“I like things pretty reduced. I don't understand how people live with so much stuff around them, because you can't focus on it, and after a while it ends up becoming absorbed. It's not as if anything's really being appreciated. To me all that stuff is some desperate message to everyone about who you are, like bumper stickers.” PeopleIfsEndsStuffFocusBecomingMessagesWho You AreDesperateAppreciatedBumperStickerBumper StickerBeing Appreciated Author:Rick Owens
“I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that.” FeelsLooksBodyLife IsEasyStuffBitsForeverOne ThingGoes OnProudLuckyMessagesGloryWoodsFortunateDamnTouchingDamn GoodLife Is Not Easy Author:Paul McCartney
“We believe we're moving out of the Ice Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, to the participation age. You get on the Net and you do stuff. You IM (instant message), you blog, you take pictures, you publish, you podcast, you transact, you distance learn, you telemedicine. You are participating on the Internet, not just viewing stuff. We build the infrastructure that goes in the data center that facilitates the participation age. We build that big friggin' Webtone switch. It has security, directory, identity, privacy, storage, compute, the whole Web services stack.” BelieveWholeBigsAgeMovingStuffSecurityInformationIdentityInternetMessagesDistanceIceDataInstantPrivacyIronParticipationInfrastructurePublishBlogsParticipatingFacilitateComputingStorageInformation AgeIce AgeMoving OutCloud ComputingData Centers Author:Scott McNealy
“Sometimes things you write are messages to yourself. Even though I think my stuff has a particular voice because you are who you are, it's good to switch it up, professionally and personally. The dare to be great situation is always going to be the one that matters the most.” ThinkingWritingSometimesMatterStuffVoiceSituationParticularMessagesWho You AreDareDare To Be Great Author:Cameron Crowe
“You can think whatever you want to and laugh, but I believe if I would have never learned to put my stuff back on the right grocery store shelves, and I would have never learned to put my cart back where God told me to, I don't believe I would be standing here today preaching this message to you. And I think there are literally millions of people who miss the will of God for their life because they think little things don't make any difference.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveLittlesWould BeI BelieveStuffDifferencesMillionsLaughingMissingMessagesDon't BelieveStoresGods WillLittle ThingsPreachingShelvesGroceriesCartsGrocery Stores Author:Joyce Meyer
“I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were made in the '20s and '30s. Trying to chase down the exact stylistic trappings of that stuff always felt like a dead end. That spirit of directness and economy, but also the poetic pungency of the writing and almost ugly, or raw, performance - all that seemed like the real message. I've just tried to somehow stay true to that feeling.” WritingTryingMadeRealEndsStatesFeelingsSpiritArtistFeltStuffEconomyFansHugeMessagesPerformancesUglyPoeticStay TrueDead EndsOld TimeAmericanaOld Time Music Author:Will Sheff
“The songs themselves sometimes have messages and people can read into them different ways, but I try to use concerts as a way to gather people and then have information there. I think that's important to find that balance, a way to be able to turn people on to things at the shows, but also just have it be an entertainment experience for people who just want to hear music and dance and don't want the extra stuff.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTryingImportantDifferentSometimesUseShowsAbleSongTurnsStuffInformationBalanceMessagesEntertainmentDifferent WaysExtrasConcertsMusic And Dance Author:Jack Johnson
“I don't pay attention. I don't read stuff or message boards because you definitely get affected. You can read a hundred great comments, amazing comments, and have one bad one and that is all you can focus on and it wrecks your day. It says something about negativity and how it draws us somehow.” StuffPayAttentionFocusMessagesDrawsHundredPay AttentionBoardsAffectedCommentNegativityWrecks Author:Joan Jett
“I never had the desire to be a professional Twitterer. Every now and then something dumb pops into my head and I'll tweet it. I don't feel any obligation to respond to everyone. Not that I don't appreciate people sending me messages on there, but there are too many. Responding to everyone would take away time for all the stuff I'm actually in the business for.” PeopleFeelsDesireStuffMessagesAppreciateScriptsPopsObligationDumbNow And ThenTweetRespondingAppreciate People Author:Aziz Ansari
“I think there's a whole book being written about it in the UK. I don't know if you can get it here. It's about all the hidden messages and meetings in this and the fact that it is about women and the fact that this cave is full of blood and all this kind of stuff. And when I was making it, I didn't make it with that specifically in mind, but I always had it in the back of mind and I thought, 'Let's just throw it in there and see what people make of it.' And people seem to be making quite a lot of it. So I don't want to spell it out or say this, that or the other.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantMindKindBookWholeFactsSeemsStuffWrittenBloodMessagesMeetingsSpellsCavesHidden Messages Author:Neil Marshall
“The most successful stuff is sold to you as indispensable social information. The message in the music is, 'We are terribly, terribly slick and suave, and if you listen to us, you can probably get a leg up in society, too.'” IfsSocialStuffSuccessfulInformationMessagesMusic IsLegsIndispensableSlickSuave Author:Iggy Pop
“Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.” PeopleLooksRealBigsAmericaStuffPayAttentionBoysStreetsBrotherMessagesYeahRapPay AttentionFbiHoodComptonReal StuffLapd Author:Eazy-E
“Advertisers are happy to see the stuff they've branded out there for free, they don't care about scarcity, they want any message they're invested in to be shared and to be abundant and to be passed along.” WantCareStuffMessagesDon't CareScarcityAdvertisersBranded Author:Astra Taylor
“I got my deal off MySpace.com. I wrote to J.R. Rotem. He is big producer. He's done a lot of stuff for Rihanna, 50 Cent, Britney Spears and etc. I thought, "Yo, this guy is really talented I want to work with him." Once I sent him message he didn't reply back. I kept on sending the messages. I kept on hitting him back like eight times a day. He eventually replied back like, "Yo, I want to hear more music."” WantDoneBigsGuyStuffDealsMessagesEightProducersEtcCentsHittingThis GuySpears Author:Sean Kingston
“Where else can you go with respect to the work, lyrics, and message of the music? If you are past high school age, you can get by with saying very little the first or second time around. However, after a while you know you are going to have to say something beyond high school stuff.” IfsKnowsFirstsLittlesAgeSchoolPastStuffMessagesHigh SchoolEver AfterSecond Time Around Author:Chuck D
“If you looked at Jeb Bush's campaign, it's more than just money. It's the nature of the candidate and the message and all that stuff.” IfsStuffMessagesCampaignsCandidates Author:Bernie Sanders
“My business is not reading your messages. I don't have a business doing that. And it's against my values to do that. I don't want to read your private stuff.” WantValuesReadingStuffMessages Author:Tim Cook
“I like trying jokes and seeing the response, and if I end up doing it in my act, it won't be 140 characters. Twitter is helpful that way to me. It's like a message in a bottle. But a lot of times I think I tweet the stuff I would like to say to teenage me.” IfsThinkingWayTryingEndsCharacterStuffSeeingMessagesJokesResponseHelpfulBottlesTeenageTweetMessage In A Bottle140 Character Author:Sarah Silverman
“I want to offer a word of encouragement to authors: You have to feel called to the message of your book enough that you want people to get that message. When you get to that place, your passion goes through the roof, and then the other stuff happens.” PeopleWantFeelsBookEnoughHappensPassionStuffOffersMessagesEncouragementRoofWords Of EncouragementStuff Happens Author:Jud Wilhite
“These messages that we are sending our kids and the kind of lives people lead today so superficial it seems, just a lot of phony stuff. What does it mean when you really stop and think about it's kind of stupid.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanDoeSeemsKidsTodayStuffStupidMessagesSuperficialPhony Author:Goose Gossage
“You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing Grace" without reminding yourself that the reason God's grace is amazing is it saves a wretch like you. This self-denigration stuff - Jesus died for my sins - is nothing but a guilt message. That's the thing we've got to get out from under. That's not Christianity. That's sort of fourth-century Christianity that got turned into doctrines and dogmas that we've never been able to escape.” SelfReasonAbleJesusStuffChurchSinChristianityGraceCenturyLike YouPrayingTenMessagesMercyDiedGuiltDoctrineFourthDogmaFifteenRemindingGod's GraceAmazing GraceReminding Yourself Author:John Shelby Spong
“Then I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls, from my brain to his. I wanted to make him understand some things. You know all that stuff we’ve always said about you?” I whispered. “What a total pain you are? Don’t believe it. Don’t believe it for a minute, Marley.” He needed to know that, and something more, too. There was something I had never told him, that no one ever had. I wanted him to hear it before he went. Marley,” I said. “You are a great dog.” IfsKnowsBelieveLongSaidTwoWantedPainStuffBrainMinutesDogNeededMessagesLong TimeDon't BelieveSatIf I CouldForeheadsSkullsGreat DogTelegraphMarley Author:John Grogan
“A long time ago, Trinity and I made a list of types of guys you should never date. We add to it every now and then. It includes things like never date a guy whose computer costs more than his car (you'll never get him to pay attention to you except over instant messages), never date a guy who has a pet lizard (he's probably into weird stuff in bed) and never under any circumstances go on a second date with a guy who says the word "married" on the first date (he'll turn out to be a mama's boy or a religious type)” ShouldFirstsLongMadeGuyTurnsStuffReligiousPayAttentionBoysCarTypeGoes OnCircumstancesCostBedComputerMarriedMessagesLong TimeAddListsPay AttentionInstantPetNow And ThenLong Time AgoMamaTrinityLizardsFirst DateType Of GuyWeird StuffMama's Boy Book:I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It Source: I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It