“Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they start talking, that's when you've lost them.” IfsMeanStillsLostAttentionSilenceTalkingAudienceQuietOkayPay AttentionBombs Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I'm a big kid. I never lost my childlike appreciation of things. Too many people lock it out and throw their toys away and say, okay, I'm gonna grow up and be grumpy and miserable and not think about the magical side of things anymore -- and I can't seem to stop doing that.” PeopleThinkingI CanBigsSeemsKidsLostGrowsSidesGrowing UpOkayAppreciationMiserableToysLocksChildlikeGrumpy Author:Andy Partridge
“I've lost six different times. You can't say, 'Well, he lost, that's the end of the world.' You have to say, 'Okay, you lost, what did we do wrong?” WorldWellsDifferentEndsLostSixOkayEnd Of The WorldDifferent Times Author:Bernie Sanders
“When I'm doing more than one movie because it makes one not the end of the world. It makes me feel like, "Okay, I won. I had a victory on this one, today. And I lost on this one, today." I can keep going back-and-forth.” WorldFeelsI CanEndsTodayLostVictoryOkayKeep GoingEnd Of The WorldBack And Forth Author:Jon M. Chu
“Hopping around time in a non-linear storytelling fashion (on 'Lost') allows you to bring back characters who are dead and, in some cases, buried. Now that time travel is the story itself, it opens up even more doors. So when an actor reads that they're getting killed off on the show, they're basically, like, 'Okay, but should I still bother to show up next week?'” ShouldStillsCharacterStoriesShowsNextActorsLostCasesDoorsWeekFashionOkayStorytellingBotherBuriedTime TravelShould ILinearNext WeekHopping Author:Damon Lindelof
“What was so great about Lost was that it came to the front door as a drama that was straight-up and really gave you the sci-fi underneath it all. It backed into sci-fi show, at least in my opinion. As soon as they got hooked, they were like, "Okay, I'm there."” ShowsLostOpinionDoorsFrontsDramaOkaySci FiHookedFront DoorsStraight Up Author:J.H. Wyman
“Basically, I've reached the point where I've lost any direct relationship to any of the editors I used to have. I suspect I'll have to pay to publish this myself, and I think a lot about about putting out fifty copies. I used to think about hogwash like my legacy and silly things like that. But I feel like if I never have another book out, I've done okay, I've had like twelve or thirteen little books, and I won't be upset about this on my death bed.” IfsThinkingFeelsLittlesBookDoneUsedLostPayBedDirectOkaySillyLegacyUpsetFiftySuspectsCopiesEditorsTwelvePublishThirteenSilly ThingsDeath BedHogwash Author:Richard Meltzer
“There have been times where I lost a job or whatever, and I think, "Okay, well that's just not part of my lane."” ThinkingWellsHas BeensJobsLostOkayLanes Author:Kate Micucci
“I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you think, 'I wish more people saw that' - because you're good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But that's show business.” PeopleThinkingMadeSometimesShowsLostWishSawsOkayVery GoodWork OutShow Business Author:Christopher Walken
“I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful - for all of it.” KnowsWantInspirationalNeedsWritingTryingJoyLostFailingMinesBrokenSorrowGratitudeBattleOkayRedemptionGenerositySelfishnessI Am Thankful Author:Kristin Armstrong
“We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf. But I found another handhold and kept climbing. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was my face. "Sorry," she murrmured. "S'okay," I grunted, though I'd never really wanted to know what Annabeth's sneaker tasted like.” KnowsHandsWantedFacesFoundLostFeetMinutesDyingSixOkaySevenSorryFiftyClimbingPatchesSurfSlipperyMossAnnabethSneakersLedges Book:The Sea of Monsters Source: The Sea of Monsters
“Dear Complete and Utter Stranger, The first thing that I have to say is that I hate oatmeal. I really hate it. And you know what? If you like oatmeal at all? I mean even the tiniest bit? I mean, say you were lost in the Himalayas, right, and you hadn't eaten anything except a Mars Bar for about seven years, right, and you're really cold and your fingers are all dropping off, right, and you look behind this rock, and there's this bowl of oatmeal? Say you would even think about eating the oatmeal? Well, JUST DON'T BOTHER WRITING TO ME, OKAY?” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingYearsFirstsWellsLooksMeanHateLostBitsBehindsRocksColdEatingOkayI HateFingersSevenDearStrangerBarsBotherWhat IfBowlsMarsSeven YearsDroppingHimalayasOatmeal Book:Feeling Sorry for Celia: A Novel Source: Feeling Sorry for Celia: A Novel
“It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap opera. And to save Fablehaven, I would read a book, okay, are you happy?" You had best be careful, Seth," Grandma warned. "The love of reading can be contagious." I just lost my appetite," he declared.” IfsBookIdeasReadingLostFunWatchesGunOkayLipsCarefulAppetiteBe CarefulOperaEmergenciesStarvingSoapGrandmaContagiousSoap OperasLove Of ReadingDementedAsparagus Author:Brandon Mull
“Okay. how about that time when you smoked all that weed that you thought was laced with something? You fell into the tub, but you refused to get out because you were convinced that the back of your head was going to fall off? "That third story happened to a guy named Jace in my dorm. Me and Sam and another guy in our hall took turns reading "Paradise Lost" through the locked door. I think it made him more paranoid, though." "That's not true," he says. "Well, he *seemed* more paranoid to me," I say. "And he still gets a little weired out when any one mentions angels.” ThinkingWellsLittlesMadeStillsStoriesGuyTurnsFallReadingLostHappenedDoorsAngelOkayThirdsConvincedParadiseHallsWeedLockedJaceParanoidTubsDormsLocked Doors Author:Holly Black
“you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.” FeelsLittlesLostBitsFourRight NowLittle BitOkayTwentiesMeant To BeAlright Book:One Day Source: One Day
“I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty.” PlayLostHurtColdOkayHarmonyBlueGuiltNotesFingersGuiltyDesperateMelodyNot AfraidIt HurtsChordsNot GuiltyMelody And Harmony Book:Revolution Source: Revolution
“You're scaring me," Jack's voice finally cut through, and I opened my eyes, barely able to see him. "okay, good, yes, breathe. Breathing helps one stay alive,I've found.What on earth is so bad about a stupid school saying no?" "My life"-I gasped-"is over.It's over. Everything." He frowned dubiously. "Who would want to go to a place called Georgetown, anyhow? Ridiculous. Now,I could understand your devastation if it had a distinguished name like, say, Jacktown, but as it is,you're overreacting. Why do you want to go to more school? I went once for a few hours and nearly lost my mind.” IfsWantMindHelpingEyeAbleSchoolEarthFoundNamesLostVoiceHoursCuttingAliveStupidOkayBreatheRidiculousBreathingOver ItDistinguishedSaying NoStaying AliveDevastationLost My MindGeorgetown Author:Kiersten White
“God, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?" Morgan sighed again. "The whole thing was really embarrassing; my parents sent me to Brooklyn when they found out." She shrugged. "I thought I’d be safe in a gay bar, okay? What were you doing in there anyway?" Lace looked at me sidelong. "You were where?" I took a sip of beer, swallowed it. "I, uh, hadn’t been in the city...very long. I didn’t know.” KnowsMeanLongWholeFoundLostParentCitiesGaySafeOkayBarsBeerApocalypseEmbarrassingBrooklynVirginityLace Book:Peeps Source: Peeps