“We cannot accomplish as much as we think we can in one day and we can accomplish more than we think we can in a year. Isn't that true?” ThinkingYearsOne DayAccomplish Author:John C. Maxwell
“I believe that it is indeed easier for a woman who follows a male monarch, as it was in my case. There was no role model I had to measure up to. It was clear from the beginning that many things would be different, and that helped. And I hope that the same thing will help my son, Crown Prince Frederik, when he becomes king one day.” BelieveDifferentHelpingWould BeI BelieveRolesCasesClearSonKingsEasierOne DayModelsMalesMy SonRole ModelsCrownsMonarchs Author:Margrethe II of Denmark
“I can one day do dance, and the next maybe do a movie, and then maybe I can choreograph, or work with different photographers for fashion shoots, or different art forms. You're never stuck. You're going at a different level. You're sucking in things, rather than closing. You're trying things out.” TryingArtI CanDifferentFormNextLevelsFashionOne DayPhotographerStuckClosingDifferent Levels Author:Sergei Polunin
“Maybe one day a song might make you feel completely different than the next, but I like to have a lot of everything in my songs.” FeelsDifferentMightSongNextOne DayMaybe One Day Author:Sarah Barthel
“While we were shooting the movie, we shot in the actual hotel in Hong Kong where it all went down, the Mira Hotel. Laura Poitras was coming to Hong Kong to do a screening of Citizenfour, and she ended up staying at the Mira Hotel. It was her first time back in Hong Kong, and I ran into her in the elevator. Literally I had just finished shooting one day, and I came back to the hotel and she was in the elevator.” FirstsOne DayShotsFirst TimeFinishedShootingRanHotelStayingElevatorsScreeningHong KongLaura Author:Zachary Quinto
“Jorge Luis Borges wrote a poem when he was in his 80s about one day writing the book that would justify him. This was long after he had become one of the great masters, a writer everyone looks up to and reveres. As artists, I don't think we ever see ourselves as done. We always think we're at the beginning . . .” ThinkingWritingLooksLongBookDoneArtistMastersOne DayLook UpJustify80sBorges Author:Theodora Goss
“I was inspired a little while before The Voice to dye my hair half black half blonde by Cruella De Vil of 101 Dalmatians. One day I was watching it and I told my mom I was going to dye my hair like Cruella's, and she thought I was joking. I came home from the salon, and she didn't talk to me for a few days!” LittlesHomeBlackVoiceHalfHairMomOne DayInspiredMy MomBlondeTalk To MeSalonsDalmatians Author:Melanie Martinez
“Don't think about being the number one in the world, try instead to get through today's program as well as you can. Then we will see whether one day you'll end up as number one or number 100.” ThinkingWorldTryingWellsEndsTodayNumbersOne DayProgram Author:Rafael Nadal
“The argument about marriage equality will one day seem as arcane and shocking to us as the fact that Rosa Parks had to get up and go to the back of the bus.” FactsSeemsOne DayArgumentGet UpParksBusShockingMarriage EqualityRosaArcane Author:Uma Thurman
“I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.” WantStillsCertainGoalOne DayAwardsOscarsGrammy Author:Janet Jackson
“I feel it is important to point out that individuals can make a difference, that things that seem impossible one day might suddenly shift into a possibility the next day.” FeelsImportantSeemsMightNextIndividualDifferencesImpossiblePossibilityOne DayMaking A DifferenceNext Day Author:Birgitta Jonsdottir
“I played with English and Sociology in college but dropped out to work in the anti-war movement. I was going around denouncing the Viet Nam war as immoral but one day it dawned on me that I didn't know what that meant. I signed up for an ethics class at San Francisco State to find out the answer.” KnowsWarStatesAnswersClassMovementCollegeOne DayEthicsAnti WarSociologyImmoralSan FranciscoAnti War Movement Author:Dale Jamieson
“Isla [Fisher] is so pretty we were trying to decide who the hell should play against her that would intimidate her, and one day I said, "You know...this was before Superman had come out, Superman v. Batman: The Court Room Drama I like to call it.” KnowsShouldTryingSaidPlayRoomsHellDramaOne DayCourtIntimidating Author:Greg Mottola
“It's quite a traumatic thing for a lot of our veterans that come back... You're in a war zone, you're dodging IED's and bullets one day and a couple days later you're back in society again with a bunch of people that have no idea of what you've been through.” PeopleIdeasWarCoupleOne DayBunchNo IdeaZoneBulletsVeteranOur VeteransWar Zones Author:Charlie Daniels
“I was born in the south of France, I moved to Paris 30 years ago. I was running nightclubs and restaurants, so that was my business - working until six o'clock every morning, and then one day I noticed my wife. We opened the gallery together. She got pregnant, she was 22, I was 35, and it was time for me to change my life, and I decided to wake up early - wake up at the time I used to sleep.” YearsRunningTogetherUsedBornSleepMorningWifeOne DaySixYears AgoDecidedWake UpMovedSouthMy WifeFranceClockParisRestaurantsPregnantEvery MorningGalleryUp EarlyChanging My LifeNightclubs Author:Patrick Seguin
“I remember, and I will never forget, one day - I was six years old and I was playing beside the road and this plantation owner drove up to me and stopped and asked me "could I pick some cotton." I told him I didn't know and he said, "Yes, you can. I will give you things that you want from the commissary store," and he named a huge list that he called off. I picked the 30 pounds of cotton that week, but I found out what actually happened was he was trapping me into beginning the work I was to keep doing and I never did get out of his debt again.” KnowsWantGivingYearsSaidRememberFoundForgetHappenedWeekHugeOne DaySixPicksDebtStoresListsOwnersPoundsNever ForgetCottonSix Year OldsPlantationsYes You Can Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“You know the Scripture says "be not deceived for God is not mocked; whatsoever a man sow that shall he also reap." And one day, I don't know how they're going to get it, but they're going to get some of it back. They are scared to death and are more afraid now than we are.” KnowsMenKnow HowOne DayScaredScriptureDeceivedReap Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“In fact, one day I was going to Jackson and I saw a huge sign that U.S. Senator John Stennis was speaking that night for the White Citizens Council in Yazoo City and they also have a State Charter that they may set up for "private schools." It is no secret.” MayStatesFactsSchoolNightWhiteSecretCitiesSawsHugeCitizensOne DaySenatorsCouncilCharterPrivate School Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“One day in 1965 Rajiv wrote me from London, where he was studying, and informed me, 'You're always asking me about girls, whether I have a special girl, and so forth. Well, I've met a special girl.' And when Rajiv returned to India, I asked him, 'Do you still think about her in the same way?' And he said yes. But she couldn't get married until she was twenty-one, and until she was sure she'd like to live in India. Sonia is almost completely an Indian by now, even though she doesn't always wear saris.” ThinkingWayWellsSaidStillsGirlStudySpecialMetsOne DayMarriedIndiaTwentiesAskingLondonIndianTwenty OneSari Author:Indira Gandhi
“I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years old at that time, and was going to kindergarten. One day the mother of one of his little friends came to see us and said in a sugary voice, 'Oh, it must be so sad for you to have no time to spend with your little boy!' Rajiv roared like a lion: 'My mother spends more time with me than you spend with your little boy, see! Your little boy says you always leave him alone so you can play bridge!' I detest women who do nothing and they play bridge.” YearsChildrenLittlesSaidPlayStoriesMotherVoiceBoysFourOne DayWorkersIndianBridgesWelfareMore TimeLionsFour YearsCouncilLittle BoysKindergartenDetestSo Sad Author:Indira Gandhi
“I went back into politics only when it was clear that things weren't going as they should have in my party. I was always arguing, I argued with everyone - with my father, with the leaders I had known since I was a child...and one day, it was in 1955, one of them exclaimed, 'You do nothing but criticize! If you think you can correct things, correct them. Go ahead, why don't you try?' Well, I could never resist a challenge, so I tried.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingWellsChildrenFatherChallengesPartyKnownLeaderClearOne DayShould HaveArguingCriticizeAlways Arguing Author:Indira Gandhi
“I do this for her and my family. This is my way of paying my mom back by going after my goals relentlessly and trying to win that Oscar one day.” WayTryingWinningGoalMomOne DayMy FamilyMy MomMy WayOscars Author:Cory Hardrict
“We are the people and America is really nothing without the people. We have to take control and we have realize as young people that this is our future. We have to live here and this where we'll one day raise our own children.” PeopleChildrenAmericaYoungRealizingOne DayRaisesOur FutureTake Control Author:Zendaya
“I'm always amazed that my wife can handle different subjects - one day politics, the next day foreign policy. And she always has so much fun doing it. We make a good team.” DifferentNextFunWifeTeamSubjectsPolicyOne DayMy WifeHandleForeign PolicyAmazedNext DayGood TeamDifferent Subjects Author:Alan Greenspan
“One day scientists will more fully understand the chemistry and neuro-circuitry that differentiates love from lust. I couldn't begin to explain the mechanics, but I know that they feel differently.” KnowsFeelsOne DayScientistLustChemistryMechanicDifferentiate Author:Jim Goad
“I don't think it's entirely paranoid to suspect that one day, you won't be able to so much as question the primary tenets of anti-racism without going to jail.” ThinkingAbleOne DayRacismPrimariesSuspectsJailParanoidAnti Racism Author:Jim Goad
“In the era of slavery, you could be a so-called Afro-Cuban one day and a so-called Black American the next day, or vice versa. I mean there was all this back and forth, and there was a lot of opposition in Black America to slavery in Cuba in particular, because slavery in Cuba lasted until the 1880s.” MeanAmericaNextBlackParticularOne DaySlaveryVicesErasOppositionNext DayCubaBack And ForthVice VersaCubanAfrosBlack America Author:Gerald Horne
“I would wipe my tears, and walk out of the stall and the bathroom, and march myself back into that courtroom because the only way that I could deal with Keith's [ Griffin] murder was to feel like I was doing something about it. In retrospect, what did I do? I know that I put a lot of bad guys in jail and if I kept them off the street one day more, that may have been one less crime victim.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsMayHas BeensGuyWalksDealsStreetsCrimeTearsOne DayMurderVictimMarchJailBathroomBad GuysWipeRetrospectKeithCourtroomCrime Victims Author:Nancy Grace
“I'd seen Elijah [Wood], when I was a little boy, in The Good Son. And then, I was a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings. It took awhile to get over that whole, "That's Elijah Wood - Frodo, from The Lord of the Rings." I was a mega fan of that. I went to the all-day screenings of the director's cut, where you could see the really long versions of all three movies, in one day.” LittlesLongWholeThreeLordBoysCuttingFansSonHugeOne DayDirectorsWoodsRingsVersionsGet OverLittle BoysScreeningReally LongElijahFrodoMega Author:Samuel Barnett
“Donald Trump among wishy-washy people, who decide one day they want him, and they want his endorsement, they support him, and the next day they don't. It's much better for him to take the message directly to the people.” PeopleWantNextSupportTrumpOne DayMessagesNext DayWant HimEndorsements Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I am currently in nursing school, so one day I will be both a nurse and a writer.” SchoolOne DayNurseNursingNursing School Author:Liza Campbell
“I was going to write a book one day and I actually did. To have it is a major accomplishment for me.” WritingBookOne DayMajorsAccomplishment Author:DJ Khaled
“We worked six days a week [on the The Breakfast Club], so you have one day off. So on that Saturday night, it's not like we could all go out and have a drink because Molly [Ringwald ] and Michael [Hall] weren't old enough. And Ally [Sheedy] pretty much kept to herself. So Emilio and I, every Saturday night, would go into Chicago because we were shooting outside of Chicago in Des Plaines. It's so funny, because even though we might be adversaries in the film, we certainly weren't off-camera. He's a very funny guy.” EnoughMightFilmNightGuyWeekDrinkOne DaySixCamerasClubsShootingHallsBreakfastChicagoAlliesSaturdayAdversariesSaturday NightDays OffFunny Guy Author:Judd Nelson
“My worst year. The only thing that I know for a fact now is that if it's really a bad day, then I draw the curtains, and I lay in bed. There is no way of dealing with grief. And I have no idea. This year I had double of them, my mother and my husband. I just take it one day at a time.” IfsKnowsWayYearsIdeasFactsMotherGriefWorstOne DayBedHusbandDrawsLaysNo IdeaMy HusbandCurtainsBad DayOne Day At A TimeTake It One Day At A Time Author:Iman Abdulmajid
“I missed the day in school where you subtract all the zeros. Let's say you subtract 10,000 minus 89. I never got the fact that you go next door and borrow a cup of coffee, and the zero changes to nine. For the longest time, I didn't know how to do it. I still to this day have been affected, and it was just one day they taught it. I was too afraid to say, "Why? What's going on with the zeroes?" So for the longest time, I thought that was a conspiracy.” KnowsHas BeensStillsFactsSchoolNextKnow HowDoorsTaughtOne DayCoffeeNineCupsJust OneThis DayAffectedZeroConspiracyCoffee CupMinus Author:Rich Fulcher
“I think when I envisioned my documentaries, what I wanted to do when I left, I had no business doing those documentaries. I didn't know what I was doing. I was delving into an arena that I had no experience in, and Netflix paired me up with two documentarians that really executed my vision perfectly. That was great, to see that. All of a sudden I'm at Sundance, and those are premiering. I just thought, "Wow, they were four ideas I pitched one day, and now it's coming to fruition on this scale."” ThinkingKnowsTwoIdeasWantedLeftVisionFourOne DayScalesWowDocumentariesArenaFruitionNetflixSundanceDelving Author:Chelsea Handler
“One day I decided I would like to put a record into my system. So I picked up a record that was lying on the table, and put it on. I didn't bother to look at what it was because I didn't care, and it turned out to be Madame Butterfly. So I processed the aria from Madame Butterfly in my system and I played with it.” LooksCareLyingRecordsOne DayDecidedTablesBotherButterflyAria Author:Pauline Oliveros
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina
“I was in such a creative groove after turning in my last book (The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year) that I decided to keep writing in the hope that I'd one day do a sequel.” WritingYearsLooksBookLastsCreativeOne DayDecidedShallowDiariesSequelsGroove Author:Andy Cohen
“Christmas is the one day of the year when it's most obvious someone's missing. It had to become less about the presents.” YearsMissingOne DayObviousDays Of The YearMissing It Author:Jeff Brazier
“I was sitting at home one day and I got a call that Riccardo Tisci was considering me for the face of the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, and I said, "Are you kidding?" and that was the end of the conversation. I'm a really big fan.” SaidEndsHomeBigsFacesFansOne DayConversationSummerSpringSittingCampaignsConsideringSpring SummerGivenchy Author:Erykah Badu
“I don`t think most people would want me to have a business relationship as a senator where my business partners can reap the benefit of my position and I one day get the share the profits.” PeopleThinkingWantSharePositionOne DayBenefitsProfitPartnersWant MeSenatorsReapBusiness PartnersBusiness Relationship Author:Lindsey Graham
“I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been preparing for half a year. I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there - any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog. I'm just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.” YearsArtShowsRoomsPayHalfOne DayProjectsChineseBoardsGermanyPreparingDocumentariesBlogsEighteenArtworkPassportsHalf A YearEighteen Years Old Author:Ai Weiwei
“China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.” WorldWholeProblemBigsNationsBalanceOne DayUniversalChinaFactorsLandscape Author:Ai Weiwei
“Growing up I never had a perfume. I was like oh, one day when I'm grownup and have money I'm going to wear perfume. I had one perfume and I would save it for really, really, really special occasions. Which meant I never actually wore it. So now it's one of those things like, I can wear perfume everyday. I can afford to buy another one, I'm really lucky that I can. Now when I have nice stuff I don't save it anymore, I try to use it.” TryingI CanUseStuffGrowing UpNiceGrowingSpecialOne DayLuckyEverydayOccasionsPerfumeGrownupsSpecial Occasion Author:Margot Robbie
“I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door, and when I opened it, there was Steven. He's been like a brother ever since.” IfsKindChildrenPersonsHomeWould BeUnderstandingDoorsBrotherMetsOne DayPhotographerFriendlyDetroitKind Person Author:Patti Smith
“Over time it just got more and more intense as far as the trust factor. For example, when we started editing the film [Dream of Life], I thought, man, I need to make sense of all the footage I have; I need to ground the film. And one day I was hanging out in Patti's [Smith] bedroom, which is where Patti works, and in the corner of her bedroom is this great chair, and that's when she began showing her personal things to me. The camera was there, and we realized that we were really making the movie and making sense of the footage in the movie.” MenNeedsDreamFilmExampleOne DayCamerasCornersIntenseFactorsMake SenseChairsHanging OutBedroomEditingPersonal Things Author:Steven Sebring
“Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves.” PeopleThinkingImportantBookFeelingsInspireOne DayPicksWake UpYeah Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Dr. Okun. Who's named after a special-effects guy named Jeff Okun, who had done Stargate for Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who did Independence Day. But "Brakish" just came up one day when Jeff Goldblum and I were improvising, and he told me his character's name and I told him mine.” DoneCharacterGuyNamesSpecialEffectsMinesOne DayIndependenceDrsDeanIndependence DaySpecial EffectsImprovising Author:Brent Spiner
“I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day]. And, actually, it was Jeff Goldblum who looked at me one day and said, "You know, I think this is going to be really something." And I said, "Well, I hope you're right." And sure enough, it turned out to be.” ThinkingKnowsWellsSaidIdeasEnoughBigsOne DayIndependenceNo IdeaSci FiIndependence DayMegaSci Fi Movie Author:Brent Spiner