStageWalkingLateMercyAlbumsCrowdsReleaseSurfingSan Francisco Author:Tom Araya
“Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.” PeopleLateSmartFasterToo LateFiguring It Author:Mike Tyson
“The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.” PeopleBigsLate Author:Johnny Winter
“The late Richard Feynman, a superb physicist, said once as we talked about the laser that the way to tell a great idea is that, when people hear it, they say, 'Gee, I could have thought of that.'” PeopleWaySaidIdeasLatePhysicistGreat IdeaSuperbLasersRichard Feynman Author:Charles Hard Townes
“There are people who've challenged me on that, but I think there still are. Not everybody looses their virginity when they're 12, there are always these girls who are sort of outside the norm, who have only each other to hang with and talk to. Who are what you would call late bloomers; they don't know it now but when they're 25 they're going to be pretty damn interesting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsGirlInterestingLateDamnNormVirginity Author:Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
“In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.” PeopleYearsShowsFeelingsGamesRecordsLateStartingComing Out Author:Ariel Pink
“I came late to galleries. A lot of people my age started their careers younger, so I was spared seeing that side for a long time.” PeopleLongAgeSidesCareersSeeingLateLong TimeGallery Author:Wade Guyton
“I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as this new thing. It reminds me of how people used to tell me about my great-grandmother and how they used to gather around a radio listening to soap operas.” PeopleThinkingUsedListeningLateRadioGrandmotherComing OutOperaNew ThingsEnteringVersusSoapSoap OperasGreat Grandmother Author:Kalup Linzy
“Notwithstanding all the passionate fulminations of the spokesmen of governments, the inevitable consequences of inflationism and expansionism...are coming to pass. And then, very late indeed, even simple people will discover that Keynes did not teach us how to perform the 'miracle...of turning a stone into bread,' but the not at all miraculous procedure of eating the seed corn.” PeopleGovernmentSimpleTeachLateEatingConsequenceStonesMiraclePassionateSeedsBreadInevitableMiraculousCornProceduresKeynes Author:Ludwig von Mises
“If you look at my life before I went into television, the struggle I went through coming out would be surprising to most people, given how comfortable and how out I am being the only late-night gay talk-show host.” PeopleIfsLooksShowsWould BeNightGivenStruggleTelevisionGayComfortableLateHostComing OutSurprisingTalk ShowsLate Night Author:Andy Cohen
“If you're waiting for encouragement from others, you're doing it wrong. By the time people think an idea is good, it's probably too late.” PeopleIfsThinkingIdeasWaitingLateEncouragementToo Late Author:Aaron Levie
“Nobody's good. I hate it. I truly hate it. I mean, there's a lot of guys doing stuff I admire, but stand-up-wise I feel very alone. I really miss Bill Hicks. I wish I could have put him on my show. And I really miss Sam Kinison a lot. Richard Pryor's sick... It's like you get here and then, oh wait a minute, there's nobody here any more. I feel like the guy who finally got into Studio 54, three years too late, Duh, where are all the famous people?” PeopleFeelsYearsMeanShowsGuyHateThreeWishStuffWaitingWiseMinutesMissingLike YouLateSickI HateBillsStudiosAdmireToo LateThree YearsDuhHicksStudio 54 Author:Chris Rock
“The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City. The traditional meal often includes gefilte fish. For those of you who don't know what gefilte fish is, it strongly resembles a ball of tuna fish that has been passed nasally. It's not good. During Passover, the angel of death passed over the Jews - an event that, up until the late 1950s, was re-enacted every year by Ivy League colleges and suburban country clubs.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsHas BeensCountryHappensCitiesEventsNew YorkCollegeLateEatingAngelBallsFishesJewClubsTraditionalCelebrateLeagueMealsNew York CityIvyTunaIvy LeagueCountry ClubsAngel Of DeathTuna Fish Author:Jon Stewart
“People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as president-for-life [and] I have decided to continue his work with the same fierce energy and the same intransigence.” PeoplePhilosophyPoliticalFatherEnergyPresidentRevolutionLateDecidedDoctrineFiercePolitical PhilosophyHeirsHaiti Author:Jean-Claude Duvalier
“I think people have a tendency to think of a writer as someone who wants to go take a walk, maybe case a library... I think that's great sometimes but we really treat it like Monday through Friday come in early. You're not late for inspiration. You're working through it no matter what is happening even if you're writing a terrible version.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWritingSometimesMatterInspirationWalksCasesTerribleLateHappeningsTreatsNo Matter WhatLibraryVersionsTendenciesMondayFriday Author:Roberto Orci
“There's a lot of people who don't understand the touring and the party scene and it's like, go to bed late, wake up early, drive for hours, play a show, meet crazy drunk people and all that stuff. I would rather be doing that than like McDonalds or something like that though. It's definitely fun but it's a lot of work.” PeoplePlayShowsFunStuffHoursPartyCrazySceneBedLateWake UpDrunkShow MeTouringMcdonaldsUp EarlyDrunk People Author:Sam Hughes
“I was kind of a floater [in high school]. I got along with different types of people but I just was not cool, and definitely a late bloomer.” PeopleKindDifferentSchoolTypeLateHigh School Author:Tyler Blackburn
“A prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude. We often take for granted the people who most deserve our gratitude. Let us not wait until it is too late for us to express our gratitude. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. If I gratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues. To express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.” PeopleIfsGivingHeartFeelingsLife IsHeavenWaitingSinVirtueSeriousKeysGratitudeLateDeserveNobleGrantedGenerousToo LateHonorableGraciousPossessingExpressing GratitudeWrappingPrayerful Author:Thomas S. Monson
“I think there's an audience for The Wombles at almost all levels. We thought it was going to be confined to people in their late twenties, early thirties, who remembered it from before - they were maybe 10 or 12 in the Seventies when it was happening.” PeopleThinkingLevelsAudienceLateHappeningsTwentiesRememberedSeventiesConfinedLate Twenties Author:Mike Batt