“The truth that people are missing about certain things, you know when they get fearful and they get hateful, and they repress other peoples, is the greatest truth of all, you know, the truth of love and understanding and clarity about all those issues. And it's like, one day, one day, everybody's gonna know, myself included, over certain things. But, so it's like, it's alright, you know, you hate me now, but that's cool, because I see a better day and I know that there's a higher truth, and you're wrong about hating me because I'm gay.” PeopleKnowsCertainHateUnderstandingIssuesMissingHigherGayOne DayClarityFearfulHatefulAlrightHate MeBetter DaysYou Hate Me Author:Emily Saliers
“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive... Everything that is unattainable for us now will one day be near and clear... But we must work.” KnowsMenDiesClearFiveAliveOne DayHundredSensesNinetyUnattainableFive Senses Book:The Cherry Orchard Source: The Cherry Orchard
“To be diagnosed was the hardest thing because I didn't know what they were talking about... And the doctor said, Don't worry, in three months you'll know. So I went about my business and then, one day, it jumped me. I couldn't get up... Your muscles trick you; they did me.” KnowsSaidThreeTalkingWorryMonthsOne DayDoctorsTricksHardestGet UpMusclesHardest ThingThree Months Author:Richard Pryor
“I've seen the end of the universe, and it happens to be in the United States and, oddly enough, it's in Houston, Texas. I know - I was shocked, too. Imagine my surprise when I left a comedy club one day and walked to the end of the block, and there on one corner was a Starbucks, and across the street from that Starbucks, in the exact same building as that Starbucks, there was - a Starbucks. I looked back and forth, thinking the sun was playing tricks with my eyes. That there was a Starbucks across from a Starbucks - and that, my friends, is the end of the universe.” ThinkingKnowsEndsStatesEnoughHappensEyeUniverseLeftUnitedUnited StatesSunComedyImagineStreetsBuildingOne DayMy FriendsSurpriseClubsCornersTricksBlockTexasShockedBack And ForthStarbucksHoustonComedy Clubs Author:Lewis Black
“You know what kills me about Jennifer Lopez? The fact that this woman wakes up one day and she's like, 'You know what? From now on, I'd like people to call me J-Lo,' and then they do it. Only a celebrity can get away with this. George Bush doesn't come out for his morning press conferences: 'From now on, I'd like to be referred to as G-Bu. Y'all know my vice president, Dog Chain.” PeopleKnowsFactsPresidentMorningDogLike YouOne DayWake UpPressesVicesChainsGet AwayCall MeConferencesKill MeVice PresidentJenniferPress Conferences Author:Carol Leifer
“I can't relate to the idea of suicide. I guess I'm just one of those people that is always optimistic and upbeat. But one day, I sat down. I said 'You know what? Just to kind of purge myself, I want to see what its like to feel that low'. So I decided to write a suicide note. Yeah, just to kinda flush it out there and put it on a page. And I started to do this, and I had an epiphany. I'll share this with you: a suicide note that is written by somebody that is not suicidal is called an autobiography. I am on Chapter 58.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsWritingKindSaidI CanIdeasWrittenShareOne DayPagesLowsDecidedYeahSuicideNotesOptimisticRelateSatJust OneChaptersAutobiographySuicidalEpiphanyUpbeatSuicide Note Author:Dane Cook
“You know how Van Nuys got its name? Well, one day my little old Jewish mother was visiting me, and I took her to the top of the Hollywood Hills and had her view the valley below just at sunset. Well, mama, what would you call that? And she said, Ver nize.” KnowsWellsLittlesSaidMotherNamesViewsKnow HowOne DayHollywoodHillsSunsetValleysVansMamaVisitingJewish MotherHollywood Hills Author:Joey Bishop
“I’m trying to be the Jay-Z of comedy one day. I don’t know if there’s any comedy moguls out there, but I would love to be the first comedy mogul.” IfsKnowsTryingFirstsComedyOne DayMoguls Author:J. B. Smoove
“[Eugene Smith] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a real rebel position. It was kind of like a teenager's position: why can't things be like they should be? Why can't I do what I want? I latched on to that philosophy. One day I snapped, hey, you know, I know a story that no one's ever told, never seen, and I've lived it. It's my own story and my friends' story.” KnowsWantShouldWritingKindRealPhilosophyStoriesWantedMy OwnPositionOne DayMy FriendsHeyTeenagerTelling The TruthRebelHey You Author:Larry Clark
“I have come to know that it [death] is an important thing to keep in mind - not to complain or to make melancholy, but simply because only with the honest knowledge that one day I will die I can ever truly begin to live.” KnowsMindI CanImportantDiesHonestOne DayImportant ThingsComplainingMelancholy Book:The Halfling's Gem: The Legend of Drizzt Source: The Halfling's Gem: The Legend of Drizzt
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Grant me the patience with changes that take time, appreciation of all that I have, tolerance of those with different struggles, and the strength to get up and try again, one day at a time.” KnowsTryingI CanDifferentDifferencesAcceptingStruggleOne DayAppreciationToleranceGet UpGrantsSerenityTake TimeTry AgainOne Day At A TimeCourage To ChangeWisdom To Know The Difference Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently.” KnowsWorldLooksStillsDifferentMatterTodayNextStrangeOne DayFameYesterdayOddNext DayThings That MatterOdd Things Author:Matt Damon
“We, PANTERA, had the greatest, the most intense, dedicated fans I've ever seen in my ******* life. And I really hope with all my heart that one day, people - especially our fans and my friends - can see clearly enough to think for themselves and really realize that I have nothing but love for them. I've just been going through personal hell since December. Once again, it's very hard to talk about, man. You know, my heart is in a thousand pieces a day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenHeartHardEnoughRealizingHellPiecesFansMy HeartOne DayThousandMy FriendsIntenseDedicatedDecemberPantera Author:Phil Anselmo
“As a conscientious objector I did my community service in 1971 in a psychiatric hospital and a friend there, who also was a guitar player, invited me one day to join him recording film music with a band named Kraftwerk which I didn't know at the time. I came along and jammed at this session together with Ralf Hütter and a drummer (I believe his name was Charly Weiß). Florian Schneider and Klaus Dinger were present as listeners and everybody liked the spontaneous music we did together.” KnowsBelieveTogetherFilmNamesI BelieveCommunityPlayerOne DayBandGuitarHospitalsListenersSpontaneousInvitedSessionDrummerGuitar PlayerCommunity ServicePsychiatricFilm MusicConscientious ObjectorsPsychiatric Hospitals Author:Michael Rother
“I know it is crazy, every time I release something now people say I am becoming more rough and tough. I guess my direction has been changing, I think this new album is a better reflection of who I am as an artist and as a person, I have changed a lot since the Boyzone days.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsHas BeensArtistCrazyChangedBecomingOne DayReflectionToughAlbumsWho I AmReleaseRoughBecoming MoreI Have Changed Author:Ronan Keating
“When I was 18 years old, I went on the road with my dad after I graduated from high school. And we were riding on the tour bus one day, kind of rolling through the South, and he mentioned a song. We started talking about songs, and he mentioned one, and I said I don't know that one. And he mentioned another. I said I don't know that one either, Dad, and he became very alarmed that I didn't know what he considered my own musical genealogy.” KnowsYearsKindSaidSchoolSongMy OwnTalkingDadOne DayHigh SchoolSouthMusicalMy DadBusRidingRollingGenealogy Author:Rosanne Cash
“It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you have passed in the halls of your high school. It got me thinking, 'Well, what are some novels that are about female sexual psychopaths? I really didn't have many references for that, and I felt like that was a void in transgressive literature that I wanted to fill.'” ThinkingKnowsWellsWantedSchoolTurnsLiteratureFeltNovelOne DayNewsHigh SchoolFemaleShockHallsVoidTurn-onPsychopath Author:Alissa Nutting
“For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!” KnowsLongMatterDreamSeemsLife IsJoySpiritFatherJesusInterestLosesPerfectVisionGraceMinutesAdventureHolyOne DayLong TimeDiedHoly SpiritAspirationAppropriateLong Time AgoStinkNothing To LoseLife Is An AdventureOne Day At A TimeVisions And DreamsRelationships And LifeWastefulness Author:William P. Young
“Do you know why I love God? Because Heaven is real. And one day, when we get to Heaven, we are going to have arms and legs. And we are going to run, and we are going play, and we are going to race.” KnowsRealPlayRunningHeavenRaceArmsOne DayLegsGod LoveDo You KnowArms And LegsI Love God Author:Nick Vujicic
“On second marriage: It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet.” ThinkingKnowsHappensCommonChangedInvolvedOne DaySurpriseScaryKnow YourselfGet InvolvedSecond Marriage Author:Angelina Jolie
“Genetic scientists say that one day it will be possible to grow new body parts, like new breasts and new hands. It's going to be a huge moneymaker, because you know that as soon as women grow another breast, men will want another hand.” KnowsMenWantBodyHandsGrowsHugeOne DayScientistBreasts Author:Jay Leno
“Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I'm an atheist, but I'm a Puritan atheist.” KnowsMindWellsChurchLeaderOne DayEssentialsAuthorityDirectClaimsAtheistConfusedCatholicismPillarsPuritanInfallibilityGod Speaking Author:Dave Foley
“I'm not sure that Van Gogh got up in the morning and looked at the crows and the bizarre clouds and went damn that's a good painting, you know? No, he considered shooting himself, and one day he did.” KnowsMorningPaintingOne DayCloudsShootingDamnNot SureBizarreVansCrow Author:Mick Farren
“People abroad always tend to take what the best of what we have and come back through the back door always, say, and hit us with it. And then we wake up one day and say, I think I've heard that. Yeah, it was done by whoever, you know. So, ah, that's been one of our weaknesses we don't tend to hold on as they do there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsDoneDoorsHeardOne DayWeaknessWake UpYeahBack Doors Author:Ben E. King
“I started as an artist and I had a side job moving some heavy boxes for a publishing company. They had just gotten a Mac for their art department, the department that creates the book covers. I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York. They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, "Me." He was like, "The box guy?"” KnowsKindArtSaidTwoBookUseWantedJobsMovingArtistGuySidesCompanyNew YorkOne DayDirectorsComputerBoxesHeavyBoardsDepartmentReviewsLunchPublishingBostonJacketsMacsBook CoversArt Director Author:Biz Stone
“I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace it one day. It will happen. I'm very sure of that. I still have faith in cinema. I still believe it can affect change.” KnowsBelieveStillsHappensOne DayEmbraceCinemaHave FaithI Still BelieveFilipino Author:Lav Diaz
“And then, one day, they program a new tune, and it really catches your ear, you know, because you can be doing the washing up or something, you know, in your apartment and suddenly you go, whoa, what are they playing in there? And you run to the wall, but it's finished - but the song's finished. You only heard enough of it just the pique your interest. And you never know when they're going to play it again, of course, like a normal radio station.” KnowsEnoughPlayRunningSongCoursesInterestHeardWallOne DayNormalProgramEarsRadioFinishedTunesStationsApartmentWashingRadio StationsPique Author:Nick Lowe
“Jessica Alba is one of my favorites. ... I love her so much. I know she's married now, but I would love to take her out to dinner one day, or maybe even lunch. I love that girl for some reason.” KnowsReasonGirlOne DayMarriedDinnerLunchThat GirlJessica Author:Rahim Moore
“And from, you know, small ideas, bigger ideas emerge. So we're starting with suborbital space flights and we'll then go into orbital space flights and, you know, maybe one day we'll send people on a one-way voyage into the depths of space as per the science fiction trips.” PeopleKnowsWayIdeasSpaceFictionOne DayBiggerScience FictionDepthStartingFlightOne WayVoyagesMaybe One DaySpace FlightSmall Ideas Author:Richard Branson
“When I read the book [The Adderall Diaries] I loved it, and I maybe had an inkling that there was a lot of good material in there. I didn't quite know at the time how to adapt it into a film, but I hoped I would figure it out one day.” KnowsBookFilmFiguresMaterialsOne DayDiariesAdderall Author:James Franco
“I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.” KnowsFightingMy OwnPracticeKnow HowOne DayMutilation Author:Waris Dirie
“Then one day my sister abandoned me at the 1939 World's Fair, and that incident is the essence of In the Night Kitchen. I was standing there with hundreds of other people waving back at the little midgets dressed like bakers when I turned around and my sister was gone! The next thing I know I'm screaming and crying and policemen are taking me to a big place with tons of kids who had all been abandoned like me. At least I was old enough to give them a name and an address.” PeopleKnowsWorldGivingLittlesEnoughBigsKidsNightNextNamesGoneCryOne DayFairsStandingEssenceLike MeKitchenAddressesMy SisterAbandonedIncidentsPolicemenBakersStanding ThereMidget Author:Maurice Sendak
“In this case, I don't know why they [Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg] thought I would be a good lavash wrap or I would do a good Middle Eastern accent. They just assumed I would. They called one day, and they're like, "They're doing this read-through for Sausage Party, and you're going to play a lavash wrap in it." After I looked up what a lavash wrap was, I was like, "Oh, cool."” KnowsPlayWould BePartyCasesMiddleOne DayAccentsEasternWrapsSausage Author:David Krumholtz
“People have to know that they can count on you, that you won`t say one thing one day and something totally different the next.” PeopleKnowsDifferentNextOne ThingOne Day Author:Hillary Clinton
“I invite people to just stop and be still. And in that you discover who you are, because once you discover who you are, you can stop fragmenting into pieces. I know that in any one day there are moments were there is nothing going on, but we link up what is happening from thought to thought without any space. We overlook the spaciousness that it is all happening in.” PeopleKnowsStillsMomentsSpacePiecesOne DayHappeningsWho You AreLinksInvitesSpaciousness Author:Gangaji
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“One day as a young man, I was walking down the streets. And a group of Zulu guys was walking behind me closing in on me. And I could hear them talking to one another about how they were going to mug me. (Speaking Zulu). Let's get this white guy. You go to his left, and I'll come up behind him. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't run.So I just spun around real quick and said (speaking Zulu). Yo, guys, why don't we just mug someone together? I'm ready.” KnowsMenSaidRealRunningTogetherYoungGuyLeftWhiteBehindsTalkingGroupsStreetsReadyWalkingOne DayCome UpYoung ManClosingSpunWhite GuysMug Author:Trevor Noah
“We know, for instance, of "The Book of the Wars of the Lord." It is mentioned in the text [Numbers 21:14]. There was a book: Where is it? One day you will dig and you will maybe find it. [Laughter]” KnowsBookWarNumbersLordOne DayLaughterInstance Author:Elie Wiesel
“I got a letter one day from somebody saying, `You're always criticizing the press. Why don't you talk about what Clay Felker is doing to your own paper [The Voice]?' And my 10-year-old son Tom, now with Williams & Connelly, put in a legal opinion, not - an opinion from the back of the car saying, `You know why? What are you, afraid?' So I wrote the column. I - you know, - the column simply said that Felker is destroying this paper.” KnowsYearsSaidVoiceOpinionCarSonOne DayPaperLettersPressesCriticizeDestroyingTomsClayColumnsSimply Said Author:Nat Hentoff
“If you think that people today, like Hollywood, are ever gonna sing [Donald] Trump's praises, it's never gonna happen. It's only going to get worse. And they know it at the White House. They're not expecting these people to be won over. That's not why Trump's doing anything he's doing. They don't expect the establishment types to one day say, "You know what? You're right, Mr. Trump, this is great. We like what you're doing." It's never gonna happen. They don't expect that to happen.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHappensTodayHouseWhiteTypeTrumpOne DayHollywoodPraiseWhite HouseEstablishmentExpecting Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Most people don't know where they stand. One day their boss gives them an eye roll, and it can set back their whole day. It causes enormous stress.” PeopleKnowsGivingWholeEyeCausesOne DayStressEnormousBoss Author:Suzy Welch