“Politicians will promise some pretty ridiculous things. They will promise a chicken in every pot. They'll promise that they'll keep Social Security solvent. They'll promise drugs for old people. They'll promise lots of stuff. But it doesn't come near the kind of promises that religion makes. The Mormons promise that if you're good while you're on Earth, you get to rule over your own planet in the afterlife. Now, there's an entitlement that goes a little bit beyond prescription drugs for old people.” PeopleIfsKindLittlesEarthSocialStuffBitsSecurityPlanetsPoliticianPromiseDrugLittle BitRidiculousOver YouChickensPotAfterlifeOld PeopleSocial SecurityEntitlementPrescriptionsPrescription DrugsRidiculous Things Author:Bill Maher
“I think there's a little bit of idiot in everybody and I think some people cover it better than others but I think I am very much a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve.” PeopleThinkingHeartLittlesGuyBitsLittle BitIdiotSleeves Author:Steve Carell
“I was never appalled by myself. I felt a little bit uneasy about certain things. But honestly I've learned to love myself and to see that in the midst of all my ambition and desire to succeed and my search for approval, I do give things to people. I bring some sort of happiness to their lives. So I'm not so hard on myself anymore.” PeopleGivingLittlesHardDesireCertainFeltBitsSucceedAmbitionLittle BitHonestlyI've LearnedMidstApprovalMy AmbitionUneasyLove MyselfDesire To Succeed Author:Madonna Ciccone
“A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I don't find particularly interesting, whereas I like the fact that there was at least some humor in this because really it's a piece of entertainment.” WellsLittlesCharacterFactsActionBitsInterestingPiecesSeriousLittle BitEntertainment Author:Guy Pearce
“I like horror movies. Nightmare on Elm Street is my favourite. I even get scared a little bit watching horror.” LittlesBitsStreetsHorrorLittle BitScaredNightmareFavouriteNightmare On Elm Street Author:Mike Tyson
“I loved going to films, but as far as a movie buff, when I came into the movies at 16, life changed a little bit for me, from an onlooker to a person that lived within the industry. So now I would call myself a different sort of fan.” LittlesPersonsDifferentFilmBitsFansChangedIndustryLittle BitLife Changing Author:Debbie Reynolds
“Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPlayKidsSchoolBitsParentMy OwnActingSecretGrowing UpComedyGrowingFiguresMarriedLittle BitPursueTheatrical Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey
“I think vampires have gotten maybe a little bit silly in the last years where they're all wearing crushed velvet and reading poetry and making sweet love to their victims, you know, it's not really all that scary.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLittlesLastsReadingBitsSweetLittle BitVictimScarySillyVampireLast YearCrushedVelvetSweet LoveReading Poetry Author:Josh Hartnett
“I just think of interesting roles to play. I guess that I have matured, I guess growing up and becoming a man, your taste in characters changes and I think I have become more interested in active characters as I have become less contemplative in my personal life. Things have become a little bit more interesting in the doing these days and less interesting in the thinking about the doing.” ThinkingMenLittlesPlayCharacterBitsInterestingRolesGrowing UpGrowingBecomingTasteLittle BitActiveThese DaysPersonal LifeContemplativeMaturedBecoming A ManCharacter Change Author:Josh Hartnett
“I guess I will probably produce a little bit more. For me it's a career, you create as you go along and you can't worry about always being on top.” LittlesBitsCareersWorryProduceLittle Bit Author:Josh Hartnett
“Even though I'm an actor, even though I know a little bit about film, I very much view things as an audience member. For me, whether it's TV, film, theater, whatever, it's a big movie, a small movie, whatever it is, I look for the truth in it. I look for the honesty. I just look for if it feels honest and real to me.” IfsKnowsFeelsLooksLittlesRealBigsFilmActorsBitsViewsAudienceHonestHonestyTvsMembersLittle BitTheaterBig Movie Author:Elisabeth Moss
“I don't want to paint myself as some villain - I was never a bad guy doing horrible things, but I got too caught up in wanting a very specific thing to happen to the band. Ultimately, I had to find the ability in myself to get over that and stop being so stringent and learn to laugh a little bit more.” WantLittlesHappensGuyBitsAbilityLaughingBandLittle BitPaintCaughtHorribleVillainGet OverCaught UpBad GuysHorrible Things Author:Andy Biersack
“I do get away maybe a little bit more than most coaches do, but that seems to have worked for me in my coaching career. I recommended the way not to get burned out from your job is to have some hobbies and get away from it when you can.” WayLittlesSeemsJobsBitsCareersLittle BitCoachesCoachingGet AwayBurnedHobbiesBurned Out Author:Steve Spurrier
“I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit.” ThinkingMenLooksLittlesFatherBitsLittle BitMirrors Author:Christopher Walken
“I don't have kids. Maybe that's kept me young. I have a wife for almost 50 years and she looks after me a little bit like I was seven years-old.” YearsLooksLittlesKidsYoungBitsWifeLittle BitSevenSeven Years Author:Christopher Walken
“There are movies that I've made where I thought I was going to be good, but when it was cut it together it wasn't. And there are a lot of movies that, for one reason or another, just don't become popular. So to me it's always been a little bit of a roll of the dice. That's the way it goes.” WayLittlesMadeReasonTogetherBitsCuttingLittle BitBe GoodDice Author:Christopher Walken
“I've done a lot of things I cringe when I watch and some things I'm proud of... Movies are strange. You have to be a little bit lucky with them.” LittlesDoneBitsWatchesStrangeProudLuckyLittle BitCringe Author:Christopher Walken
“I've always liked to be a meat and potatoes kind of actor who doesn't believe in any of the highfalutin stuff about acting, so I tend to be a little bit more cynical.” BelieveKindLittlesActorsStuffBitsActingLittle BitMeatCynicalPotatoesMeat And Potatoes Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Every time you make a movie it's a new and different experience. You learn very little from the past. So, I'm a little bit better than I was when I first started.” FirstsLittlesDifferentPastBitsLittle BitDifferent Experiences Author:Woody Allen
“I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it, screen it, go back, then work on it a little bit more. If the joke doesn't work, you can fix it. It's different from a live action movie.” IfsKindLittlesDifferentPlayActionFilmBitsProcessLittle BitJokesScreensExperimentsAnimatedAction MovieAnimated Films Author:Steve Martin
“It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingLittlesSometimesHardFallBitsProcessLittle BitSolveCracksKeep Trying Author:Steve Martin
“Another thing that I like and that's fun for me is to try and talk and play music at the same time, because I feel like I'm learning something. There are these little challenges built into it; it's a way to push myself a little bit more as a performer.” WayFeelsTryingLittlesPlayFunBitsChallengesLittle BitBuiltPerformers Author:Demetri Martin
“I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsLittlesSometimesMightArtistSongBitsLittle BitPicksTrackRelease Author:Schoolboy Q
“My persona on stage was always coming from a place of I know better than you and I'm going to be a little bit pretentious in your face with these sort of crass ideas.” KnowsLittlesIdeasFacesBitsStageLittle BitYour FacePersonaBetter Than YouPretentiousCrass Author:Bo Burnham
“I look for interesting titles that are curious and make people think. A lot of people are always so caught up in their lives. But if I make them smile through my titles or provoke them a little bit then maybe they will think about things and read the book and take something away from it.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLittlesBookBitsInterestingLittle BitCaughtCuriousTitlesProvokingCaught Up Author:Robin Sharma
“The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit.” LittlesHelpingBitsEconomyLittle Bit Author:Donald Miller
“Storytelling is how history is passed. It's what our ancestors did, it's what everybody's done. It has to come back into a story because otherwise, it's stuck in this book and it's boring and it's academic and I'm not against intelligence and I'm not against education, I don't want to be misunderstood, but we have tell the stories to our young people a little bit early and history gives us a lot of things.” PeopleWantGivingLittlesBookDoneStoriesYoungBitsLittle BitBoringStuckStorytellingAncestorAcademicMisunderstood Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I have a cheese-shredder at home, which is its positive name. They don't call it by its negative name, which is sponge-ruiner. Because I wanted to clean it, but now I have little bits of sponge that would melt easily over tortilla chips.” LittlesHomeHumorWantedFunnyNamesBitsLittle BitNegativeCleanCheeseChipsSpongesTortillas Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Animals never spend time dividing experience into little bits and speculating about all the bits they've missed. The whole panoply of the universe has been neatly expressed to them as things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.” LittlesHas BeensWholeRunningUniverseBitsAnimalRocksLittle BitMatesRunning AwayEnd TimesSpend TimeDividing Author:Terry Pratchett
“There's two types of hecklers. If someone says something really funny it's normally them heckling as part of the show. They're trying to add onto one of your jokes. If someone says something really funny, I've never seen a comedian abuse them, you always sort of tip your hat a little bit if they nail it.” IfsTryingLittlesTwoShowsBitsTypeLittle BitJokesAbuseAddComedianHatsNailsHecklersHeckling Author:Jim Jefferies
“I don't write my standup on paper or anything; but I just organically do it on stage, have an idea, chat it up a little bit. I'm keeping notes. I'm trying to keep up with this world and try to bring out a special every year.” WorldWritingTryingYearsLittlesIdeasBitsSpecialStageThis WorldPaperLittle BitNotes Author:Jim Jefferies
“There's always been a little bit of the crusader in me, and you need dragons to slay, without the conflict and the controversy I think that what I managed to do less, and I take a great deal of pride in the accomplishment.” ThinkingNeedsLittlesBitsDealsPrideConflictLittle BitAccomplishmentDragonsControversy Author:Hugh Hefner
“You need to have a lot of close family around you, a lot of friends to keep you honest. Take your time, take a year and just slow everything down a little bit. Get away from the success part, stay with yourself. Go off on a beach somewhere or do something to keep yourself aligned right.” NeedsYearsLittlesBitsHonestLittle BitBeachGet AwayLots Of FriendsTake Your TimeClose Family Author:George Lucas
“Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am.” MindLittlesWantedNamesBitsGrowing UpGrowingLittle BitSticksWho I AmRepresentativesNicknames Author:Hoodie Allen
“Magic has a spiritual element, and is considered very important and of value, and magicians have always been a little bit silly, so if you're going to portray a modern day magician, there's gotta be a little silliness.” IfsLittlesImportantSpiritualValuesBitsMagicModernElementsLittle BitSillyMagicianModern DaySilliness Author:Jon Turteltaub
“Country music artists are staying true to their roots, keeping it country but throwing a little bit of rock flair in there which I think is a good thing.” ThinkingLittlesCountryArtistBitsRocksLittle BitRootsGood ThingsStayingThrowingStay TrueFlairMusic Artist Author:Jason Aldean
“I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try to find the things that everyday people deal with in their everyday lives and situations in the songs that I sing.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesCountrySongBitsDealsSituationRocksLittle BitMusic IsEverydayEveryday LifeFlair Author:Jason Aldean
“I think just having a gift and being able to do something creative and having people like it and enjoy it... I'm in a really, really cool place here. A lot of people try to do this and might get a little bit of success, but we've been lucky. We're going to take that and try and go as far as we can with it and just do the best that we can.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesMightAbleBitsEnjoyCreativeLuckyLittle BitDo The BestReally CoolCool Places Author:Mitch Lucker
“Small towns seem to appreciate things a little bit more. They're less jaded and they're more kind of authentic and more themselves and they don't care as much.” KindLittlesSeemsCareBitsLittle BitAppreciateTownsDon't CareSmall TownJaded Author:Pauly Shore
“I think a lot of people haven't even seen my videos but just hearing my name are like "Oh, that's that dumb Internet thing." And I'm definitely trying to shake that a little bit.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesNamesBitsHavensInternetLittle BitHearingVideoDumbShakes Author:Shane Dawson
“I don't go to an office, so I write at home. I like to write in the morning, if possible; that's when my mind is freshest. I might write for a couple of hours, and then I head out to have lunch and read the paper. Then I write for a little bit longer if I can, then probably go to the library or make some phone calls. Every day is a little bit different. I'm not highly routinized, so I spend a lot of time wandering around New York City with my laptop in my bag, wondering where I'm going to end up next. It's a fairly idyllic life for someone who likes writing.” IfsWritingMindLittlesI CanDifferentEndsHomeMightNextBitsHoursCitiesWonderMorningNew YorkCoupleOfficePaperLittle BitLibraryPhonesLikesWanderBagsNew York CityLunchPhone CallsLaptopsWandering AroundIdyllic Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform. That is not the only place it's happening in music, there's a lot of consolidation.” LittlesCountryBitsDifferencesGoneChangedLittle BitHappeningsRadioUniformsConsolidation Author:Joan Jett
“When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older.” PeopleWayLooksLittlesEnoughStoriesUsedFallBitsHeardStreetsReadyLittle BitCrossesCarefulBonesUsed To BeMusclesInjuryUp And DownStairsCrossingsOlder People Author:Buzz Aldrin
“I'm always thinking about songs, I'm thinking of life maybe a little bit more lyrically than a computer programmer or someone like that.” ThinkingLittlesSongBitsComputerLittle BitProgrammersAlways ThinkingComputer Programmers Author:Jon Foreman
“The song can be a little bit more of the mystery and leave the whole thing open ended. But there's something really gratifying about saying exactly what you mean.” MeanLittlesWholeSongBitsMysteryLittle Bit Author:Jon Foreman
“Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.” LittlesRunningUsedBitsLittle BitSpeed Author:Mario Andretti
“Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few words will lock themselves into place. I might just get the first line. Then words just keep falling into the syllables. The choruses kind of write themselves and verses I have to work at a little bit.” IfsWritingFirstsKindLittlesSometimesMightFallBitsLinesCoupleLittle BitSticksMelodyVersesLocksChorusSyllablesFew WordsHumming Author:Jack Johnson
“Sometimes it's nice to be able to reflect on the music itself and then write lyrics that I feel anyone can relate to. It's not my dreaming tree that is dead. The feeling of a loss of hope is universal. There are moments that we've all felt a little bit of it, so I don't think it is something that is too hard to identify with.” ThinkingFeelsWritingLittlesSometimesHardMomentsFeelingsDreamAbleFeltBitsLossNiceTreeLittle BitUniversalRelate Author:Dave Matthews
“For me there's insecurity when you're releasing an album because you spend all of this time working on that one thing and then once it's done, it's done. After you put it out there to the public you never know which songs are going to work or even if the album is going to work as a whole so there is a little bit of nervousness around predicting what the numbers will be and if it's going to be well-received.” IfsKnowsWellsLittlesDoneWholeSongBitsNumbersOne ThingLittle BitAlbumsInsecurityGoing To WorkPredictingNervousness Author:John Legend
“My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!” LittlesMotherCultureBitsDrinkLittle BitBritishTeaOur FamilyBritish Culture Author:Kurt Cobain