“Beethoven for listening; Liszt, Chopin, and Beethoven for playing as well as Bach and Prokofiev and so on. If I kept going, this list would spiral. It's as wide as literature; in fact, it is probably wider.” IfsWellsFactsLiteratureListeningWideListsSpirals Author:William Golding
“I don't practice yoga, but it's on my list of things to try again. I gave it a shot, but the class was too advanced for me, and I felt overwhelmed and a little embarrassed.” TryingLittlesFeltClassPracticeYogaShotsListsEmbarrassedOverwhelmedTry Again Author:Mike Colter
“I think that the people that are publicly on Hillary Clinton's short list all are very congenial people. They're not people with personality or Captain Queeg problems.” PeopleThinkingProblemPersonalityClintonListsCaptains Author:Mark Shields
“Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.” PeopleSelfSometimesListsFormerPossessedCommandersSobrietyNatoPlausible Author:David Brooks
“I like to think about the bestseller list as, "This is the medicine cabinet of a very sick country." Let me look and see what they're reading that isn't nourishing them.” ThinkingLooksCountryReadingSickLet MeMedicineListsCabinets Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I built on the efforts of a previous scientist, others will build on the work I'm doing and if I look at the whole scope from chemistry to biology to physics, it's just the list is too long to mention just one and it's not fair to the others.” IfsLooksLongWholeEffortBuiltFairsScientistListsPhysicsJust OneBiologyChemistryScopeNot Fair Author:Ahmed H. Zewail
“In our world, these harmful micro-organisms and an endless list of toxic chemicals consistently assault our immune system. Coupled with these assaults are the daily stresses of life and their deleterious effects upon us.” WorldEffectsStressListsEndlessOur WorldChemicalsToxicConsistentlyOrganismsAssaultImmuneImmune SystemToxic Chemicals Author:David Wolfe
“I'm a project guy, but when my list of things to do gets too long or involved, it can stress me out to the point of catatonia. So I focus on the small stuff first and keep the larger picture as motivation - but not so close that it overwhelms.” FirstsLongMotivationGuyStuffFocusInvolvedProjectsStressListsThings To DoSmall Stuff Author:Michael Lomenda
“Singing is actually something that I practice almost every day and definitely at the top of my inspirational list.” PracticeSingingLists Author:Josie Ho
“If a spaceship from the outer reaches of the galaxy landed on Earth in the next two months, and its occupants climbed out and presented Earthlings with a list of secrets - a simple formula - for making life finally work on this planet without violence, killing, and war, without turmoil, pain, and suffering, without want, lack, and despair, do you think we would be wise to look it over? Even if it contradicted everything we knew to be true or thought to be so?” IfsThinkingWantLooksTwoWarWould BeEarthPainSufferingNextSimpleSecretWiseViolencePlanetsMonthsDespairKillingListsBeing TrueFormulasGalaxyBeing WiseTurmoilSpaceshipsTwo MonthsPain And Suffering Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I have a list as long as my arm but I find those lists sort of self-defeating because you start to name and then after [the interviewer] leaves the room you go 'Ah, I forgot this person or that person.' So I just don't do it anymore. Hopefully if you make work that people like, they'll get in contact with you.” PeopleIfsPersonsLongSelfNamesRoomsArmsListsContactHopefullyInterviewers Author:Cillian Murphy
“There's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1 and 2, and Ratatouille. It's super surreal. We've been working on this for eight years nonstop. Every week we've had a Sausage Party meeting, and now it won't be on our to-do list anymore. It's like the end of summer camp.” YearsEndsChancePartyWeekSummerMeetingsEightListsCampsSurrealSausageCloudyEnd Of SummerSummer CampMeatballs Author:Evan Goldberg
“Are you in relationships with people who don't have your well-being at heart? Make a list of these, and consider what you can do to protect yourself from their toxic influence. Sometimes, setting better boundaries and practicing the tools of conscious communication can be transformative. In some cases, ending a relationship may be necessary.” PeopleWellsHeartMaySometimesCan DoCasesInfluenceCommunicationProtectConsciousToolsListsBoundariesSettingSettingsWell BeingToxicProtect YourselfRelationships Ending Author:Deepak Chopra
“I'm more of a seat of my pants, heat of the moment kind of person, which lends itself well to hosting and acting, but not necessarily going, "Oh, what is my shot list? That's right, I needed to work on a shot list."” WellsKindPersonsMomentsActingNeededShotsListsHeatSeatsPantsHeat Of The Moment Author:Zachary Levi
“I really love it, I love working with directors that are very collaborative and allow me input. I've done over 75 films, it's just like you're an apprentice. You learn so much about camerawork, lenses, and I'm always talking about DPs and directors and they always give me lists. I think pretty soon, I'll be ready to move away from being in front of the camera.” ThinkingGivingDoneFilmMovingTalkingFrontsReadyLike YouDirectorsGive MeCamerasListsLensesInputApprentice Author:John Leguizamo
“He may be a lot of things, but Donald Trump has not done one thing that detracts from the character or the reputation of the USA, for crying out loud. I can give you a list of Democrats who you seem to want to sidle up to who are doing their level best to destroy this country as it was founded, who are doing their level best to transform this country away from its intentions as founded. For crying out loud.” WantGivingMayI CanCountryDoneCharacterSeemsLevelsOne ThingCryTrumpIntentionDemocratListsReputationLoudUsa Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There might be many similarities between Erdogan and Putin. We can see that in the current developments, unfortunately. But Viktor Orban seriously does not fit in that list.” DoeMightDevelopmentFitCurrentsListsPutinSimilarityErdogan Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski
“I'd love to get a chance to talk shop with Joss Whedon. That's pretty high up there on the list.” ChanceListsShops Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.” PeopleAsksSituationEconomicHigherListsPrioritiesRecessionsEconomic Recession Author:Al Gore
“I think that we're always gonna be in a position as Republicans and as conservatives where we gotta be willing to stand up for our conservative values. And certainly, you know, at the top of that list is a strong national defense, the importance of a United States military that is superior to all others in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldStatesValuesStrongUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPositionWillingRepublicanImportanceConservativeDefenseListsSuperiorsNational DefenseConservative ValuesUnited States Military Author:Liz Cheney
“I never respond to Donald Trump's personal insults about me. I could care less what he says about me. I'm going to respond when he calls a judge unqualified because of his Mexican heritage, or mocks a reporter with a disability, or says demeaning things about women. And the list goes on.” CareJudgingGoes OnTrumpListsInsultDisabilityHeritageReportersMexicanUnqualifiedDemeaningCould Care Less Author:Hillary Clinton
“I might take from the current political chaos a desire to somehow reflect its essential qualities in a story - the blatant lies that get accepted with repetition; the way mass media seems to be agitating people en masse; the way, particularly, that a relatively lucky and affluent and privileged population can be undone by a certain spoiled quality; that feeling when two decent people violently disagree, because they are arguing from two non-intersecting data sets - well, the list goes on.” PeopleWayWellsTwoStoriesFeelingsSeemsMightPoliticalLyingDesireCertainQualityMediaGoes OnLuckyEssentialsMassChaosPopulationCurrentsArguingListsAcceptedDataDecentDisagreePrivilegedRepetitionSpoiledUndoneMass MediaAffluentBlatant Lies Author:George Saunders
“If someone is willing to reconsider the results of World War II, let us discuss this. But then we will have to discuss not only Kaliningrad, but also the eastern lands of Germany, the city of Lvov, a former part of Poland, and so on, and so forth. There are also Hungary and Romania on the list.” IfsWorldWarResultsCitiesLandWillingListsFormerWar Of The WorldsGermanyWorld War IiWorld War IEasternPolandHungaryRomania Author:Vladimir Putin
“About four years ago I made a list, for my own amusement, of the playwrights, the contemporary playwrights, by whom critics said I'd been influenced. I listed twenty-five. It included five playwrights whose work I didn't know, so I read these five playwrights and indeed now I suppose I can say I have been influenced by them. The problem is that the people who write these articles find the inevitable similarities of people writing in the same generation, in the same century, and on the same planet, and they put them together in a group.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsHas BeensMadeSaidI CanProblemTogetherMy OwnFiveFourGenerationsGroupsCenturyPlanetsYears AgoTwentiesCriticsListsContemporaryInevitableArticlesFour YearsAmusementPlaywrightSimilarityTwenty Five Author:Edward Albee
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty
“There are many major crises facing our country. At the top of the list is the need to overturn Citizens United. If billionaires are able to buy elections and elect right-wing candidates, there is no way we will ever address climate change, college education, affordability, job creation, raising the minimum wage and taking on Wall Street.” IfsWayNeedsCountryAbleJobsUnitedStreetsCreationCollegeWallCitizensMajorsElectionCrisisWingsClimateClimate ChangeListsOur CountryCandidatesAddressesMinimumRight WingBillionaireMinimum WageCollege EducationJob CreationCitizens UnitedAffordability Author:Bernie Sanders
“Humor can be a great way to lift spirits and relate with soon-to-be high school grads. Whether you're in need of a funny senior year quote for a card, your yearbook, or a gift, you can use this list of funny graduation quotes by famous leaders and comedians to get inspired. To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.” WayNeedsYearsWellsMayStatesDoneUseSchoolSpiritPresidentUnitedLeaderUnited StatesStudentsHonorOne DayHigh SchoolInspiredListsCardsRelateLiftsComedianDistinctionAwardsSeniorWell DoneFunny GraduationGradSenior YearYearbookLift Spirits Author:George W. Bush
“I came back to this idea of telling the stories of women who aren't in all of the history books. Their names are not up there next to male names that we've know since we were little kids. Ching Shih, for example, was a pirate commander from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. She was one of the most fearsome pirates, why is her name not included when we list the names of great pirates like Blackbeard?” KnowsLittlesBookIdeasStoriesKidsNextNamesExampleLateMalesListsLittle KidCommandersPirateHistory Books Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“My writer and I sat down and wrote a huge list of names of women to consider. It was really important to us to have a broad range of women from across generations and cultures. We didn't want to make it Western-focused, we wanted to make sure it was international and that it had an intersectional lens.” WantImportantWantedCultureNamesGenerationsHugeDown AndWesternInternationalFocusedListsRangeSatBroadsLenses Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“I like all of the typical hard rock bands. I'm an AC/DC fanatic. I love ZZ Top, just about any Van Halen, any Judas Priest, the list goes on and on, most of the Iron Maiden stuff. Those are the big bands, but I got my feel from, I grew up on Mountain and Humble Pie. That kind of stuff is where I get my feel from.” FeelsKindHardBigsStuffRocksGrewGoes OnBandMountainGrew UpHumbleListsIronPriestsPieTypicalVansFanaticsMaidensRock BandsJudasVan HalenHard RockIron MaidenHumble PieJudas Priest Author:Mark Mendoza
“There were times when I was frustrated, and cried and felt helpless, but the reality in Ethiopia is that you don't have much of an option. You either keep quiet or you get added to the list of people being jailed or killed.” PeopleRealityFeltQuietListsCriedFrustratedHelplessEthiopia Author:Feyisa Lilesa
“Even if you're just making a list of all the things you have to do, putting your pen to paper gets it out of your head. It puts you in this place of release.” IfsPaperListsReleasePens Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“I feel like my name completely does not belong on that list [of great athlets], but I'm completely grateful for everything that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have done.” FeelsDoeDoneNamesGratefulListsJackieFlorenceRudolph Author:Allyson Felix
“I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensKingsLuckySellsPressesListsRight PlaceNo MoneyPlace And Time Author:W. P. Kinsella
“[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.” RealEasierSellsPressesGreedListsChainsPublishersPublishReal WorkBlockbusterBooksellers Author:W. P. Kinsella
“[Donald] Trump has put forward a list of people he would like to see on the Supreme Court, whom the Kochs would be very happy with too. So it's not all bad for them.” PeopleWould BeTrumpCourtListsSupremeVery HappySupreme Court Author:Jane Mayer
“You know, you can go to the fiftieth thing on a Google list and that's the one you want, but the ones you are going to be directed to are the funders.” KnowsWantListsGoogle Author:Noam Chomsky
“I practice yoga and take a steam-filled bath or shower. Then I sit quietly and review and prioritize my to-do list.” PracticeYogaFilledListsReviewsShowersBathsSteamPrioritize Author:Donna Karan
“I feel at home most places I go, but my very top of the list are Bali, Italy, and London. Those are like second homes to me.” FeelsHomeLondonListsBali Author:Donna Karan
“Everybody is on a lifelong journey toward trying to live more deeply. There is nobody who can say, "Well, I've got that one checked off my to-do list." We have to be honest with ourselves about where we are on this journey and about the difficulty of living in our own identities and integrity.” TryingWellsJourneyHonestIdentityIntegrityDifficultyListsBeing HonestLifelongLong JourneyLifelong Journey Author:Parker J. Palmer
“My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.” GivingFirstsShowsVirtueHumilityPrideProudConversationDeterminedListsCuresInstanceTwelveDiscussingQuakerInsolentOverbearing Author:Benjamin Franklin
“While Newt Gingrich was running for president four years ago a controversy bubbled up regarding his campaign finances. You see, in December of 2011 a watchdog group filed an FEC complaint alleging the campaign paid Gingrich himself $42,000 for his mailing list. Now, the group claimed that payment was not disclosed on his FEC filing.” YearsRunningPresidentFourGroupsYears AgoPaidListsCampaignsFinanceFour YearsComplaintsControversyPaymentDecemberFilingNewtsCampaign FinanceMailing Author:Chris Hayes
“While campaigns typically purchase mailing lists, it was strange to use donor money to buy a mailing list from the campaign`s own candidate, especially when [Newt] Gingrich could have gifted the mailing list for free as an in-kind donation.” KindUseStrangeListsCampaignsCandidatesGiftedDonationDonorsNewtsMailing Author:Chris Hayes
“Newt Gingrich got in hot water during his 2012 presidential race for using campaign funds to pay himself $47,000 for a mailing list.” WaterPayRaceHotListsCampaignsPresidentialFundNewtsHot WaterMailing Author:Chris Hayes
“Here at home, for goodness's sakes, we have to finally pass a law prohibiting people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in the United States of America.” PeopleStatesHomeAbleAmericaLawUnitedWatchesUnited StatesGoodnessGunSakeListsTerroristUnited States Of America Author:Hillary Clinton
“We finally need to pass a prohibition on anyone who's on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in America. If you're too dangerous to fly, you are too dangerous to buy a gun.” IfsNeedsAbleAmericaWatchesDangerousGunListsTerroristProhibitionGuns In America Author:Hillary Clinton
“What I find them struggling most isn't with one of the twelve [things from daily list]; I find them struggling with what decisions to make.” DecisionStruggleListsTwelve Author:John C. Maxwell
“When you finish reading the book [Today Matters], take the daily dozen and list them in order of how well you do them. For example, the one that I would put at the highest for me is attitude or relationships because I'm really strong at both of those. At the bottom would be health. What I tell people is, "Take one month and work on one of the daily dozen for a whole year." And so it's really a one-year personal growth plan.” PeopleYearsWellsBookMatterWholeWould BeTodayOrderReadingStrongGrowthAttitudePlansExampleMonthsHighestPersonal GrowthBottomListsDozenWhole Year Author:John C. Maxwell
“I often suggest in workshops that if you have 30 students in your American History course in 11th grade, or whatever grade level, that you maybe triple them up. You put, and have them choose, let's say 11 different Native American cultures. Maybe you give them a list of 15 and they choose 11 of those 15 so that they have some choice in the matter.” IfsGivingDifferentMatterChoicesCultureCoursesLevelsStudentsListsGradesNativeNative AmericanAmerican HistoryAmerican CultureWorkshopsNative American Culture Author:James W. Loewen
“The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 made it harder for individuals to file bankruptcy, which is always the last resort. Unfortunately, simultaneously consumers racked up so much debt that counseling companies - which are higher up on my list if you need help managing your debt - are sometimes unable to help. So if you fall into this camp, debt settlement may be something to consider.” IfsNeedsMayMadeSometimesHelpingLastsFallIndividualCompanyHigherHarderDebtListsMade ItReformConsumersCampsResortsFilesSettlementBankruptcyCounselingNeed HelpDebt SettlementUnable To Help Author:Jean Chatzky