“Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there.” WellsMemoriesPlansMinutesJust BeingBeing ThereStirringBucketsJust Being There Book:Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford Source: Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford
“We have looked first at man with his vanities and greed and his problems of a day or a year; and then only, and from this biased point of view, we have looked outward at the earth he has inhabited so briefly and at the universe in which our earth is so minute a part. Yet these are the great realities, and against them we see our human problems in a different perspective. Perhaps if we reversed the telescope and looked at man down these long vistas, we should find less time and inclination to plan for our own destruction.” IfsMenShouldYearsFirstsHumansLongDifferentProblemRealityEarthUniverseViewsPlansMinutesPerspectiveDestructionGreedPoint Of ViewVanityInclinationTelescopesBiasedDifferent PerspectiveVistasHuman Problems Author:Rachel Carson
“I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you've admitted that you're not going to succeed.” ThinkingPlansMinutesSucceedBackupBackup Plan Author:Elizabeth Holmes
“They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.” IfsLongRealLastsSpiritFightingFiveFatePlansMinutesMilitaryBattleFive Minutes Author:Paolo Bacigalupi
“The fool only is troublesome. A plan of sense perceives when he is agreeable or tiresome; he disappears the very minute before he would have been thought to have stayed too long.” LongHas BeensPlansMinutesFoolConversationDisappearPerceiveTroublesomeTiresome Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“This does not come naturally. I have to work out 60 to 90 minutes at least five days a week and stick to a high- fiber, low-calorie eating plan.” DoeFivePlansWeekMinutesEatingLowsSticksWork OutCaloriesFiber Author:Molly Sims
“I love idleness. I love to busy myself about trifles, to begin a hundred things and not finish one of them, to come and go as my fancy bids me, to change my plan every moment, to follow a fly in all its circlings, to try and uproot a rock to see what is underneath, eagerly to begin a ten-years' task to give it up after ten minutes: in short, to fritter away the whole day inconsequentially and incoherently, and to follow nothing but the whim of the moment.” GivingTryingYearsWholeMomentsPlansMinutesRocksTenHundredTasksBusyFancyIdlenessComes And GoesTriflesWhim Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“When you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for anything. They can't bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour. If you're happy inside yourself, why should you get excited about Big Brother and the Three-Year Plans and the Two Minutes Hate and all the rest of their bloody rot?” IfsWantGivingFeelsShouldYearsTwoBigsHateThreeEnergySexGonePlansMinutesLove YouBrotherBearsDown AndExcitedDamnCheerThree YearsFlagsBloodyMaking LoveUp And DownSourBurstingDon't Give A Damn Book:Animal Farm and 1984 Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“Every time. You know why? I want to fail. I work like a dog for twenty years so I'll have the supreme pleasure of failing. Never knew anybody like that, did you? I'm very cunning. I plan it in advance. I fool myself right up to the last minute, and then the time comes and I know how cunningly I've been planning it all the time. I've been a failure all my life.” KnowsWantYearsLastsPleasureKnow HowPlansFailingMinutesDogFoolTwentiesSupremePlanningCunningLast Minute Author:Wallace Stegner
“The minute I sit down and think 'Okay, this must be KID SAFE!' my Muse develops Tourrette's and goes to lunch with Clive Barker, and my mind plunges into the gutter and I draw an appalling blank on anything that is not violent, gory, profanity laden, or depraved. So I think the only way I can ever do kid's books if I plan not to do kid's books. If that makes any sense.” IfsThinkingWayMindI CanBookKidsPlansMinutesSafeDrawsOkayDown AndViolentLunchBlankMusePlungeProfanityGuttersDepraved Author:Ursula Vernon
“Everybody's playing the game but nobody's rules are the same... Never make a promise or plan. Take a little love where you can... Never stay too long in your bed. Never lose your heart, use your head... Never take a stranger's advice. Never let a friend fool you twice... Never be the first to believe. Never be the last to deceive... Never leave a moment too soon. Never waste a hot afternoon... Never stay a minute too long. Don't forget the best will go wrong... Better learn to go it alone. Recognise you're out on your own. Nobody's on nobody's side.” FirstsBelieveHeartLittlesLongMomentsUseLastsGamesSidesLosesForgetPlansMinutesAdviceFoolPromiseBedWasteHotStrangerAfternoonDeceivingRecogniseLittle LoveRecognise YouHot Afternoon Author:Tim Rice
“There are plans for a new high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It will make the trip time 30 minutes. People in L.A. are like, Yes! And people in San Francisco are like, Yeah, sure, great. We look forward to seeing you.” PeopleLooksPlansSeeingMinutesYeahTrainSpeedLos AngelesSan FranciscoHigh Speed Author:Craig Ferguson
“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour. If Tetris has taught me anything, it's that errors pile up & accomplishments disappear. Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” IfsShouldHoursMeditationPlansMinutesTaughtMouthsErrorsBusyDisappearAccomplishmentToo BusyTetris Author:Mike Tyson
“Before I was not in the television cameras every 5 minutes, I wasn't as visible, but this year I plan on being more visible to ensure that Virgin Rap Division does not lose. Although I am a very low key person, I am competitive, and with every ounce of my spirit, I will ensure that this label is taken seriously.” YearsPersonsDoeSpiritLosesTakenPlansMinutesTelevisionKeysLowsCamerasRapLabelsVisibleDivisionVirginsLow Key Author:Jermaine Dupri
“I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I thought that would be interesting. It had never been my plan to work until I literally didn't want to do anything and then hang it up.” WantWould BeInterestingPlansMinutesMy TimePhasesMicrosoftPhases Of Life Author:Steve Ballmer
“The business is about coming up with a business plan and using your relationships and networking and seeing your dreams come true. Everyone on this show has their own business. Fifteen minutes of fame is fleeting. It's about learning the business and creating a new business.” ShowsDreamPlansSeeingMinutesFameCreatingYour DreamsOur RelationshipFifteenDreams Come TrueFleetingNetworkingOwn BusinessBusiness PlanNew Business Author:Eva Marcille
“Do the small things. If you are running a 10-12 minute mile take a mile off your plan for the day and use the 6 minutes before and after to stretch. A lot of the times we all want to go go go but it's important to stretch the calves and the hamstrings and nutritionally you know?” IfsKnowsWantImportantUseRunningPlansMinutesMilesSmall ThingsCalvesBefore And AfterHamstrings Author:Meb Keflezighi