“I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm trying to get across is, it doesn't have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day.” TryingDoneThreeCan DoQualityMessagesPlanning Author:Emeril Lagasse
“Those in blue suits who use thinly veiled race symbols -- when they say welfare and crime and three strikes and anti- affirmative action -- they are sending messages more profound their language.” UseActionThreeLanguageRaceCrimeMessagesBlueProfoundStrikesSuitsSymbolsWelfareAffirmative ActionAffirmativeThree StrikesSending A Message Author:Jesse Jackson
“Cats can derive their nutrition from the air they breathe until you get the message that the Fish Fin Buffet you put in their bowl three days ago will never be acceptable.” ThreeAirMessagesCatFishesBreatheAcceptableNutritionBowlsBuffetsFins Author:Kathy Young
“People come to Cannes just to advertise their films, not with a particular message. But the advantage is that if you go to the festival, you get so much press coverage in three days that it advertises the film for the rest of the year.” PeopleIfsYearsFilmThreeParticularMessagesAdvantagePressesFestivalsCoverageCannesCannes Film Festival Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to stay pure in that process and be worthy of the messages that I receive. You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself.” ThinkingWritingTryingThreeProcessCreativeMonthsPeriodsPureMessagesDown AndWorthyCreative ProcessCompositionThree Months Author:John Zorn
“My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenI CanPainThreeLostWishPaintingMessagesSeriesHorribleRevolutionaryFulfilledHorrible Life Author:Frida Kahlo
“The fundamental message of the Wu Tang music is as vast as the ocean in all reality, but it's still a straight path. You can take one lyric and by researching what that lyric is giving out to you, it should give you more than a day's worth of school, maybe three days' worth of school.” GivingShouldStillsRealitySchoolThreePathOceanMessagesMusic IsFundamentalsStraight Path Author:RZA
“Nothing fails like success, because we do not learn anything from it. We only learn from failure, but we do not always learn the right things from failure. If there is a failure of expectations, that is, if the messages that we receive are not the same as those we expected, we can make three possible inferences.” IfsThreeFailingMessagesExpectationsExpectedRight ThingInferenceLearning From Failure Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“Given that there are seven billion people living on this earth, there is a consistent quantity of imbecile or idiot, okay. Previously, these people could express themselves only with their friends or at the bar after two or three glasses of something, and they said every silliness, and people laughed. Now they have the possibility to show up on the internet. And so, on the internet, along with the messages of a lot of interesting and important people - even the Pope is writing on Twitter - we have a great quantity of idiots.” PeopleWritingSaidTwoImportantShowsEarthThreeGivenInterestingPossibilityInternetMessagesOkaySevenGlassesBillionsBarsIdiotConsistentLaughedQuantityPopeThey SaidLiving OnImbecilesSilliness Author:Umberto Eco
“Good brands do three things for highly stressed out consumers: 1. They save time. 2. They project the right message. 3. They provide an identity.” ThreeIdentityProjectsMessagesBrandsConsumersThree ThingsStressedStressed Out Author:David F. D'Alessandro
“Make your initial contact short and sweet. Five sentences or less, or under 150 words. If someone instant messages you while you're online, go ahead and IM them back if you want. Otherwise, wait twenty-two to twenty-three hours between email contacts for the first few messages. Don't send messages while most people are sleeping, even if you're wide-awake. Shoot for business hours or just after dinnertime.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsTwoThreeWaitingHoursSleepFiveSweetMessagesTwentiesSentencesWideContactAwakeInstantOnlineEmailInitialsTwenty TwoWide AwakeShort And Sweet Author:Amy Webb
“Approaching any movie with a three in the title you know you are not going to get a political polemic. You are not going to get some sort of political statement or ultra-deep message.” KnowsPoliticalThreeMessagesStatementsTitlesUltrasPolemics Author:J. J. Abrams
“There is a lot of fun to be had when you try and fit as many words as you can within a three-minute song, but there is also a lot of fun in trying to get that message across in three words, or better yet when the music can overpower the words and convey something really pure and perfect that affects our psycho-emotional space.” TryingSpiritSongThreeFunSimplePerfectMinutesFitPureMessagesLiftsThree Words Author:Saul Williams
“Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want to be finishing it on Friday before they preach it on Sunday, but our worship team really likes me to get it done way in advance.” KnowsWayWantTwoDoneAbleThreeWeekTeamWorshipMessagesLikesSundayPreacherFridayFinishingGet It DoneFinishing It Author:Max Lucado
“If you can, do a gratitude practice: Each day write down three things you're grateful for. There are different ways to do this. You can have a gratitude buddy, someone with whom, at the end of the day, you exchange messages listing these three things you are grateful for. Also, you can journal it or reflect on it silently.” IfsWayWritingDifferentEndsThreeCan DoPracticeGratitudeMessagesGratefulDifferent WaysEach DayThe End Of The DayJournalThree ThingsBuddy Author:Tara Brach
“For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I'm really happy when I'm waiting for a plane and the message comes that it's three hours late. Great, I'll get to write!” WritingThreeWaitingHoursRoomsLateMessagesTrainPlanesHotelAirportsReally HappyHotel RoomsBest PlaceHotel Lobby Author:Jo Nesbo
“Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.'” ThinkingI CanHardCharacterUseEarthThreeTypeMessagesSevenIncludingSentencesText Message Author:Susan Orlean
“Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in it's entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or thirteen-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next 'Twilight' movie.” YearsThreeNextActorsProduceAmountMessagesCatLibraryCongressVideoDataMovieCollectionsPrintTwilightThree TimesYoutubeExchangingText MessageTwilight MovieData Collection Author:Nate Silver
“Our ministry is supported entirely by faith, through the missions gifts of readers who receive my messages every three weeks. We seldom mention money, and we never burden supporters.” FaithThreeWeekReaderMessagesBurdenMissionsMinistrySupporter Author:David Wilkerson
“Three things see no end- A flower blighted ere it bloomed, A message that was wasted, And a journey that was doomed.” EndsThreeJourneyFlowerMessagesDoomedThree Things Book:Oathbreakers Source: Oathbreakers
“Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did. Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled. "Got your message. Is it too late to join the party?" "Son of Hades." Kronos spit on the ground. "Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?" "Your death," Nico said, "would be great for me." "I'm immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live." Nico drew his sword-three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare. "I don't agree.” SaidWould BeFacesThreeCoursesWishBlackChancePartyEnemyFeetSonFoolLateMessagesArmyAgreeWickedToo LateNightmareIronImmortalSpitSkullsHadesHelmetNico Di AngeloLove DeathTartarus Author:Rick Riordan
“You've reached Fantasia, where the undead live again every night," "For bar hours, press one. To make a party reservation, press two. To talk to alive person or a dead vampire, press three. Or, if you were intending to leave a humorous prank message on our answering machine, know this: we will find you.” IfsKnowsPersonsTwoNightThreeHoursPartyAliveMessagesHumorousMachinesPressesBarsVampireEvery NightReservationsPranksUndeadFantasiaAnswering Machines Book:Dead in Dixie Source: Dead in Dixie
“I checked my phone messages. Three in all. The first was from Joe. “Hey, Cupcake.” That was it. That was the whole message. The second was from Ranger. “Yo.” Ranger made Joe look like a chatterbox.” FirstsLooksMadeWholeThreeMessagesPhonesHeyRangersCupcakesChatterbox Book:To the Nines Source: To the Nines