“At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .” MenLittlesBitsDemocracyWalkingPaperLittle BitCrossesPaidBottomPencilsTributeLittle Man Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“What we take to be our strongest tower of delight, only stands at the caprice of the minutest event the falling of a leaf, the hearing of a voice, or the receipt of one little bit of paper scratched over with a few small characters by a sharpened feather.” LittlesCharacterFallBitsVoiceEventsPaperLittle BitDelightHearingStrongestTowersLeafsFeathersCapriceReceipts Book:Pierre, Or The Ambiguities: Volume Seven, Scholarly Edition Source: Pierre, Or The Ambiguities: Volume Seven, Scholarly Edition
“I really love doing nothing. I really love just being at home and taking a couple of days, you know, doing nothing. You know what I mean? Just getting up, being around the house, going outside the back yard, coming back in; I really like to do nothing because I travel a lot. There's a lot of travelling. There's a lot of on the phone all the time. There's a lot of looking at papers and reading things and so you don't want to read magazines and you don't want to do anything; you don't want to read books, you just want to just kind of shut down a little bit.” KnowsWantKindMeanLittlesBookHomeReadingHouseBitsCouplePaperLittle BitPhonesMagazinesJust BeingYardsPapersComing BackDoing Nothing Author:Jennifer Lopez
“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
“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
“It may seem like improv because it flows quite naturally, and a little bit of leeway for improvisation is good, but you have to be judicious with it. So it's good, but sometimes people deify it. You can't improvise your way out of a paper hat.” PeopleWayMayLittlesSometimesSeemsBitsPaperLittle BitFlowHatsImprovisation Author:Steve Coogan
“What I like about Paper Girls in particular is that because we're approaching it more from a female perspective, we're able to consider the emotional states of these characters a little bit more, and think more of their interiority.” ThinkingLittlesStatesCharacterAbleGirlBitsEmotionalParticularPerspectivePaperLittle BitFemale Author:Cliff Chiang
“I read in the paper today the list of the most popular boys' names in Britain. The first was Jack, the second was Mohammed. That makes me feel a little bit worried.” FeelsFirstsLittlesTodayNamesBitsBoysPaperLittle BitListsWorriedBritain Author:Richard Dawkins
“If [Bernard Leach] didn't like the drawing, he'd X it out and do another one and change the form a little bit. And when he was all done, he would stuff these pieces of paper in his pocket and go off to the pottery, and when he wanted to make pots, he would then take these out and he'd begin to produce the pot that he had designed on paper in front of us.” IfsLittlesDoneWantedFormStuffBitsPiecesFrontsProducePaperLittle BitDrawingPocketsPotPottery Author:Warren MacKenzie