“Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today ... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.” MenWorldShouldHumansArtDoneAgeTodayActionMovingLiteratureFiveMissingHe ManAchievementTwentiesTreasureFortyPricelessTwenty Five Author:William Osler
“Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.” NeedsMeanMovingMissingMoving OnMissing SomeoneLetting Go And Moving OnMoving On In LifeJust Move OnMoving On Love Author:Macklemore
“Those three years on Loving were instrumental in helping me move through the next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldnt come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted.” YearsWellsHelpingWould BeMovingThreeNextMissingSeriesGrantedThree YearsNever Take Anything For Granted Author:Michael Weatherly
“One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.” SometimesReasonMovingSocialChanceMissingVictoryCitizensPoliticianScientistUniversityFrontiersSocial ScienceDonorsNew Frontiers Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“Anita Johnston, Ph.D., author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, taught me to look in the mirror with curiosity rather than fear. So I may look at my reflection and think, 'That's interesting. I wonder why my body seems bigger today than it did yesterday. Maybe it's water weight. Maybe it's my outfit. Or maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.' I know it's not possible for me to gain a noticeable amount of weight overnight, so I will go no further than that. I move on with my day without skipping a beat-and definitely without missing a meal.” ThinkingKnowsLooksMayBodyLightSeemsEyeTodayMovingWaterInterestingWonderMissingTaughtAmountMoonEatingBeatsReflectionGainsWeightBiggerMirrorsCuriosityYesterdayTricksMeals Author:Jenni Schaefer
“One of the reasons there may be a trend toward moving out of the cities, again, it may be conscious or it may be unconscious, but it is a desire to connect more with nature. And with the natural rhythms. We [people] need that! We've been missing it.” PeopleNeedsMayReasonMovingDesireNaturalCitiesMissingConsciousRhythmUnconsciousTrendsMoving OutMissing It Author:Shakti Gawain
“The hardest thing about moving to California from Connecticut was just missing my family. If I went back, it would be just because I was homesick.” IfsWould BeMovingMissingMy FamilyHardestCaliforniaHardest ThingHomesickConnecticut Author:Kevin Nealon
“Suddenly all is quiet. The other nine players? They're all moving in slow motion! I'm at normal speed! I know where everyone's going even before they know themselves. The basket is huge, maybe six feet across! How can I miss? It's like throwing a rock into a pond.” KnowsMovingPlayerFeetRocksMissingHugeQuietNormalSixSpeedNineThrowingBasketsPondsMoving InSlow Motion Author:Michael Jordan
“I absolutely miss dancing. Don't want to do it for a living, I'm getting old, I can't move like I used to. If I had the opportunity to do something on Broadway or a musical, I would jump at the opportunity.” IfsWantI CanMovingUsedOpportunityMissingDancingMusicalBroadwayGetting Old Author:Michael K. Williams
“A big reason I wanted to move [from North Carolina] to New York was to get rid of my car. But honestly, I miss just riding around the hood and having some friends get blunted and playing music for them.” ReasonMovingCarMissingHonestlyHood Author:Travis Stewart
“I hate it [driving] more than anything in the whole world. I'm just an awful, awful driver. I get lost, I hit things (parked cars, one moving car, a pole in my parking garage). Just when I think I got everything under control, I'll miss seeing something out of the corner of my mirror.” ThinkingWorldWholeMovingHateLostSeeingCarMissingI HateMirrorsCornersDrivingWhole WorldAwfulDriversGarageParking Author:Rachael Leigh Cook
“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
“For too long, reporters for the big media outlets have been fixated on novelty, always moving too quickly onto the next big score or the next hot get. Paradoxically, in these days of instant communication and sixty-minute news cycles, it's actually easier to miss information we might otherwise pay attention to. That's why we need stories to be covered and re-covered until they filter up enough to become part of the cultural bloodstream.” NeedsLongHas BeensEnoughStoriesBigsMightMovingNextPayAttentionMinutesMediaMissingInformationCommunicationEasierNewsHotPay AttentionThese DaysInstantScoreCyclesCoveredSixtyReportersOutletsNoveltyFiltersAlways MovingInstant CommunicationSixty Minutes Author:Arianna Huffington
“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
“In Japan, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well. So they have problem communicating with computers, so they really feel that what's missing from telephones and computer interfaces is this ability to move around in three-space.” FeelsWellsProblemMovingThreeLanguageAbilitySpaceWrittenMissingComputerCommunicateJapanTranslateTelephonesKeyboardsInterfacesWritten Language Author:Howard Rheingold
“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
“When you're disappointed romantically - when people evolve or they move on, when somebody doesn't love you in the same way anymore or you don't love somebody in the same way - it's devastating. Just because you leave a relationship doesn't mean that you don't love that person. It doesn't mean that you don't miss that person terribly.” PeopleMeanMovingLove YouMissingEvolveDisappointed Author:Sara Benincasa
“Historically, the idea that you take something novel and you break it has been seen as the ultimate rejection of Enlightenment values, of progress, of civilization - because how could you possibly move forward if you break technology? I think that that misses the point, that if you introduce any kind of technology, what you're introducing is a new way of living and the consequences of that new way of living for people who were enmeshed in a different way of living need to be thought through.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentMovingValuesBreakTechnologyNovelProgressMissingEnlightenmentConsequenceUltimateMoving ForwardRejectionIntroducing Author:Sheila Jasanoff
“The society that produced The Who, The Stones, Dylan, Paul McCartney and later on people, like myself, is over. The materialistic society that produces these kinds of bombastic performances that don't have any value or musical meaning, is very conspicuous, look at me, I'm rich, dig my brand. That's what missing, Bob Dylan made us feel worthy, I try to do the same thing. Respect for the audience with music that is meaningful and soulful. Go for what moves you and not necessarily what you think will be commercial.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindMovingValuesAudienceRichMissingMusicalWorthyMeaningfulLook At MeDylanMaterialisticSoulful Author:Don McLean
“When you move to the city, you really notice how ugly people can be. And that's something you don't really have to deal with in the country. So I do miss that.” PeopleCountryMovingMissingUglyUgly People Author:Lydia Loveless
“The '90s period I just miss because it was such a great time and the music was just so electric. Everybody just had to bring their A-game back then because everybody that was, you know, a big influence...they were on the charts. I bring that era with me everywhere I go. I care about every word I sing. I care about every move I make on stage. I care about the fans. I bring that with me to the present time. And then, when you're timeless, you can work in any time.” CareMovingInfluenceMissingElectricI CareTimeless Author:Brandy Norwood
“The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.” MightMovingWonderClearCuttingMissingStupidPossibilityGeniusComplicatedMissing YouMissing Something Author:Gamal Abdel Nasser
“When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event.” WorldArtMovingNextSpaceOne ThingMinutesMissingEventsEatingFairsWowHypeAdrenalineArt WorldSpectaclesFlashyInstallationCurator Author:Jerry Saltz
“I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania.” PeopleThinkingMightMovingBeautyMissingContestsPennsylvaniaBeauty Contest Author:Sharon Stone
“When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.” LoveLifeSeemsMovingFallRelationshipMissingFalling In LoveFasterMissing SomeoneMissing YouMissed YouFalling For YouI Missed YouFalling In Love With YouColourfulMissing You LoveWill Miss YouSomeone You MissLove And Miss You Author:Taylor Swift
“Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone.” WayHeartMeanPersonsMovingGriefMissingStrangeRiversOptimisticMore TimeBereavementMissing SomeoneStrange ThingsOptimistic Person Author:Michelle Williams
“When I am lonely for boys it’s their bodies I miss. I study their hands lifting the cigarettes in the darkness of the movie theaters, the slope of a shoulder, the angle of a hip. Looking at them sideways, I examine them in different lights. My love for them is visual: that is the part of them I would like to possess. Don’t move, I think. Stay like that, let me have that.” ThinkingDifferentBodyHandsLightMovingBoysDarknessStudyMissingLonelyLet MeTheaterShouldersHipsVisualsCigaretteAngleLiftingSlopesSidewaysMovie TheaterI Am Lonely Author:Margaret Atwood