“A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society.” PeopleIfsWantReasonMinutesMissingSingingImpactDetailsChinaCommunismCartoonThesisPhdsImpact On Society Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“As an actor, you don't want to ever get too comfortable where you're like, "I know this character," and you don't do the work anymore. Then, there's something that you're going to miss. If you always stay hungry to learn more about your character, that's a healthy thing, while having a great sense of who she is, at the core.” IfsKnowsWantCharacterActorsMissingHealthyComfortableCoreHungry Author:Shanola Hampton
“If you are thinking about, talking about, and spending energy on what is missing in your life, what is wrong, what you don't like, or what always has been, then you are going to continue to attract those things into your life. We become what we think about.” IfsThinkingHas BeensEnergyTalkingMissingSpending Author:Wayne Dyer
“If you give up because you announce the phenomenon cannot be explained, you are missing out.” IfsGivingMissingGiving UpPhenomenonMissing Out Author:Patricia Churchland
“If I am a fan of my own music, which I am, I want to hear the best Madchild I can hear. What am I missing? I sort of had a good talk with some close friends of mine that I really respect and look up to in music as well and we all just came to the conclusion, just some more storytelling songs of things I have gone through.” IfsWantWellsLooksI CanSongMy OwnGoneFansMissingMinesStorytellingConclusionLook UpClose Friends Author:Shane Bunting
“You got to miss class to do it. Like, many periods of school. And then they took us to an elementary or middle school, and we told kids that they could be cool when they grew up even if they didn't do drugs.” IfsKidsSchoolClassMiddleMissingGrewPeriodsDrugGrew UpBeing CoolMiddle School Author:Ilana Glazer
“We live in a culture that insists on "moving on" (even while our loyalty to and love of the franchise and the sequel give away a larger loopiness). But I tend to dwell or obsess or meditate, and I came back to, for instance, the figure of Dickens's "Miss Havisham" with some (self) recognition if not relief.” IfsGivingSelfMovingCultureMissingFiguresAnd LoveLoyaltyInstanceRecognitionReliefSequelsDickensSelf RecognitionHavishamMiss Havisham Author:Laura Mullen
“The cookie is the critical part. It's a word I created for sex and you've got to give a man all three things. If you miss one out, he is going to find it somewhere else.” IfsMenGivingThreeSexMissingCriticalCookiesSomewhere ElseThree Things Author:Steve Harvey
“I think that we're making a mistake if we don't see that there is a cultural basis to many illnesses, not just psychiatric ones. Breast cancer would be one prevalent example right now, different kind of cultures surrounding it. If you don't understand the cultural meaning of an illness like that you're going to miss the boat even if you're a great scientist.” IfsThinkingKindDifferentWould BeCultureMistakeMissingExampleRight NowScientistBasesCancerIllnessBoatBreastsMaking MistakesDifferent KindsBreast CancerPsychiatricGreat Scientist Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl
“For a lot of women who don't go to college, or for a lot of women who aren't in New York or D.C. or someplace where there's like a large feminist organization they can get involved in, they may be doing feminist work, right, like locally or with a grassroots organization or in their own lives, but if they don't have that support system and if they don't have that availability to feminist language, I think we're missing out on something.” IfsThinkingMayLanguageSupportMissingNew YorkCollegeInvolvedOrganizationFeministGet InvolvedAvailabilityGrassrootsMissing OutSupport Systems Author:Jessica Valenti
“If you don't identify as a feminist, you're missing out on this whole community that's out there that could really help you with your work, help you with your personal life, and just give you support.” IfsGivingWholeHelpingCommunitySupportMissingFeministPersonal LifeMissing Out Author:Jessica Valenti
“I think the teams biggest struggle is remaining a team. It's kinda like a puzzle, If one piece of the puzzle is missing then the puzzle can't be completed. Every team member plays an important part.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayStrugglePiecesTeamMissingMembersPuzzlesOne PieceTeam Member Author:Katie Cassidy
“I think it's widely known at this stage that I am willing to put past differences aside and make some money and do the right thing for the fans. If it happens, it happens. It's all good. If it doesn't, I truly am not going to miss a beat of my life.” IfsThinkingHappensPastDifferencesKnownFansStageMissingWillingBeatsRight Thing Author:Bill Goldberg
“[In] the 21st century, the mainstream can satisfy your every whim. I guess the idea of walking around with groups of people dressed the same and saying, "I'm only into ska" or "I'm only into whatever" - is kind of restrictive in the 21st century. I don't know if it's a bad thing that these movements have run their course. I think what I miss about it is the collective experience.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindIdeasRunningCoursesGroupsCenturyMissingMovementWalkingCollectivesBad ThingsMainstream21st CenturyWhim Author:Don Letts
“I think that today, faith drives so much of our politics, that I thought, "If you don't talk about it, you are missing a whole big part of what is going on politically."” IfsThinkingWholeBigsTodayMissing Author:Barack Obama
“If you play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only comes when the mind is quiet and separate from the noise. And the greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.” IfsMindPlayMeditationMissingQuietBasketballToolsSeekingMindsetNoiseZone Author:Russell Simmons
“But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom and prosperity. In a world which is growing closer together all the time, we can only survive and influence the rules if we join forces. We will miss the presence of the United Kingdom at this table.” PeopleIfsWorldCountryTogetherForceUnitedGrowingInfluenceMissingEuropeTablesProsperityKingdomsCompromiseBest ThingsUnited KingdomForging Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and rhythm and loudness, then that is the way the dance numbers will be. But it is pretty hard on romance with seven guitars, three drums, and no melody instruments in the band.” IfsWayHardTodayRomanceThreeNumbersMissingBandInstrumentsSevenGuitarRhythmMelodyAccentsPercussion Author:Gene Kelly
“It just never comes across as a quality you want in a president that you`re sitting in a room. It`s almost as if they woke up and realized, You know, we`re running against a former secretary of state. Our guy used to do the Miss Universe pageant around the world. Maybe we should try to heavy this up.” IfsKnowsWorldWantShouldTryingStatesRunningUsedGuyUniversePresidentRoomsQualityMissingSittingHeavyAround The WorldFormerSecretaryPageant Author:Stuart Stevens
“Your interests change. I used to feel that if I spent evenings reading, or watching a film, or just doing nothing up here at the house, I would probably be missing something that was a lot more fun. I don't have that sense anymore.” IfsFeelsFilmUsedReadingHouseFunInterestMissingEveningDoing NothingMissing Something Author:Rob Lowe
“If you're rooted to a spot, you miss a lot of the grace. So you keep moving, and this is the way I think the world's stories should be told - from many different perspectives.” IfsThinkingWorldWayShouldDifferentStoriesMovingGraceMissingPerspectiveSpotsRootedKeep MovingDifferent Perspective Author:Chinua Achebe
“If you can imagine missing feeling sad, it's the only thing worse than pain.” IfsFeelingsPainImagineMissingFeeling Sad Author:Paul Dalio
“If you spend your life thinking, "I wonder if today is when it ends," you're going to miss out on everything wonderful.” IfsThinkingEndsTodayWonderWonderfulMissing Author:Dick Van Dyke
“If I do a lot of television, than I miss theater. If I do a lot of theater, than I miss film. This global thing of performing arts gives me strength.” IfsGivingArtFilmMissingTelevisionGive MeTheaterPerformingPerforming ArtsGive Me Strength Author:Richard Sammel
“If you are watching my films and wondering, am I missing humorous speak because I'm not Korean? Am I missing out? You don't have to worry, because you're only missing probably about a few cents worth out of your ticket price.” IfsFilmSpeakWonderWorryMissingHumorousCentsTicketsKoreanMissing Out Author:Park Chan-wook
“I think Jeff [Van Gundy] is really, really good and fun to listen to. And I would be disappointed if - I know he offered to not be a part of the broadcast - he wasn't on the air. We'd all miss something. I think the [brother situation] adds the human element.” IfsThinkingKnowsHumansWould BeFunSituationAirMissingBrotherElementsAddDisappointedVans Author:Joe Buck
“I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an understanding as to why perhaps - perhaps - the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the New York Police Department and others in law enforcement greatly feared what Malcolm X was about, because he was trying to build a broad - an unprecedented black coalition across the lines of black nationalism and integration. And in way, it presages 30 years ahead of time, the Million Man March.” IfsMenWayTryingYearsBelieveBookLawI BelieveUnderstandingBlackLinesMillionsMissingNew YorkGainsPoliceDepartmentNationalismMarchBroadsChaptersAutobiographyIntegrationLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsUnprecedentedCoalitionsAhead Of TimePolice DepartmentBlack NationalismMalcolm X Autobiography Author:Manning Marable
“I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second. If I could even do that in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball. I don't miss the crowds or the travel or even being in the big leagues. I just miss being able to take batting practice and being able to swing as hard as I can. That's all I miss.” IfsI CanHardBigsRunningAblePracticeMissingBaseballBallsCrowdsLeagueIf I CouldSwingsJust BeingBatsSlidesSoftballBattingPlaying BaseballBatting Practice Author:Prince Fielder
“If I could even do that [playing] in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball.” IfsMissingBaseballLeagueIf I CouldSoftball Author:Prince Fielder
“There might be an Easter egg in there that I'm missing [in Timeless], I'll have to look again, but there are pop culture references, for sure. There are a lot of references that you would only understand if you've seen the movie The Untouchables.” IfsLooksMightCultureMissingPopsEggsTimelessEasterPop CultureUntouchablesEaster Egg Author:Misha Collins
“Get the overall. Some of my films may have been crude at times, or tough, or missed the points, but I've tried to get the overall in. I think that's more important. You may miss a thing or two, but you move faster. If you can do it in three takes, do it in three takes.” IfsThinkingMayHas BeensTwoImportantFilmMovingThreeCan DoMissingToughFasterYou Can Do ItCrude Author:Oliver Stone
“In the end the only thing that you can have on your side is time. The only way to gain time is by living it. And if I live expending my energy worrying about other people's perceptions, then I'm missing my moment.” PeopleIfsWayEndsMomentsEnergySidesWorryMissingPerceptionGainsYour Side Author:Demi Moore
“If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort of fullness that we find in the New Testament.” IfsJoyChristMissingTestamentTestimonyFullnessNew TestamentPresentationUrgency Author:Mark Dever
“I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.” IfsKnowsWritingKnow HowWifeMissingMy WifeChecks Author:Steve Harvey
“Prosthetics just felt very foreign to me: You wear them on your shoulders, strap them to your chest, and they're heavy and uncomfortable. If someone gave you a hug, you'd miss that touch. They were more like a cage for me.” IfsFeltMissingHeavyShouldersUncomfortableChestsHugCagesProstheticsHug You Author:Jessica Cox
“You don't want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.” IfsWorldWantRunningGuyFightingMissingGoes OnPicksWithout You Author:Bob Goff
“Living in a place like Pakistan, very often you meet people who are migrating abroad. And sometimes you'll ask their parents, you know - you didn't try to stop them? Like, why didn't you say, don't go - I'll miss you? Stay with me. And, you know, people say, well, it's best for them. They have to go. And parents, you know, take on that sadness because they know it's better for their children if they leave.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingWellsChildrenSometimesAsksParentSadnessMissingPakistanStay With MeI'll Miss You Author:Mohsin Hamid
“Senator [Tom Cotton] got a ton of blowback. He became the star of fake missing person`s signs, encouraging folks to call if they saw him and also to call him and ask why he had been missing while his constituents were looking for him.” IfsPersonsAsksStarsSawsMissingFolksFakeTomsSenatorsCottonConstituentsMissing A Person Author:Rachel Maddow
“We should talk about the ultimate cause of war. It's a question we should never stop asking, because if we do, there's a chance, however remote, that we might miss an opportunity to reduce the occurrence of war.” IfsShouldWarMightOpportunityCausesChanceMissingUltimateAskingCauses Of War Author:Jaron Lanier
“[If Quebec became sovereign] there would be one level of government that would be missing, one less level of government. The municipality would become the second level.” IfsGovernmentWould BeLevelsMissingSovereignQuebecMunicipality Author:Jane Jacobs
“I think because it is a very well-saturated story,episode of Justified in Hannibal, and we've all heard it in some frame of a story, we've heard the urban legend of waking up in a bathtub with a kidney missing. It felt like if we are telling an organ-harvesting story, it was really about quickly selling the iconography of an organ-harvesting story, and then being able to mask that as a perfect way for Hannibal Lecter to go shopping for his menu.” IfsThinkingWayWellsStoriesAbleFeltPerfectHeardMissingWake UpSellingMaskLegendsWakingShoppingOrgansEpisodesUrbanJustifiedMenusKidneysSaturatedBathtubsIconographyMissing ItUrban Legends Author:Bryan Fuller
“I don't think God is a gender. He presents himself as a father but he comes to us with the tenderness of a mother. In some of the parables, he is the housewife who cleans the house looking for the lost coin. So I think we can miss the point if we get too concerned about the gender of God.” IfsThinkingMotherFatherHouseLostMissingConcernedGenderTendernessCoinsHousewifeParables Author:Max Lucado
“If you look at all the artists I've ever worked with, I'm still blessed enough to have one of the biggest singles of their career. My passion is for them and I put my everything into these songs. i get into their life and what their aesthetic is. That's what's missing from R&B. People don't take it serious enough.” PeopleIfsLooksStillsEnoughArtistSongPassionCareersMissingSeriousBlessedAestheticMy PassionSingles Author:Sean Garrett
“I wanna feed 5,000 like Jesus, I wanna build a community center where the homeless and less fortunate can come take a shower, get a hot meal and a change of clothes. Maybe not new clothes but some clean clothes. Those are my goals, my raps and goals haven't changed. I'm about helping somebody, I use my celebrity status for the good of mankind. That's what I do, so for all the Hip-Hop people, if they just pull from me the gold, they're missing so much.” PeopleIfsHelpingUseJesusGoalCommunityMankindMissingHavensChangedClothesGoldHotCleanHip HopRapHipsFortunateMealsHopsShowersHomelessLess FortunateNew ClothesCommunity CentersCelebrity StatusClean Clothes Author:Mr. T
“Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.” IfsFirstsAbleNextLiteratureSexMorningMissingSmokeSmokingCigaretteTobaccoFrigidSmoking CigarettesSmoking CigarsSmoking A PipeTobacco SmokingFunny SmokingPipe SmokingCigarette Smoke Book:Lump It Or Leave It Source: Lump It Or Leave It
“My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!” IfsTwoLife IsHeavenViewsMissingInches Author:Sam Kinison
“If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest.” IfsTryingLittlesWould BeTreeMissingDetailsDrawingForestsOutlines Author:Jeff Koons
“If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.” IfsLoveLifeInspirationalMatterEnoughLove YouMissingNo Matter What Author:Ann Landers
“A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.” PeopleIfsKnowsShowsMissingQuittingShow BusinessI Quit Author:Loretta Lynn
“I love auditioning. Since “The Notebook” and “Wedding Crashers,” I don’t have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don’t audition. What if they hate what I want to do?” IfsWantCharacterShowsHateMissingNervousWhat IfInterpretationAuditionsNotebookWedding Crasher Author:Rachel McAdams