“Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?” PeopleLittlesTwoWarKidsThreeBitsParentMemoriesPoorWifeThousandLittle BitDiedSoldierZeroEntitledPoor PeopleGround Zero Author:Carl Paladino
“There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it.” LittlesHelpingProblemActionTogetherLyingThreeBitsCan DoEnvironmentMovementLittle BitEnvironmentalCollectivesTogether We CanCollective Action Author:Clay Shirky
“I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.” PeopleThinkingYearsLittlesStoriesShowsHappensLastsMotivationThreeBitsLinesLittle BitSeasonsLast YearImpatienceMarryingDiversion Author:Chris Albrecht
“I'm 100% better with a little bit of controlled chaos. I just know if I have three things to do, or nine things to do, I'm just better at them if I have nine.” IfsKnowsLittlesThreeBitsLittle BitChaosNineThings To DoControlledThree ThingsControlled Chaos Author:Ryan Seacrest
“I remember I prayed to God. I was like, "Just let me be on TV." Let my friends see me on TV in a good thing. I like, if I'm funny a little bit on a commercial and then I don't need to act ever again. "Just let them see me." And then it worked. I got the commercial. I was on TV. My friends all saw me. I was a kind of a star at school for like three days. And then it faded away and I was hungry and I had to like make another deal with God. I remember it still.” IfsNeedsKindLittlesStillsSchoolRememberThreeStarsBitsDealsSawsTvsLittle BitMy FriendsLet MeGood ThingsHungryFaded Author:Jack Black
“I make myself lie down every afternoon; otherwise I'll be too exhausted by the night-time. If I can't nap, I'll watch a little bit of TV and just relax for two or three hours.” IfsLittlesI CanTwoLyingNightThreeBitsHoursWatchesTvsLittle BitRelaxAfternoonExhaustedNapsNight Time Author:China Machado
“You remind me of the Siberian hunting spider, which adopts a highly convincing limp in three of its eight legs in order to attract its main prey, the so-called Samaritan squirrel, which takes pity on the spider, and then the spider jumps on it and injects the paralyzing venom, while the squirrel remains bafflingly philosophical about the whole thing. Not to be confused with the Ukrainian hunting spider, which actually has got a limp and is, as such, completely harmless, and a little bit bitter about the whole thing.” LittlesWholeHumorFunnyOrderThreeBitsLittle BitPhilosophicalRemainsLegsEightPityBitterConfusedHuntingSpidersPreyConvincingSquirrelsVenomUkrainianSamaritans Author:Bill Bailey
“I tend to work well within a deadline. If I know I have to get something in three weeks, I tend to A, enjoy myself a little bit more, and B, really work well.” IfsKnowsWellsLittlesThreeBitsEnjoyWeekLittle BitDeadline Author:Jenny Lewis
“Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld' I was doing gymnastics and trampolining and all this stuff which I don't do in the movie necessarily, but mentally it helps. You come home and you go: 'Well, I've done all that. I must be an action star now!' So it helps you focus a little bit and gets you fit.” FirstsWellsLittlesTwoDoneHelpingHomeActionThreeStarsStuffBitsFocusMonthsPeriodsFitLittle BitTrainingComing HomeRecallsGymnasticsThree MonthsUnderworldTotal Recall Author:Colin Farrell
“Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks who live there. Men do men's work, women do women's work, and so it all gets done and the jackals can't get into the hut and eat grandpa. So, the future of the transgender movement is like the future of all human rights movements: whatever the state of things in your area now, with some work it all gets a little bit better all the time, even if it is sometimes three steps ahead and two steps back.” IfsMenHumansLittlesTwoSometimesStatesDoneThreeBitsStepsRightsMovementOceanLittle BitSurvivalAreasFolksHuman RightsGenderWorking ItTransgenderKenyaGrandpaHutsTanzaniaJackals Author:Kate Bornstein
“I have a dresser, who literally is a guy who makes sure the tie is right. It's a little bit of a process. I could probably do it by myself, but it would take me three times as long.” LittlesLongGuyThreeBitsProcessLittle BitTiesTake MeThree TimesDressers Author:Steve Buscemi
“I'm not called Jude Law, I have three names; I'm called 'Hunk Jude Law' or 'Heartthrob Jude Law'. In England anyway, that's my full name. That's the cheap language that's thrown around, that sums you up in one little bracket. It doesn't look at your life. But if one looks beyond, there is actually a little bit more.” IfsLooksLittlesLawThreeNamesLanguageBitsLittle BitEnglandThrownHunkBrackets Author:Jude Law
“Meditation has become a big part of my life these days. It's more about taking some moments for yourself to deep-breathe and focus your attention inward. This has really helped me because, as a perfectionist, I used to think that if I couldn't meditate in my idea of the perfect way, then it wouldn't work. I now meditate even if it is for three minutes while I'm sitting in the car. Every little bit helps to slow the system.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesIdeasMomentsHelpingBigsUsedThreeBitsPerfectAttentionFocusMeditationMinutesCarLittle BitSittingBreatheThese DaysInwardPerfectionist Author:Renee Marino
“And I remember that about three years before that, her first record had come out. And I just remember really liking this one song off it called "In My Bed" and being a little bit enamored. This, you know, this young kind of Jewish girl from North London, you know, I have the same thing - from a Jewish family from North London - with this incredible voice.” KnowsYearsFirstsKindLittlesRememberYoungSongGirlThreeBitsVoiceRecordsBedLittle BitIncrediblesLondonThree YearsEnamoredJewish Family Author:Mark Ronson
“So you have Sleep Stage One, Two, and then Three/Four. One is a little bit lighter stage of the quiet, non-REM sleep and then Three/Four is really deep, deep sleep. And what you want is, you actually want a number of - you want to go through all of these stages throughout the night.” WantLittlesTwoNightThreeBitsSleepNumbersFourStageQuietLittle BitWhat You WantLightersReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“I just want to bring people in a little bit to the idea of sitting down on a Sunday three consecutive weeks and having that water cooler moment that really was a sort of a national sensation in the U.K., 'cause it's kind of fun.” PeopleWantKindLittlesIdeasMomentsThreeFunCausesBitsWaterWeekLittle BitSittingSundaySensationsSitting DownConsecutive Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I run about four days per week and do some sort of hike or yoga/stretching on the other three. Kind of self-propelling my body and muscles forward in my own controlled chaos helps me find the ground a little bit easier on the daily.” KindLittlesSelfHelpingBodyRunningThreeBitsMy OwnFourWeekEasierLittle BitYogaChaosMusclesHelp MeControlledStretchingControlled Chaos Author:Madi Diaz
“Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant best buddies, they understand a cat, they understand a dog - they're best studies with it, they just know how to communicate with it. Then there's other kids that begin with a little bit of fear of the cat or the dog, but then they begin to like it and then there are other kids where you have a sensory problem - the cat meows and it hurts their ears, so they want to stay away from the cat because you never know when he might meow.” KnowsWayWantKindLittlesProblemMightKidsThreeBitsHurtAnimalKnow HowStudyDogLittle BitCatEarsCommunicateInstantIt HurtsBuddySensoryAutisticThree WaysBest Buddies Author:Temple Grandin
“I don't think every person is going to have the same twelve, but I think out of the twelve I have, nine of them every person will have. Three of them are a little bit of an option, but I say go get your own three, it's no problem.” ThinkingLittlesPersonsProblemThreeBitsLittle BitNineTwelveNo Problem Author:John C. Maxwell
“My first job was a show called The Others. I had, like, three lines. Julianne Nicholson was in it, and Gabriel [Macht]. I remember Gabriel wasn't there the day I was, but he sent a note, because he went to Carnegie Mellon as well, so we knew each other a little bit through that, and he was so sweet and generous. It was meant to be a recurring role that would evolve on the show, but the show only lasted a little while and I ended up only doing that one episode.” FirstsWellsLittlesShowsJobsRememberThreeBitsLinesRolesSweetLittle BitNotesEvolveGenerousMeant To BeEpisodesWere Meant To BeGabrielRecurringCarnegieNicholsonCarnegie Mellon Author:Zachary Quinto
“I'm 34 now, I like to say 35 because it makes me look better for my age, and I have to keep a little bit of a profile so that every three years if I do put a record out, I don't have to substantiate where I've been for three years and why the silence and the sort of false mysterioso.” IfsYearsLooksLittlesAgeThreeBitsSilenceRecordsLittle BitThree YearsProfile Author:Chrissie Hynde
“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.” PeopleWorldKindLittlesSchoolThreeBitsBlackPresidentWhiteClassStudentsMajorsLittle BitHigh SchoolShoesBackgroundsBrownChemistryPaleCouncilLarryYaleDesignationHigh School StudentsKramerHigh ClassWhite ShoesStudent Council Author:Kevin Sessums
“Laurence [Fishburn] helped redo some of the dialogue [in John Wick 2], he and Keanu [Reeves] workshopped it. And he couldn't have been more respectful couldn't have been more brilliant on set. I said, "look, I'm gonna have to work you a little bit here cause I only get you for three days." He never left set, was always engaging, always working on his lines, it was awesome.” LooksLittlesHas BeensSaidThreeLeftCausesBitsLinesLittle BitBrilliantDialogueEngagingRespectfulAlways WorkingRedos Author:Chad Stahelski