“Sometimes I have to criticize guys to try to make it fun, I mean, I'm out there trying to bust other people. I want all these guys to do well, but when they do something stupid or don't play well, I try not to kill 'em, I try to make 'em laugh a little bit.” PeopleWantTryingWellsMeanLittlesSometimesPlayGuyFunBitsLaughingStupidLittle BitEmsCriticize Author:Charles Barkley
“Everyone thinks I'm ethereal. But I'm not like that, you know. I'm not ethereal. Well, I might have a little bit of that quality to me, that 'old soul' thing, but I'm not ethereal.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLittlesSoulMightBitsQualityLittle BitEtherealOld Soul Author:Saoirse Ronan
“It's part of me to get off on those moments where... well, what people would call attention. Obviously, that isn't the be-all and end-all of life, but at the states of creativity that I've reached, well, it helps the lyrics along a little bit.” PeopleWellsLittlesEndsStatesMomentsHelpingBitsAttentionCreativityLittle Bit Author:Robert Plant
“I grew up around a lot of boys - all my friends on my street were boys, so I was the only girl for a while hanging out with them. I have a little bit of a tomboy aspect; I love to be comfortable. But, I do have a sexy girly side as well - I just love sportswear.” WellsLittlesGirlBitsSidesBoysStreetsGrewComfortableLittle BitGrew UpMy FriendsAspectSexyHanging OutGirly Author:LIZ
“I was in a real conservative area just outside of Chicago recently. And this guy's like, 'Hey, Arj, you're from San Francisco. Are you in favor of gay marriage?' I was like, 'Well, I'd like to get to know you a little bit better first. I don't know what ever happened to buying a guy a smoothie and seeing what happens. That's how we do it back home.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesRealHomeHappensGuyBitsSeeingHappenedGayLittle BitAreasConservativeFavorsHeyBuyingChicagoThis GuySan FranciscoGay MarriageBack HomeSmoothies Author:Arj Barker
“There are so many types of shoes. There's so many categories, and I really have no idea what type of shoe I need at any given time. And I go in there - I find it a little bit overwhelming. 'Welcome to the shoe store! What are you looking for? Are you looking for walking shoes?' Well, uh, I'd like to have that option. Hopefully, they're adjustable. I mean, I'd like to be able to turn them up to other settings, as well.” NeedsWellsMeanLittlesIdeasAbleTurnsGivenBitsTypeWalkingLittle BitShoesStoresSettingWelcomeSettingsHopefullyNo IdeaCategoriesOverwhelmingWalking Shoes Author:Arj Barker
“There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.” PeopleKnowsGivingWritingWellsLittlesBitsAuthorityLittle BitDirectWeightDrawingIndirect Author:Ian Anderson
“We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat.” NeedsWellsLittlesUsedBitsIssuesStreetsLittle BitThreatRapTerroristMainstreamBuddyAgitate Author:Ice Cube
“Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph?” WritingWellsKindLittlesSaidRealWholeGuySongBitsRecordsWifePerspectiveKeysGrewHigherOne DayLittle BitGrew UpSingingIntentionProducersIronyOddMaryStandpointLullabyFalsetto Author:Bart Millard
“If somebody asks me about the themes of something I'm working on, I never have any idea what the themes are. . . . Somebody tells me the themes later. I sort of try to avoid developing themes. I want to just keep it a little bit more abstract. But then, what ends up happening is, they say, 'Well, I see a lot here that you did before, and it's connected to this other movie you did,' and . . . that almost seems like something I don't quite choose. It chooses me.” IfsWantTryingWellsLittlesIdeasEndsSeemsAsksBitsLittle BitHappeningsConnectedDevelopingAsk MeAbstractThemeLike SomethingChoose Me Author:Wes Anderson
“I kind of liked the method of the seventies where they would throw a little bit of money at a hundred different groups - not millions of dollars per group, but, you know, a few thousand. Throw them in the studio, and if five of those groups came out with a hit record it would be money well spent.” IfsKnowsWellsKindLittlesDifferentWould BeBitsMillionsRecordsFiveGroupsThousandLittle BitHundredMethodDollarsStudiosSeventiesMoney Well Spent Author:Tony Visconti
“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
“Well, this is shortly after the idea was put to me because it wasn't my idea to do a Christmas record. We can talk about that a little bit, if you like, later on. But I wrote that song actually about two days after the idea was put to me.” IfsWellsLittlesTwoIdeasSongBitsRecordsLittle BitTwo Days Author:Nick Lowe
“And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I woke up - just before waking up one morning, I sort of dreamt this song or the idea of it and the first little bit of it. And I jumped out of bed and I thought, well, you're still asleep. You're going to forget this in a minute - you know, like you do when you've had a dream.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesStillsIdeasDreamSongBitsReligiousForgetMorningMinutesLike YouBedLittle BitWake UpWakingSymbolismReligious Music Author:Nick Lowe
“Well, I didn't read My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt very carefully. I was away during a lot of that, in the war and so on. She was not all that good a writer. She was a little bit on the banal side, and you know, what happened, and then this happened, and then that happened... But I will say this. She got very well paid for it.” KnowsWellsLittlesWarBitsSidesHappenedLittle BitPaidEleanor Author:William A. Rusher
“I like a little bit of everything. I think I'll put on Guns 'N' Roses or Rolling Stones any day. But recently I like a band called Bastille, or The Weeknd I'm a big fan of as well.” ThinkingWellsLittlesBigsBitsFansBandLittle BitGunStonesRoseRollingRolling StonesGuns N RosesBastille Author:Steven R. McQueen
“If he'd [Jesus] been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a little bit and probably at best he'd be remembered as a Rabbi who said some cool things but that nobody really reads anymore. There's tons of them.” IfsWellsMayLittlesSaidJesusBitsLittle BitConcernedSafetyWell BeingRememberedCool ThingsRabbi Author:Brad Warner
“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
“And for so long, I had thought if I was going to write a song, or get "into" something, I had to at least smoke a joint or something. And that didn't work anymore. Once I was fairly well cleaned out, even a little bit of a drug getting into my work threw me off kilter.” IfsWritingWellsLittlesLongSongBitsDrugLittle BitSmokeJoints Author:Iggy Pop
“As far as people communicating with each other well I think that listening is important. You know really trying to read between the lines of what some body is saying and trying to read their mind a little bit where there at because most people don't really say what they're feeling. Which is the bones of great literature.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindWellsLittlesImportantFeelingsBodyLiteratureBitsLinesListeningLittle BitCommunicateBonesBetween The LinesGreat LiteratureRead Between The Lines Author:Joy Behar
“When you understand that your tax dollars pay for those tear gas canisters that were being fired into the crowd, and when you see that, and to know that a little bit of your fingerprint, your American DNA is a part of that, as well as those stealth bombers and that bomb that's lodged in the side of the school that has "Made in USA" on it in Gaza, and all of the unmanned drones that are blowing up weddings and things of that nature, to know that you pay for that, you really have - you don't have to do it now, but you need to think about that.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWellsLittlesMadeSchoolBitsSidesPayTearsTaxesLittle BitDollarsCrowdsUsaBombsGasDnaDronesGazaFingerprintsBombersStealthBlowing UpTax Dollars Author:Lupe Fiasco
“"Stuffed and Unstrung" started as a workshop, actually, classes within our company. We found that our puppeteers were not ad libbing as well as traditionally, Jim Henson Company puppeteers have. We're sort of famous for going off script a little bit and ad libbing.” WellsLittlesFoundBitsCompanyClassLittle BitScriptsAdsWorkshopsPuppeteer Author:Brian Henson
“I was also very interested in music. I used to hang out in jazz joints, you know, the Five Spot and so forth when I was, you know, a senior, really, when I was a little bit older. And I thought, well, maybe I could, you know, work with music. I can't play at all.” KnowsWellsLittlesI CanPlayUsedBitsFiveLittle BitJazzSpotsHanging OutSeniorJoints Author:Robert Barry
“That's always been my main anxiety - the people in the room. That's my massive stress - thinking that these people in the room are judging me. And, this time around, I've been able to think a little bit more clearly about that. I've been able to think "Well, no. They're here to enjoy a show," and I want to give them that. I want to give them their money's worth – for starters.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingWellsLittlesShowsAbleBitsEnjoyRoomsJudgingAnxietyLittle BitStressMassiveJudge MeStarters Author:Ladyhawke
“I think if you expect it to do well, you come off a little bit cocky.” IfsThinkingWellsLittlesBitsLittle BitCocky Author:Cody Johnson
“[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this in progress just to give you a flavor for how Trump is sounding.” WantGivingWellsLittlesMatterBitsProgressMilitaryTrumpLittle BitFlavorPhiladelphia Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When the devil looks at a man who sincerely desires not to sin, he is not so unintelligent as to suggest to him (as he would to a hardened sinner) that he go and commit fornication or go and steal. He knows we do not want that and he does not set out to tell us something we do not want to hear; but he finds out that little bit of self-will or self-righteousness and through that, with the appearance of well doing, he will do us harm.” KnowsMenWantWellsLooksLittlesDoeSelfChristianDesireBitsSinLittle BitDevilAppearanceHarmStealingCommitSinnerOrthodoxRighteousnessSincerelyOrthodox ChristianHardenedSelf RighteousnessSelf WillUnintelligent Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“Do people think I'm cool because I was in a movie when I was a child? No. Well, maybe a little bit more than they used to. There's definitely a nostalgia factor.” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenLittlesUsedBitsLittle BitNostalgiaFactors Author:Mara Wilson
“If you asked me one day, I might say, "Well, sometimes I feel a little bit religious." If you asked me another day, I'd just say flat out, "No."” IfsFeelsWellsLittlesSometimesMightBitsReligiousOne DayLittle BitFlatsAnother Day Author:John Irving
“I like to always stop with a couple of pages that I haven't - that are just raw copy, where I haven't touched it, I haven't tried to revise it, I haven't tried to polish it. It's like having a little bit of a runway. The next day when you sit down, you have the comfort of saying, well, I have got a little bit here, used to be in the typewriter. Now it's in the magic box, the computer.” WellsLittlesUsedNextBitsMagicHavensCoupleComfortComputerLittle BitPagesBoxesUsed To BeTouchedCopiesNext DayPolishTypewritersRunway Author:Stephen King
“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
“[James Comey] should have gone to the Public Integrity section and said 'What do you folks think.' It's a little bit of an odd situation because he's a former deputy attorney general as well as head of the FBI so he may have trouble keeping on only the investigator hat forgetting that he's a former deputy attorney general. So it's not a good thing, it's a distraction so I think we should just ignore it because there's nothing there so get on with the business of last week of the election.” ThinkingShouldWellsMayLittlesSaidLastsBitsForgetSituationGoneTroubleWeekIntegrityLittle BitShould HaveElectionGood ThingsFolksFormerOddHatsDistractionSectionsFbiAttorneyInvestigatorsDeputies Author:William Weld
“[John] Hughes was well aware that to ignore the seriousness of young people is to encourage things like Columbine, so you might want to listen. And we were all pretty serious, a little bit, in high school. Some a little more than others.” PeopleWantWellsLittlesMightSchoolYoungBitsSeriousLittle BitHigh SchoolSeriousnessColumbine Author:Judd Nelson
“Myself and Yorgos Lanthimos, we spoke a little bit and I was at a certain body weight that I was closer to making a statement or defining the character physically by losing weight. There was no justification for him to be emaciated, but I thought, say I was 165, I thought what if I went down to 155 and have him rail-thin? And Yorgos was like, "Well, if he's very thin I think maybe it will speak to some kind of psychological trouble that we want to stay away from," and I was like, "F - -, you're right."” IfsThinkingWantWellsKindLittlesCharacterBodyCertainSpeakBitsTroubleLittle BitLosingWeightStatementsPsychologicalSpokesWhat IfJustificationDefiningRailBody Weight Author:Colin Farrell
“We had lunch that day [with Chris Ellis], and I was talking about this idea. I toyed with it a little bit on Twitter in story form at one point. And he thought it was a great idea, and he thought, "Well, let's bring my friend Harry Hannigan in, who's a wonderful writer, and let's see if we can put something together."” IfsWellsLittlesIdeasStoriesTogetherFormBitsTalkingWonderfulLittle BitMy FriendsLunchGreat Idea Author:Brent Spiner
“[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he'd made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn't want to say, "Well, that's what I've done and I'm sticking to it, and I don't give a damn." Which is what the other people in America would be like.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantGivingWellsLittlesMadeDoneWould BeAmericaGuyBitsMistakeTrumpLittle BitDamnDon't Give A DamnI Don't Give A Damn Author:Bernie Ecclestone
“Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but you have Scepticism, you have Stoicism, you even have a little bit of Epicureanism. And what happens after Plotinus is that everybody becomes a Neo-Platonist. So if we then go forward to the Islamic world for example, Plotinus is immensely influential, and Neo-Platonism becomes at least one major component of mainstream Islamic philosophy as well.” IfsWorldWellsLittlesStillsPhilosophyHappensSchoolBitsCenturyExampleMajorsLittle BitConcernPhilosophicalIslamicMainstreamStoicismComponentsInfluentialScepticismEpicureanism Author:Peter Adamson
“The Chinese five-spice works really well in the quantity that I used. It makes it almost imperceptibly just a little bit sweeter without making it really sweet or really even that Asian flavored.” WellsLittlesUsedBitsFiveSweetLittle BitChineseQuantityAsianSpicesReally Sweet Author:Mario Batali
“I was just fooling around with the piano and Todd [Phillips] was like, 'Hey there's a great spot in the movie [The Hangover] where we need a little bit of a breath in the narrative. You should write a song and stick it in there.' And I was like, 'Well, what should the song be about?' And he said, 'The tiger.' 'Oh, okay.' So I went off and I wrote this song. I came back and Todd and I tinkered with it a little more and then we shot it right then. It all happened in a day.” NeedsShouldWritingWellsLittlesSaidSongBitsHappenedLittle BitShotsOkayBreathsSticksSpotsHeyNarrativePianoTigersHangoverFooling Around Author:Ed Helms
“I feel like I have more experience with publishing humor than pretty much any editor I'm going to be dealing with so sometimes I'll get a little bit nuts if I write something I know is good a certain way, and some editor because of some restriction he has and wants to change it that I know is going to make it less funny that'll piss me off and then I'm inclined to go, "Well, hey I've been doing this a long time, maybe you should..." That doesn't happen that often, but I'm more likely to say that now than I would have been a long time ago. Because dammit, I'm infallible!” IfsKnowsWayWantFeelsShouldWritingWellsLittlesLongHas BeensSometimesHappensCertainBitsLittle BitLong TimeHeyEditorsNutsPublishingLong Time AgoRestrictionInfallible Author:Dave Barry
“One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time. What would be the first thing I'd add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that's what I do. Then what's the next thing? And I'd say, well, loving people. And then the next.” PeopleTryingFirstsWellsLittlesMightWould BeSchoolNextJesusSpeakBitsSoundRealizingAnswersClearOne ThingMonthsLittle BitAddSundayZeroNutsDeckSunday SchoolEtch A Sketch Author:Bob Goff
“That's the thing about golf. In a team sport, when a team's on a roll, you have a little bit more data and comfort in predicting whether the roll's gonna continue, whether the team is playing well and who the opponent is. But the golf course is the opponent. It changes every round in terms of wind and weather and so forth. And your game is never the same two days in a row. It's almost impossible to handicap and predict.” WellsLittlesTwoCoursesGamesBitsSportsTermImpossibleTeamWindComfortLittle BitGolfRoundsWeatherDataOpponentsGolf CourseTwo DaysHandicapsPredictingSports Team Author:Rush Limbaugh