“The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." I remember thinking, "Hoss, you're not just jivin'," because he was so weak that all he could do was sing a few lines and then just fall in the chair.” ThinkingWorldCountryLastsRememberSongFallLinesAliveThis WorldWeakChairsLast SongHank Williams Author:Chet Atkins
“Sometimes I feel people think I live on a commune but I don't. We are all solar, though. There are no power lines. It's mostly farmers, so everyone who has tractors uses bio-diesel.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSometimesUseLinesFarmersDieselCommunesTractorsBiosPower Lines Author:Woody Harrelson
“I have a very sissy job, where I go to work and get my hair done, and people do my makeup, and I go and say lines and people spoil me rotten. And everyone has that kind of curiosity of how far can you go, how far can you take it. I think it's always good testing yourself.” PeopleThinkingKindDoneJobsLinesHairCuriosityMakeupTestingSpoilRottenSissyTesting Yourself Author:Christian Bale
“No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But we need to think about where to draw the line on these kind of operations so we're not always attacking our allies, the people we trust, the people we need to rely on, and to have them in turn rely on us.” PeopleThinkingNeedsKindCountryStatesTurnsInterestLinesUnitedUnited StatesPlansDrawsIndependentIntentionArguingOperationsRelyAlliesAttackingForeign Countries Author:Edward Snowden
“What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.” PeopleThinkingProcessLinesCreativityAirFineRationalInsanityFormulasClosestArtistryFine LinesGrabbing Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I think my films kind of walk this line that Im proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.” ThinkingFeelsKindFilmLinesWalksYouthProud Author:J. C. Chandor
“Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In a world where so many companies are willing to cut corners, to do things the easy way in order to enhance the bottom line, it's gratifying to know that there's one company that obviously takes such pride in its finished product, one company that can always be counted on to design and produce a book that is, itself, as much a work of art as the illustrations on its pages.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayMindFirstsArtBookOrderEasyLinesQualityCompanyCuttingDesignProduceWillingProductsPridePagesBottomCornersFinishedWorks Of ArtBottom LineOne WordIllustrationEasy WayAbram Author:Stan Lee
“I think that sometimes the difference between winning and losing, success and failure, is this gray line between will, passion and self-belief that says, 'I'm going to do this'.” ThinkingSelfSometimesPassionWinningBeliefDifferencesLinesLosingGraySuccess And FailureWinning And LosingBelief In Self Author:Howard Schultz
“Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Look, here's the bottom line with respect to gas prices: I want gas prices lower because they hurt families.” ThinkingWantLooksStatesPoliticalPresidentHurtLinesUnitedUnited StatesPerspectiveHigherElectionBottomGasBottom LineGas PricesUst Author:Barack Obama
“I think there's a sense of power women don't get till we're older when we say, 'This is the line, and you're not stepping over it.” ThinkingWomenLinesOver It Author:Claudia Kennedy
“President Bush stopped off at a bass pro fishing store to pick up a fishing reel, some line and some rubber worms. He's going to disappear and go fishing. So he must think he's back in the National Guard.” ThinkingPresidentLinesPicksDisappearStoresFishingWormsPresident BushBassRubberNational Guard Author:Jay Leno
“Why do people go to the cinema? What takes them into a darkened room where, for two hours, they watch the play of shadows on a sheet? The search for entertainment? The need for a kind of drug? ..I think that what a person normally goes to the cinema for is time: for time lost or spent or not yet had. He goes there for living experience; for cinema, like no other art, widens, enhances and concentrates a person’s experience-and not only enhances it but makes it longer, significantly longer. That is the power of cinema: ‘stars’, story-lines and entertainment have nothing to do with it.” PeopleThinkingNeedsKindPersonsArtTwoPlayStoriesLostStarsHoursLinesRoomsWatchesDrugShadowEntertainmentCinemaSheets Author:Andrei Tarkovsky
“Kenya is risking sanctions from international competition because international organisations think we are not addressing the problem in line with world best practice.” ThinkingWorldProblemLinesPracticeCompetitionInternationalSanctionsOrganisationKenyaBest Practices Author:Kipchoge Keino
“People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy beat-boxing, awesome bass lines (and) throw everything together, you just have really cool music.” PeopleThinkingTogetherUsedStuffCan DoLinesMusicCrazyBeatsBoringBoxingVocalBassReally CoolChoirCool MusicVocal Music Author:Isaac Hecker
“Most actors are very deeply passionate about their line of work. I suppose there are probably people who sell insurance policies that are passionate about it, but I'm thinking the ratio is a little higher for actors. But, I may be wrong.” PeopleThinkingMayLittlesActorsLinesPolicyHigherSellsPassionateVery DeepRatiosInsurance Policy Author:Greg Kinnear
“I feel satisfaction at the end of the day when I've written a scene that I really like or when I write a good line of dialogue that I read out to my wife or something like that. But there's also days where it's just bloody agony and I go, 'ugh, this is such crap! Why did I think I had any talent?” ThinkingFeelsWritingEndsLinesWifeWrittenTalentSceneSatisfactionMy WifeDialogueThe End Of The DayAgonyBloodyCrapUgh Author:George R. R. Martin
“The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian. I'd need to be able to be a creator. That's what I enjoy - I enjoy coming up with comedy, so it'd be very difficult for me to be sitting in a room and have somebody come in and say, "Here's your script! Learn these lines!" That's not fun. At least not for me.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsWould BeAbleFunEnjoyDifficultLinesRoomsComedyTelevisionSittingScriptsCreatorComedian Author:Brian Regan
“Sometimes an actor doesn't sell an idea 100 percent. It just sounds like something that's coming out of their head. You can hear the gears whirring and they're trying to think of what the smart approach is to getting a line across.” ThinkingTryingIdeasSometimesActorsSoundLinesApproachSmartPercentSellsComing OutGearsLike Something Author:David Gordon Green
“I think if you're not willing to wear your own clothes, you're doing something wrong. If you're not wearing your own line, you're taking all the fun out of it.” IfsThinkingFunLinesWillingClothes Author:Lauren Conrad
“I think I'm hornier than most dudes. I'm not a selfish lover - but the bottom line is... I guess I am horny. I'm insatiable. I can never get enough.” ThinkingI CanEnoughLinesLoversBottomSelfishBottom LineInsatiableHorny Author:Rude Jude
“I think it's important to find a line that suits your body, your body type, that you're comfortable in.” ThinkingImportantBodyLinesTypeComfortableYour BodySuitsBody Types Author:Avril Lavigne
“When you’re good at improv, even when you’re going to deliver somebody else’s line that they’ve written, you’ve got to nail it. And sometimes it’s not going to be as good as you think, and you have to not worry about hurting each other’s feelings. All that matters is the product itself. All that matters is the show.” ThinkingSometimesMatterShowsFeelingsHurtLinesWorryWrittenProductsNailsHurting Each Other Author:Chris Jericho
“I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.” ThinkingKnowsLinesToo MuchMilitaryFineFine LinesMilitary Service Author:Bob Dole
“I think lines are meant to be crossed anyways. The entire time I was singing on the cross, there's numbers flipping over my head. You know, starting at one and going up to 12 million.” ThinkingKnowsLinesNumbersMillionsSingingCrossesStartingMeant To Be Author:Madonna Ciccone
“In the West everybody recognizes the need for a private sector, pretty much, even the one Socialist group understands this now, and so there tends to be debate about how much public sector intervention you think is needed for a variety of reasons, and there are very important differences on party lines that should be fought out.” ThinkingNeedsShouldImportantReasonDifferencesLinesPartyGroupsNeededWestDebateVarietySocialistInterventionPrivate SectorPublic Sector Author:Barney Frank
“Showing weakness will encourage your opponents. It inspires them. It encourages them to hit harder. To come faster. But when you don't show any fear, or when you don't show any hurt, you have the opportunity to discourage your opponent. You discourage your enemies. The bottom line is, if you think properly, you don't even have to think about all of that. All you have to think about is that guy across from me is human, and so am I. And he'll never out-work me. He'll never out-think me. And if you can't out-work me, and you can't out-think me, you'll never beat me.” IfsThinkingHumansShowsGuyOpportunityHurtLinesEnemyInspireBeatsWeaknessHarderBottomFasterOpponentsBottom LineDiscouragingThat Guy Author:Jim Brown
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.” PeopleThinkingFirstsEndsHumorFunnyLinesCrossesBaseballCardsWireFinish Line Author:Jerry Coleman
“I am always interested in the ways of scoring the sound of the poem, especially a poem with long lines. Spaces within a line, double colons, slashes, are indications of pause, of breath, of urgency, they are not metrically exact as in a musical notation but they serve (I hope) to make the reader think about the sound of the poem - just as traffic symbols, when driving, make us almost unconsciously aware of a steep hill, an intersection, an icy bridge etc.” ThinkingWayLongSoundLinesSpaceReaderBreathsMusicalDrivingSymbolsHillsBridgesEtcTrafficPausesUrgencyIndicationSteepIcyIntersectionsLong Lines Author:Adrienne Rich
“I'm an actor, I created the character myself originally. I do tell the fans I appreciate that they think he's real. It all finally comes down to the writers who really got the character and wrote so many memorable lines.” ThinkingRealCharacterActorsLinesFansAppreciateMemorable Author:Creed Bratton
“I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider to be a good reason. Then the battle is on to almost prove to the audience that it's justified. How far can you go with that? How far can that character go before people won't accept it? Trying to walk to edge of that line is a challenge.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsReasonCharacterChallengesLinesWalksAcceptingBreakAudienceBattleProveEdgesBad ThingsJustifiedGood Person Author:Steven Knight
“I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people on rope lines, because I'm always thinking, 'Maybe this interaction, particularly if I'm meeting kids, will change someone's life.' That's how I think about the work I do as First Lady. It's a rare spotlight. I want to make sure I don't waste it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsFirstsMadeReasonKidsDifferencesLinesWasteMeetingsInteractionEnd TimesRopeSpend TimeSpotlightFirst LadyGreetingsAlways Thinking Author:Michelle Obama
“I think people in the future will come up to me and say, "Everything that you are and everything that you have is because of that butler [film]." Of course, that's Oprah's line from the movie, but I think it will resonate with my legacy with the movie.” PeopleThinkingFilmCoursesLinesCome UpLegacyButlers Author:Lee Daniels
“Dogs are intelligent beings; they are not human beings. The life of a dog - there's no equivalency with the life of a person, and if you are putting a dog in the line of danger to save human life, and they can do the job reasonably well, I mean, seriously, what about dignity and self-respect? I feel like going out to dinner, I think I will have my cocker spaniel host the show tonight.” IfsThinkingFeelsHumansWellsMeanPersonsSelfShowsJobsCan DoLinesHuman BeingsDogDangerDignityIntelligentDinnerHuman LifeSelf RespectTonightHostGoing OutSpanielsSelf Respect And Dignity Author:Tucker Carlson
“By being an elite athlete a lot of people think that you can go away or go places and get away with things. I'm more of the laid-back person. I don't have to go and skip the line. I don't have a problem waiting.” PeopleThinkingPersonsProblemWaitingLinesAthleteGet AwayGoing AwayElitesSkipLaid BackElite Athletes Author:Andre Johnson
“I think for me in terms of this kind of dichotomy you have to hold the sense of negative capability in your mind - which is Keats line about being able to hold two different ideas 'without any irritable reach after fact or reason.'” ThinkingMindKindTwoIdeasDifferentReasonFactsAbleTermLinesNegativeCapabilityDichotomyDifferent Ideas Author:Anne Waldman
“I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we have to seek to create coalitional strategies that go beyond racial lines. We need to bring black communities, Chicano communities, Puerto Rican communities, Asian American communities together.” ThinkingNeedsMayTogetherPastBlackCommunityLinesIssuesFocusStrategyAsianAsian AmericanBlack Community Author:Angela Davis
“When you're in doubt about the future and you're in doubt about how solid this thing is that you're laying your life and your soul on the line for, you will probably retract into yourself a little bit and think, No, there's only so much I can give to something that everyone doesn't believe in. There's been chipping away, people have been chipping away at it, so it's just you in the spotlight in front of all these people.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveLittlesHas BeensI CanSoulBitsLinesDoubtFrontsLittle BitYour SoulSpotlightChipping Away Author:Richard Ashcroft
“My dad always said to me that with fame comes great responsibility, which has always stuck with me, even though I think he stole that line from Spiderman.” ThinkingSaidLinesResponsibilityDadFameMy DadStuckGreat Responsibility Author:Missy Higgins
“The question I'm constantly asking myself is: what are we afraid of? I think it's important for us to follow that line of fear, because that is ultimately our line of growth.” ThinkingImportantGrowthLinesAsking Author:Terry Tempest Williams