“I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it.” IfsThinkingRealFeelingsLevelsComedyMusicalEntertainmentRelateEntertainingRooted Author:Ryan Gosling
“I think being on a set where people arent being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.” PeopleThinkingLevelsCommonTreatedUncomfortableDecency Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world - you know, a kid sister of the “real comedians”. I like the idea of positioning myself as legendary rather than trying to fit in. Now do I see myself like that every day? No, but I think it's a funny attitude and maybe on some weird, spiritual level, maybe it's a good attitude.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsTryingIdeasRealKidsSpiritualLevelsAttitudeComedyFitComedianGuestsLegendaryGood AttitudeTrying To Fit In Author:Chelsea Peretti
“I've got many, many demons that affect me on many, many levels. A few years ago, I was convinced of that - I thought I truly was possessed by the devil. I remember sitting through the Exorcist a dozen times, saying to myself, 'Yeah, I can relate to that. I really wish I knew why I've done some of the things I've done over the years. I don't know if I'm a medium for some outside source. Whatever it is, frankly, I hope it's not what I think it is - Satan.”” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsI CanDoneRememberWishLevelsSourceDevilSittingYears AgoYeahConvincedMediumsRelateSatanDemonDozenPossessedExorcist Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I think it's very, very tough to compare postseason and in-season, just for the simple fact that there's the heightened levels of energy on both sides of the ball.” ThinkingFactsEnergySidesSimpleLevelsToughSeasonsBallsCompareBoth SidesPostseason Author:Ndamukong Suh
“I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.” IfsThinkingTryingSongLevelsEmotionalCriteria Author:Robbie Robertson
“for someone such as myself, who is kind of feckless and immature, it's better to have rich friends than to be rich yourself, because then you have wealth without the responsibility. You get to go to their houses, and you get acquainted with a level of furniture that you cannot provide for yourself. Furniture, I think is the most important attribute of rich people.” PeopleThinkingKindImportantHouseWealthLevelsResponsibilityRichFriendsAttributesFurnitureRich PeopleImmatureFeckless Author:Fran Lebowitz
“I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.” IfsThinkingWritingMatterSongLevelsFiguresMovedLongingCelebrateTouchstones Author:Amy Grant
“Most people don't know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking. They pay more attention to that than to what the other person is saying, and none at all to what really matters: the Being of the other person underneath the words and the mind. Of course, you cannot feel someone else's Being except through your own. This is the beginning of the realization of oneness, which is love. At the deepest level of Being, you are one with all that is.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLoveFeelsMindPersonsMatterCoursesLevelsPayAttentionKnow HowTakenMajorsOnenessRealization Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I tend to wear a coat more for the fact that I worry if I'm going to get drunk, I'm going to get pickpocketed. And a coat goes over your pockets so it's harder for someone to get their hand in and steal your phone or wallet out of your pocket. It's an unnecessary level of thinking that may lessen the enjoyment you have out of life.” IfsThinkingMayFactsHandsLevelsWorryHarderPhonesStealingDrunkEnjoymentPocketsOver YouUnnecessaryCoatsWallets Author:Jon Richardson
“Getting what you want doesn't make you happy, growth makes you happy, raising your level of consciousness. The problem with most people, they don't know what they want because they start at a very early age being programmed to think that they can't have what they want.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantProblemAgeGrowthLevelsConsciousnessWhat You WantMake You HappyGetting What You Want Author:Bob Proctor
“What is success? I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position. My career has had a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years.” ThinkingYearsImportantLevelsCareersAchievePositionImportant ThingsRelateTitlesJust BeingCeoSerendipity Author:Paul Polman
“I think it's almost necessary for most people to have the freedom to pull back, and then re-enter at an adult level, where they are neither playing the victim nor creating victims, but just participating in calm, adult behavior. Because an awful lot of churches just aren't there at adult Christianity, this seems to be the norm anymore.” PeopleThinkingSeemsChurchLevelsChristianityBehaviorCreatingAdultsVictimCalmAwfulNormParticipating Author:Richard Rohr
“Psychologist Nathaniel Branden speaks of a benevolent sense of life possible to those with rational, productive values, vividly contrasted with the coercive parasitic group-culture of mystics and altruists we live in, where people all around you seem a burdensome annoyance, a threat to your survival. Having been told from childhood that life is a zero-sum game in which you owe everything to others, at some level you worry all the time that someday the bastards will collect. And collect they do, every April 15th. Why do you think they call it collectivism?” PeopleThinkingSeemsLife IsValuesCultureGamesSpeakLevelsWorryGroupsChildhoodSurvivalThreatRationalProductiveSomedayZeroAprilPsychologistCollectivismBenevolentAnnoyanceZero Sum Game Author:L. Neil Smith
“I think that when young players really see their game rise next level, it's when practices are like competition and there's no separation there. Of course, there are adrenaline and the butterflies; you don't have that so much in practice. You want to fake yourself out and try to get them there because you want to be as close to that game mentality as you can when you step on that field every single day whether it's practice or in your backyard or down the street with your dad.” ThinkingWantTryingYoungCoursesNextGamesLevelsStepsPracticePlayerStreetsFieldsDadCompetitionSeparationFakeMentalityButterflyAdrenalineBackyardsNext LevelYour Dad Author:Jennie Finch
“Taking drugs on a recreation level is one thing. But taking them while you're working on a stage is, I don't think it was that great. It's the control factor. And the thing about being on stage, you really want to feel that you're sort of in control a lot. It's not a place where you want to be out of control.” ThinkingWantFeelsLevelsOne ThingStageDrugFactorsRecreation Author:Mick Jagger
“It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.” ThinkingWantStillsCareSportsLevelsCompetingFrustratingHigh LevelNobody Cares Author:Lance Armstrong
“I feel passionately about how I express myself. Language is the greatest motivating force. You can phrase something positively and inspire people to do their best, or negatively and make them feel worried, uncertain, and self-conscious. You can talk at a fast pace and people will get nervous, feel afraid to bring up extraneous thoughts. But those are the very thoughts that might be most important! They might represent that person's best thinking. If you're rushed, you're simply not going to get at that extra level of thinking.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsPersonsImportantSelfMightLanguageForceLevelsInspireConsciousNervousWorriedPhrasesExtrasPaceUncertainPositivelySelf Conscious Author:Frances Hesselbein
“The difference in sex does not hinder the ability of being strong on the levels of thinking, giving, having a strong willpower and the ability to take the right decision and the right position after studying all options, once the circumstances that favor creativity and rational thinking are available.” ThinkingGivingDoeStrongSexDifferencesAbilityDecisionLevelsCreativityStudyPositionCircumstancesAvailableFavorsRationalWillpowerHinderRational ThinkingRight DecisionStrong Will Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“Scientific realism in classical (i.e. pre-quantum) physics has remained compatible with the naive realism of everyday thinking on the whole; whereas it has proven impossible to find any consistent way to visualize the world underlying quantum theory in terms of our pictures in the everyday world. The general conclusion is that in quantum theory naive realism, although necessary at the level of observations, fails at the microscopic level.” ThinkingWorldWayWholeTermLevelsImpossibleFailingTheoryEverydayPhysicsConclusionObservationConsistentQuantumRealismProvenNaiveQuantum PhysicsCompatibleQuantum Theory Author:Ravi Gomatam
“The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and commitment that develop in the couple, the more the abuser comes to think of his partner as a prized object. Possessiveness is at the core of the abuser's mindset, the spring from which all the other streams spout; on some level he feels that he owns you and therefore has the right to treat you as he sees fit.” ThinkingFeelsReasonLevelsObjectsSeriousCoupleFitSpringCommitmentTreatsAbuseMindsetPartnersCoreReason WhyStreamsOwnershipAbusersPossessiveness Author:Lundy Bancroft
“The thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human. They're full of flaws as much as they are full of heroics. I think the reason that people love them and hate them so much is because, in some way, they always see a mirror of themselves in them, and you can always understand them on some level. Sometimes it's a terrifyingly dark mirror that's held up.” PeopleThinkingWayHumansSometimesReasonCharacterHateLiteratureSpeakDarkLevelsMirrorsFlawsFictional Character Author:Keira Knightley
“I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very, very effective air power to bear in support of our troops.” ThinkingI CanLevelsSupportAirBearsContradictionTroopsHigh LevelOur TroopsAir Power Author:Bill Vaughan
“I think action movies bring more excitement than tears, but I always want to take it to another level. I mean I think if one appreciates anything in life to a certain degree, it could possibly bring tears to your eyes.” IfsThinkingWantMeanEyeActionCertainLevelsTearsDegreesAppreciateExcitementAction MovieAnything In Life Author:Donnie Yen
“To me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill for me. I dont think there was another team in any sport with that high level of athletes playing together.” ThinkingDreamTogetherSportsLevelsSeeingTeamAthleteOlympicsThrillHigh LevelBarcelonaNbcPlaying TogetherDream Team Author:Marv Albert
“I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be something you wanna be and you can't find one, is that a reason to not be what you wanna be? No!” IfsThinkingLooksReasonLevelsRolesLike YouModelsRole ModelsOverrated Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence -has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.” PeopleThinkingHeartAmericaLossLevelsResultsGriefPsychologicalAwfulInnocenceSeptemberSeptember 11MaturedAwful Days Author:Marianne Williamson
“I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.” ThinkingLevelsCreativityDemandHighestJazzNostalgiaDisdainUnforgiving Author:Pat Metheny
“Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that Ive had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.” ThinkingWayArtistStuffLossLevelsGoneTaughtPerspectiveGratitudeLosingBotherSaltGrainGreat ArtGreat ArtistGrain Of Salt Author:Bonnie Raitt
“On some level, I think everyone felt like a dork in high school.” ThinkingSchoolFeltLevelsHigh SchoolDork Author:Grant Show
“Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.” ThinkingDoeLevelsHumilityAnxious Author:Rupert Graves
“I can't think of anybody...who knows the sum and substance of what I know and feel and cry about in my secret self all the time when I don't feel strong, the sorrows of time and personality, and can therefore on all levels make it all the way with me” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsI CanSelfStrongLevelsSecretCryPersonalitySorrowSubstance Book:Visions of Cody Source: Visions of Cody
“I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's hard to map out a strategic plan by saying, 'If I do that, that's going to get me to the next level.' I think that's the wrong way to go into movies as an actor. It doesn't happen for me that way.” IfsThinkingWayHardHappensNextActorsLevelsPlansThings HappenMapsCoincidenceStrategicWrong WayNext Level Author:Jason Statham
“I think the level of criticism you're under is never healthy. I think that's why lots of people in Hollywood end up in rehab. There are the ups and downs. I was never a fan of the attention.” PeopleThinkingEndsLevelsAttentionFansHealthyCriticismHollywoodUps & DownsRehab Author:Lauren Conrad
“People will always want it [reality TV shows], if it's produced well and if it's telling people's stories - that's all anybody wants: to connect with another human being on a very basic level. If the stories are told well, I think it can continue and continue.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHumansWellsStoriesShowsRealityHuman BeingsLevelsTvsTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Cat Deeley
“Essentially, in photography, I think on two levels: one emotional and the other technical. The emotional impact has to do with looking for something dramatic happening in the photograph, something that reaches out and touches somebody in some way. And the technical is having to do with composition and framing - light and dark, light and shadow.” ThinkingWayTwoLightDarkLevelsEmotionalPhotographyHappeningsShadowImpactPhotographDramaticReach OutCompositionLight And DarkFramingLight And Shadow Author:Leonard Nimoy
“I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.” ThinkingLevelsSmartProfoundDumbHopefulSense Of HumorCynicalMultipleMundane Author:Robert Lopez
“The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If its coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets?” IfsThinkingShouldSeemsGovernmentOrderHoursLevelsCrazyConceptsGatesWhy NotMinimumMinimum Wage Author:Malcolm Wallop
“I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. Im not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive.” PeopleThinkingWantYoungDifferencesLevelsNumbersLike YouOfficeBurdenNot SureExpensiveMaking A DifferencePublic OfficeLike Yourself Author:Birch Bayh
“I think as a writer you never have to flee from fame because you're not that visible in the first place, but, after the Broadway success of 'Beauty Queen,' people were coming up to me all the time, and I wasn't really prepared for that level of attention.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLevelsAttentionFamePreparedQueensVisibleBroadwayBeauty Queen Author:Martin McDonagh
“For what I can imagine and feel and think and hear, I can hardly do anything on the acoustic bass. It used to be just pure frustration of imagining so much more and being able to get to a certain level of execution.” ThinkingFeelsI CanAbleUsedCertainLevelsImaginePureUsed To BeFrustrationExecutionBassAcoustics Author:Esperanza Spalding
“Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level. It just might take you more than your lifetime to run into the walls of a box this big.” ThinkingBigsMightRunningLevelsWallSucceedLifetimeBoxes Author:Gary W. Keller
“Testosterone is a sex hormone, and I think it is the most social of hormones. The major social effect of testosterone is to orient us toward issues of sex and power. By the end of puberty testosterone levels in males are 8 to 10 times higher than in females, but decrease with age.” ThinkingEndsAgeSocialSexLevelsIssuesEffectsHigherMajorsFemaleMalesDecreaseHormonesPubertyTestosterone Author:James McBride
“I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLevelsFansChangedHigherBandHigher LevelMetallica Author:Kirk Hammett
“I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open, and have all your guards down, and just have that level of trust and security in yourself to know that you could walk out on that limb with someone else and be safe.” ThinkingKnowsAbleActorsWalksLevelsSituationSecuritySafeDown AndAvailableLimbsGreat Actors Author:Katie Aselton
“My hope is that digital technology will level things out more and that it will eventually eliminate favoritism. But technology cannot do it alone. The audience has to become more discriminating as well and not buy into every big tentpole movie because they have been brainwashed into thinking that's the movie to see.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensBigsLevelsTechnologyAudienceDigitalBrainwashedDigital TechnologyFavoritism Author:Lexi Alexander
“You always think in terms of customer benefit. You always think, "How could I really benefit people at such a high level that they would love to buy my product or service and recommend it to others?"” PeopleThinkingTermLevelsProductsBenefitsCustomersHigh Level Author:Brian Tracy
“Space really means the level of awareness or presence, not thinking. So, can you look at your partner and not think? Two conscious beings realize that the essence of the relationship is the space in it. Even when there is an egoic overlay, it is not too dense or heavy for you to sense the essence underneath it. You don't need to react to the egoic overlay. When you don't react to it you don't strengthen it.” ThinkingNeedsLooksMeanTwoRealizingSpaceLevelsAwarenessConsciousEssenceHeavyPartnersBeing RealReally MeanDense Author:Eckhart Tolle
“We are destined not to go back to the level of animals that we've come from but to return to being by going beyond thinking.” ThinkingAnimalLevelsReturnDestined Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.” ThinkingLostAnimalLevelsHavensConnectionsRise AboveDeep Connections Author:Eckhart Tolle