“There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.” TryingLittlesEasyBitsIndustryAmountLittle BitPicksSellsEnormousBunchTendenciesDataBiasCherries Author:Burt Rutan
“It's so easy to be undisciplined. And to be disciplined is so against my character, my general nature anyway, that I have to strain a little bit to keep on the right track.” LittlesCharacterEasyBitsDisciplineLittle BitTrackStrainRight TrackUndisciplined Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a little bit smarter and there's nothing wrong with being skeptical. We live in a time when if you make it easy for someone to steal from you, someone will.” PeopleIfsNeedsLittlesEasyBitsIdentityProtectLittle BitPoliceStealingEducatedConsumersSmarterWiserSkepticalTheftIdentity Theft Author:Frank Abagnale
“Plans are easy to make, dreams are easy to dream. But putting your back into it? A little bit of hard graft and discipline? That is just too scary and far too much effort for the masses” LittlesHardDreamEasyBitsEffortToo MuchPlansDisciplineLittle BitMassScary Author:Chris Murray
“There is a little bit of evil in all of us, and it's very easy to draw that out.” LittlesEvilEasyBitsLittle BitDraws Author:Evangeline Lilly
“Those who are saying it's possible [to balance family and business] are often in a little bit of a rarefied place where they also have the money to do that. It's not quite such an easy stance to take when you don't have the same resources. I like to remind people that these are rich Manhattanites and to keep an eye on the fact that, especially with social media and these articles and these blogs, that that is not the reality for most women, unfortunately.” PeopleLittlesFactsRealityEyeSocialEasyBitsRichMediaBalanceLittle BitResourcesSocial MediaArticlesBlogsStance Author:Mindy Kaling
“I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being an actor. We give Oscars to people and it's like, 'Aw, this person is the greatest person on earth', but being an actor is pretty easy in comparison to stand-up comedy. It's no surprise that several stand-up comics have gone on to become great actors. I don't know any great actors that have gone on to become great stand-up comics.” PeopleKnowsGivingLittlesPersonsEarthActorsEasyBitsGoneComedyLittle BitSurpriseCraftsComparisonOscarsGreat ActorsPissed OffStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Jefferies
“People are surprised that I'm nice and it helps me out a little bit; it's easy to be nice when everyone thinks you're going to be a jerk but if people think you're a nice guy then it's tough because it's what they expect.” PeopleIfsThinkingLittlesHelpingGuyEasyBitsNiceLittle BitToughHelp MeBeing NiceJerkNice Guy Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“The brand is lying about something, or at least misrepresenting it. When I read a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer or other beauty product, I always perceive a dark subtext. The words haunt me. It comes across as humorous to the reader/audience, but in fact the words really do make me a little bit queasy. Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think - no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will fall out, eventually. Yet we do have these brands, and we line our shelves with them. There's an inherent irony.” ThinkingWantLittlesFactsProblemLyingFallEasyBitsNaturalLinesDarkAudienceProductsHairReaderLittle BitHumorousBrandsConsumersPerceiveIronyBottlesInherentShelvesNo ProblemWant UShampooSubtextBeauty Products Author:Aaron Belz
“Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.” NeedsLittlesAgeEasyBitsSpaceLittle BitTraditionInvestmentModestEquipmentGrilling Author:Barton Seaver
“The Bible is forbidding when you start to read it. The language is odd. The stories start and stop herkily-jerkily. The characters behave in inexplicable ways. It takes a little bit of time to get into the rhythm of the book. I found reading the first 15 chapters of Genesis very very difficult. Once I got past there, I loved reading, and found it very easy. When you get used to the Bible, it becomes thrilling to read (like any great book - I just had exactly the same experience with the Odyssey).” WayFirstsLittlesBookCharacterStoriesPastUsedReadingFoundLanguageEasyBitsDifficultLittle BitRhythmOddBehaveChaptersThrillingGenesisGreat BookInexplicableOdyssey Author:David Plotz
“I think the experience of getting an audience a little bit tense and shocking them with a jump scare, and then moving on it can be cheap and easy. The harder thing is to get them unnerved and disturbed in a growing way. That starts off easy and increases all the way through the picture.” ThinkingWayLittlesMovingEasyBitsAudienceGrowingLittle BitIncreaseHarderScareShockingTenseDisturbed Author:C. Robert Cargill
“This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue.” PeopleWorldMayLittlesDifferentEasyBitsSoundLittle BitPagesAccountsDialogueDifferent PeoplesBlogsIdealisticFacebook Page Author:Paulo Coelho
“That's not an easy message to deliver whether it's in war and peace or in the economic arena, people don't want to be told that all their problems have been solved and everything good so it's a little bit tricky.” PeopleWantLittlesHas BeensWarProblemEasyBitsPeaceEconomicLittle BitMessagesArenaTricky Author:Vin Weber
“It's like heroin: You do a little and you want a little bit more. Raising prices is the easy way.” WayWantLittlesEasyBitsBusinessLittle BitHeroinEasy Way Author:James Sinegal
“It's easy to get stagnate, if you play the same character. In New Moon, I felt like I was going a little bit deeper.” IfsLittlesPlayCharacterFeltEasyBitsMoonLittle BitDeeperEasy To GetNew Moon Author:Robert Pattinson
“If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldWritingTryingLittlesFunEasyStuffBitsSimpleLaughingFiguresGiving UpComputerLittle BitProgramCamerasVideoMessHaving FunDigitalOnlineSoftwareEditingNever Giving UpBlogsMaking People LaughVideo CamerasEditing SoftwareVideo Editing Author:Lucas Cruikshank
“Basketball has always been a sport I loved and grew up playing. For me, it was one of those things that... I guess baseball was just in my genes a little bit. I have a lot of cousins that played baseball. Basketball is not an easy sport - you definitely got to be gifted to play that game. I felt like I was pretty good at it, but my ability was better in baseball.” LittlesPlayGamesFeltEasyBitsSportsAbilityGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpBaseballGenesGiftedCousin Author:Dellin Betances
“Yet in truth the big question Camus asked was never the Anglo-American liberal one: How can we make the world a little bit better tomorrow? It was the grander French one: Why not kill yourself tonight? That the answers come to much the same thing in the end-easy does it; tomorrow may be a bit better than today; and, after all, you have to have a little faith in people-doesn't diminish the glamour that clings to the man who turned the question over and look at it, elegantly, upside down.” PeopleMenWorldLooksMayLittlesDoeEndsBigsTodayEasyBitsAnswersHe ManTomorrowLittle BitTonightWhy NotDiminishGlamourUpside DownBig QuestionsKilling YourselfLittle FaithBetter TomorrowHave A Little Faith Author:Adam Gopnik
“The way the housing market imploded is obviously not an easy thing to explain. It's a little bit easier in a book - people can take their time, you can sort of go back and reread - but in a movie you've got two hours to not only explain things like collateralized debt obligations, but you also have to make it entertaining.” PeopleWayLittlesTwoBookEasyBitsHoursEasierLittle BitDebtObligationEntertainingHousingEasy ThingsHousing Market Author:Kelly McEvers
“One of the biggest threats to success is success itself. When you get a little bit ahead, it's all too easy to become complacent and to quickly lose what you have gained.” LittlesEasyBitsLosesLittle BitThreatComplacent Author:Ralph Marston
“I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.” PeopleKnowsWayWellsLittlesSelfSchoolEasyBitsPathDisciplineLittle BitHigh SchoolAdultsDeterminationDefinedSelf RelianceLooking GoodReliance Author:Neil Peart
“It's really easy for someone to say no one should have guns when they're guarded by people with MP-5s. It's a little bit different. I'm always mentioned in that article as well because I'm a staunch believer in the Second Amendment. I shoot virtually every weekend. I'm a big outdoorsman. I believe in all those traditions. And I believe it's important for people to be able to defend themselves.” PeopleShouldBelieveWellsLittlesImportantDifferentBigsAbleI BelieveEasyBitsLittle BitGunTraditionShould HaveI Believe InBelieverArticlesWeekendAmendmentsSecond AmendmentGuardedMpsOutdoorsman Author:Sean Hannity
“Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy.” KnowsLittlesEasyBitsLittle BitJournalist Author:Rei Kawakubo
“"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.” IfsWantMeanLittlesSaidHandsMovingActorsEasyBitsViewsLittle BitConceptsOkayWeightPressureWant MeComes And GoesYou Want MeTouch MeNudgeNo Pressure Author:Morgan Freeman
“To have to watch myself in a way that was constructively critical was really good for me because it made me a little bit more easy on myself because I wasn't allowed to walk away screaming.” WayLittlesMadeEasyBitsWalksWatchesLittle BitCritical Author:Natalie Portman