“I've been so mistreated by male authority in my life that I had a terrible time in my marriage trying to be a submissive wife. I wanted to rule the roost in everything. And it wasn't even really that I was rebellious; I was afraid of being hurt. And I think that a lot of people that choose these alternative lifestyles, I think it's because they've been hurt somewhere along the line very badly.” PeopleThinkingTryingWantedHurtLinesWifeTerribleAuthorityMalesLifestyleAlternativesRebelliousSubmissiveBeing HurtBeen HurtMistreatedTerrible TimesRoostAfraid Of Being Hurt Author:Joyce Meyer
“I think you can talk about anything if the context is correctly arranged. If you set up the context and you bring the audience along carefully enough with you, you can get them to cross the line with you. What I try to do is talk about things that bother me, and I hope that in doing so I bother other people.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingEnoughLinesAudienceCrossesBother Author:George Carlin
“For some reason California's always been where the struggle is about how much authority you can impose on people's private lives. It seems to show up there most clearly. They had a helmet law for motorcycles in California and the bikies were saying things like, "It restricts my vision. I can't hear what my bike's doing. If it was on fire I wouldn't know it until my ass caught." And at the bottom line what the bikies were saying was, "Look, it's my goddamn head and if I want to splatter my brains all over the guardrails on the Coast Highway, super for me."” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLooksI CanReasonShowsSeemsLawLinesBrainVisionStruggleFireAuthorityBottomCaughtAssCaliforniaCoastBikeHighwaysBottom LinePrivate LifeMotorcycleHelmetGuardrails Author:Stephen King
“Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing in opposition to fascism. Good poetry asks a bunch of questions and asks the audience to interact with themselves or see themselves in it; maybe you like it or you don't like it. But the fascist sort of stuff plays on your fears and tells you to jump on the party line and gives some simple excuses - blame this person.” GivingPersonsPlayPoliticalAsksStuffLinesSimplePartyAudiencePoetReflectionStandingBlameExcuseBunchOppositionPoetry IsFascismFascistsYou Like ItGood PoetryTime Poetry Author:John Cusack
“I love everything black, because black is cool. When something crosses over, people are like, "Oh, this is a crossover." First of all, there is no urban anymore. Pop culture is black. White kids are dressing like black kids. It's all crossed the lines now. The way I understand it is, everything black is cool. When it crosses over to white, that means it's going from cool to uncool. That's what crossover is.” PeopleWayFirstsMeanKidsCultureBlackLinesWhiteCrossesPopsUrbanDressingsPop CultureBlack WhiteCrossoverUncool Author:Brett Ratner
“What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones... You can remember every line to their songs. But today, how often do you remember any of the lines to songs? I mean, I know that one of the Lily Allen's last albums is called It's Not Me, It's You. But I don't know how the songs go.” KnowsMeanTodayLastsRememberSongLinesKnow HowMusic IsStonesAlbumsRollingLiliesRolling Stones Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“I do like when you find a true personal relationship with any of the characters, you like to make that honest connection. And every once in a while, there's that glimmer where you got that line in where something happens, where you get to really talk.” CharacterHappensLinesHonestConnectionsThings HappenPersonal Relationships Author:Jonathan Banks
“You've got to listen to your body, notice some trends in yourself and do the best you can to be ready when a finish line approaches.” BodyLinesReadyApproachYour BodyTrendsDo The BestFinish Line Author:Chael Sonnen
“They called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget.” LinesBudgetsItemsVetoCorleone Author:Jeb Bush
“Literary science fiction is a very, very narrow band of the publishing business. I love science fiction in more of a pop-culture sense. And by the way, the line between science fiction and reality has blurred a lot in my life doing deep ocean expeditions and working on actual space projects and so on. So I tend to be more fascinated by the reality of the science-fiction world in which we live.” WorldWayRealityCultureLinesSpaceFictionBandOceanProjectsScience FictionPopsFascinatedPublishingPop CultureExpeditionsScience LoveDeep OceanFiction And Reality Author:James Cameron
“All my cuts are always about three hours, at the start, mainly because any scene in the movie that's 90 seconds, I probably shot a five-minute version of. If you just extrapolate that through the whole movie, I have a very long version of every scene, usually because, if there's one funny joke, I'll shoot five because I don't know if the one I like is going to work. I'll get back-ups because my biggest fear is to be in previews, testing the movie, and a joke doesn't work, but I have no way to fix it because I have no other line.” IfsKnowsWayLongWholeThreeHoursLinesFiveCuttingMinutesSceneJokesShotsVersionsGet BackSecondsTestingGoing To WorkFive MinutesBiggest FearFunny JokesPreview Author:Judd Apatow
“The thing that is most important is to feel like you're at the front of the line, to be prime or primer. I definitely never wanted to say that in the films, but that's where it comes from.” FeelsImportantWantedFilmLinesFrontsLike YouPrime Author:Shane Carruth
“When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I focus a lot on environmental issues, and I tend to vote along those lines.” TryingI CanLinesIssuesFocusVoteEnvironmentalCandidatesEnvironmental Issues Author:Jack Johnson
“In wrestling there are so many people inside and outside the ring, and it's so live, and it's this whole adrenaline thing. Whereas you move it into this more intimate thing, everything gets all quiet, someone says action, and you have to say the lines and make the words your own. It couldn't be any more different and it's weird sometimes trying to explain that to people. When I tell people that acting is much more terrifying to me than going out in front of ten thousand people, they don't quite believe it because for some reason that intimacy is just terrifying to me.” PeopleTryingBelieveDifferentSometimesReasonWholeActionMovingLinesActingFrontsThousandQuietTenRingsIntimacyIntimateWrestlingGoing OutAdrenalineInside And Outside Author:Dave Bautista
“It's tempting to think that decisions that are not life-and-death are therefore unimportant, and that the little compromises we make don't matter to our bottom line or our spiritual selves. How many of us are tempted, in business, to make a less-than-ethical decision? To appropriate someone else's idea or fudge some numbers? We have to remember that maintaining our ethical and spiritual selves is absolutely linked with achieving the degree of success we're working toward.” ThinkingLittlesIdeasSelfMatterRememberSpiritualLinesDecisionNumbersAchieveDegreesBottomCompromiseAppropriateLife And DeathEthicalLinkedTemptedMaintainingBottom LineUnimportantTemptingFudge Author:Marianne Williamson
“I really, really love China. To be honest, the food is so amazing! When I first went to Beijing and Shanghai, I actually became obsessed with soup dumplings, and would stand in lines and get them on the street. It was something that I became obsessed with and when I came back to the States, I did all this research for the best soup dumplings in the Los Angeles area and in the New York area and it was amazing to find those Asian dishes that were authentic and I can enjoy them at home.” FirstsI CanStatesHomeEnjoyLinesStreetsHonestNew YorkResearchAreasChinaBeing HonestObsessedLos AngelesDishesSoupAsianBeijingShanghaiDumplings Author:Tyra Banks
“The military is focusing only on the short run costs. If they don't provide appropriate body armor, they save some money today, but the healthcare cost is going to be the future for some other president down the line. I view that as both fiscally and morally irresponsible.” IfsBodyRunningTodayPresidentLinesViewsMilitaryCostAppropriateHealthcareIrresponsibleArmor Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Travel in car, because you can stop. Air travel any more is a nightmare. I think it's the same for everyone. If I have a choice to stand in line to get x-rayed, or see scenery, I'll take scenery.” IfsThinkingChoicesLinesAirCarNightmareSceneryAir Travel Author:Steve Kimock
“Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is, 'Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner.''” SaidNamesLinesPickupsPickup LineHi My Name Is Author:Hugh Hefner
“What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is told in just a moment - a look, a line, a short scene, but something that speaks a volume, something that speaks to me.” ThinkingLooksMomentsCharacterStoriesSpeakLinesRolesSceneDrawsVolume Author:Nathan Fillion
“Relationships are not straight forward. They're not black and white. Sometimes things don't always going in a straight line, and that's okay. Love can be very confusing.” SometimesBlackLinesWhiteOkayBlack And WhiteConfusingStraight Lines Author:Danica McKellar
“I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out that you appreciate the anxiety that comes with having to try to sell a line, or with trying to own a character.” ThinkingTryingCharacterLinesAnxietyAppreciateSells Author:Mike White
“Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines.” LongStarsLinesHellGet UpMovie StarStressfulCrunch Author:Thomas Lennon
“There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear makes me wince.” MaySometimesCharacterLinesLaughingLaughterPainfulRecognitionExpensesNeverthelessBlurryWince Author:Todd Solondz
“I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.” WantMayLinesAnswersEmotionalFindingsStrangerPsychologicalCuriousBusPhysiologyBotany Author:Lydia Davis
“The whole notion of politics is they always present you with this or this or this. I’ll get a newspaper to read between the lines. Why do you have to adhere to prescribed formulas that they have and people argue over them and they’re all in a box. And you watch Fox claw CNN, and CNN claw Fox. Sometimes I catch a piece of the news and it seems insanity to me. I quietly support candidates. I’m not out there banging a drum for candidates. But I have supported a candidate and it’s a whole other world.” PeopleWorldSometimesWholeSeemsLinesWatchesSupportPiecesNewsNotionBoxesArguingNewspapersInsanityCandidatesFormulasFoxesOther WorldsClawsCnnBangingBetween The LinesRead Between The Lines Author:Mel Gibson
“McWorld is a product of popular culture driven by expansionist commerce. Its template is American, its form style. Its goods are as much images as matériel, an aesthetic as well as a product line. It is about culture as commodity, apparel as ideology. Its symbols are Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Cadillac motorcars hoisted from the roadways, where they once represented a mode of transportation, to the marquees of global market cafés like Harley-Davidson's and the Hard Rock where they become icons of lifestyle.” WellsHardFormCultureLinesRocksStyleProductsDrivenLifestyleIdeologySymbolsGoodsAestheticCommerceConsumerismCommodityIconsTransportationMotorcycleOverconsumptionPopular CultureApparelCadillacsHard RockHarleyMarqueeHarley Davidson Author:Benjamin Barber
“I find many women are intimidated by "career women"! Bottom line: snap judgments about what you think others' perceptions might be about you, personally or professionally, can be more dangerous or damaging to you than those who are uncomfortable with your stature or your smarts. If you are smart and focused on your career, remind yourself that no one can ever take away your drive and your passion.” IfsThinkingMightPassionLinesCareersDangerousJudgmentPerceptionSmartBottomFocusedUncomfortableBottom LineSnapsIntimidatedStatureCareer WomenSnap Judgment Author:Jenna Lee
“We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern music elements, the visual part of the band appeal to a younger audience. For an older audience, we have chops and great songs that are reminiscent of the things that were great about rock and roll when they enjoyed it. We're the kind of band that can cross those lines.” KindSongLinesAudienceModernRocksBandElementsCrossesEnjoyedAppealsVisualsBarriersGapsPortionsRock And RollModern Music Author:Andy Biersack
“I created my bags from the notion of developing a well-edited line of fashionable, but not "trendy" handbags. By designing styles that will be as relevant tomorrow as they are today, my brand has established itself as a modern classic.” WellsTodayLinesModernStyleDesignTomorrowNotionBrandsDevelopingClassicBagsRelevantFashionableEditedTrendyHandbags Author:Kate Spade
“A good actor is like a racehorse or a Ferrari. If a cylinder is missing on a Chevy, it's doesn't matter that much. But if something's not working right on a Ferrari, it makes a big difference. It's the three percent that makes the difference between good and great. It's a fine line. If you're not there, it's very painful.” IfsMatterBigsThreeActorsDifferencesLinesMissingFinePercentPainfulGood ActorsFine LinesFerrariChevyCylindersRacehorses Author:Christopher Walken
“Handling a painful situation in a comedic way is truly the funniest. That is extremely real to me and not kind of clownish. There is a thin line though; you can't overdo it.” WayKindRealLinesSituationPainfulComedicPainful Situations Author:Will Ferrell
“You can look at what's happened to America in the last years and say a lot of people were asleep. A lot of people were not staying awake and watching what was going on and facing the pain of that and dealing with it.I don't care if the rest of the audience doesn't think along those lines at all, because the audience is a huge spectrum of people, from people who are introspective to people who just want to be scared and have fun, and all the points in between.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsLooksCarePainLastsAmericaFunLinesAudienceHappenedHugeScaredDon't CareI Don't CareHaving FunAwakeStayingLast YearSpectrumIntrospectiveDealing With It Author:Wes Craven
“There is a very blurry line between the things we can't do and the things that we can.” LinesBlurry Author:Erik Weihenmayer
“To me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle. The witch doctor tries to convince us that we have to ask God for help, to spell out to him what we need, even to bribe him with prayer or cash on the line.” MenNeedsTryingHelpingTogetherAsksLinesPrayerMiddleDoctorsConvinceWitchSpellsCashBribePersonal ThingsConvince UsWitch Doctors Author:Frank Sinatra
“Artists have always been the front line; that's part of our responsibility. But a lot of the big actors come out, they get slammed, and then they retreat.” BigsArtistActorsLinesResponsibilityFrontsRetreat Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I think Julianne Moore is very, very good. I've worked with her. We did Surviving Picasso. I remember one scene we did together. She had to have a nervous, a mental, breakdown in this one scene. I didn't have many lines. I just had to make sure I knew I came in on cue all right. And I was just watching her walking though the rehearsal. I thought I know what she's doing, "This is going to be terrific." So they said, "Are you ready" and she said, "Yeah," "Ok, roll the camera." And all in one take.” ThinkingKnowsSaidTogetherRememberLinesReadyWalkingSceneCamerasYeahVery GoodNervousThey SaidTerrificSurvivingRehearsalBreakdownMental Breakdown Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I just learn my lines, go on set. Do my preparation, whatever that is. Have a cup of coffee. Say hello to everyone. And be friendly. "Action" - and then do it.” ActionLinesGoes OnCoffeeCupsPreparationFriendlyHelloCoffee Cup Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Working with Katherine Hepburn, she said to me, "Don't act." She said, "Read the lines. Just be. Just speak the lines." I said, "Okay." She said, "You look good. You got a good pair of shoulders, you got a good head, good face."” LooksSaidFacesSpeakLinesOkayShouldersPairsHepburnKatherine Hepburn Author:Anthony Hopkins
“If I'm playing someone who's smart, suddenly every character I've played is smart. If I'm playing a bad guy, every character is a bad guy. I suppose it's that thing where people want to see a through-line to understand you. I mean, you know, I have played pretty ordinary people too.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantMeanCharacterGuyLinesSmartOrdinaryOrdinary PeopleBad GuysPlaying Someone Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I look in the mirror and I see the lines, but I don't care. It's a good time. I don't know why it's such a good time, but it's a good time.” KnowsLooksCareLinesMirrorsDon't CareI Don't CareGood Times Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where I could get on stage. I guess you could get up no matter how bad you were and you didn't have to audition. You just got up. Everything else required an audition and if you auditioned for a TV show, you would stand in line with a hundred other people. But at the clubs, it was okay just to get up, so that's why I started in stand-up.” PeopleIfsMatterShowsWantedLinesPathComedyStageTvsHundredOkayFolksClubsResistanceGet UpTv ShowsAuditionsFolk MusicPath Of Least Resistance Author:Steve Martin
“I love Sweden. In Sweden, the women are just so hot. Their vibe is so amazing. You feel like every girl out there was genetically altered to just be hot. I did not see one ugly woman out there, it was just a line of continuously hot girls.” FeelsGirlLinesHotUglyAlteredSwedenEvery GirlUgly WomenHot Girl Author:Kid Cudi
“One of the jobs of a writer is to add nuance and ambiguity to that straight line that people often draw to very specific kinds of heroism. Most of us don't get to be Snooki. For most of us heroism has to be in our everyday lives.” PeopleKindJobsLinesDrawsAddEverydayHeroismEveryday LifeAmbiguityNuanceStraight LinesSnooki Author:John Green
“I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.” PeopleTryingSocialLinesFrontsSocial ChangeTrenchesGreat Respect Author:Jon Stewart
“In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in self-confidence, that in many cases they line themselves up fairly squarely behind the imperial project and that then creates a big vacuum in which the Islamists become the dominant power because they are the only ones then who are seen as resisting.” WorldSelfBigsForceLinesBehindsCasesProjectsSelf ConfidenceIslamicSecularLackingDominantVacuumsResistingUnsureIslamists Author:Tariq Ali
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“I basically try not to waste any lines in any of my songs, and I think the witty phrases and funny lyrics I have bring a smarter sound to college hip-hop.” ThinkingTryingSongSoundLinesCollegeWasteHip HopWittyHipsPhrasesHopsSmarter Author:Mike Stud
“[While designing] I'm mixing two lines of thought really: me as a designer for women and then me as a man. At the start of the design process it's the designer for women that comes to the forefront - sketching and revising the silhouette. Then the man comes into the picture - and I look at the shoe from a very masculine point of view. Then there is a conflict between the two sides of me. Sometimes the man wins, and sometimes the designer wins.” MenLooksTwoSometimesWinningProcessSidesLinesViewsDesignHe ManConflictShoesPoint Of ViewDesignerMasculineTwo SidesMixingSketchingSilhouettesRevisingDesign Process Author:Christian Louboutin
“Beauty is all about form; proportions and the relationships between one line and another.” FormLinesProportionOne Line Author:Christian Louboutin