“One thing is sure - we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. ..To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.” WorldTwoWholeMomentsThreeMagicOne ThingObjectsSeekingDimensionsFourthCanvasGlimpse Book:Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950 Source: Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950
“From perfect grief there need not beWisdom or even memory;One thing then learned remains to me -The woodspurge has a cup of three.” NeedsThreeMemoriesPerfectGriefOne ThingRemainsCups Author:Dante Gabriel Rossetti
“Intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the top of their list: the Supreme Court, the armed forces, and the Federal Reserve System. All three have one thing in common: they are insulated from the public pressures and operate undemocratically. It would seem that Americans admire these institutions, precisely because they lead rather than follow.” BodySeemsThreeForceCommonOne ThingPressureInstitutionsCourtListsSupremeAdmireReservesSupreme CourtPollsFederal ReserveArmed Forces Author:Fareed Zakaria
“A single model enables me to focus on one thing at a time, separating design and form and color into three successive stages.” FormThreeFocusOne ThingStageDesignColorModelsSeparatingOne Thing At A TimeFocus On One Thing Author:Thomas S. Buechner
“Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and people will want more time for a contemplative life. There is no way people can keep up this pace. No one is happy. Two or three hours to read should not be an unattainable thing, although I hope we get to that stage without needing a corporate sponsored app to hold our hand. The utopian in me has my fingers crossed that we haven't quite figured out the digital future just yet. After all, the one thing we know about people: they always surprise.” PeopleKnowsWayWantShouldTwoBookHandsThreeHoursOne ThingStageHavensSurpriseFingersIntenseCorporateDigitalMore TimePaceSlow DownSurvivingUtopianContemplativeUnattainableAppsHyperFragmentedContemplative LifeFingers Crossed Author:Junot Diaz
“There are those, of course, who claim we must give up freedom in exchange for economic progress. Well, pardon me, but anyone trying to sell you that line is no better than a three-card-trick man. One thing becoming more clear every day is that freedom and progress go hand in hand. Throughout the developing world, people are rejecting socialism because they see that it doesn't empower people, it impoverishes them.” PeopleMenWorldGivingTryingWellsHandsThreeCoursesLinesClearProgressOne ThingEconomicBecomingGiving UpClaimsSellsTricksSocialismCardsDevelopingEmpoweringPardonHand In HandBecoming MoreRejectingPardon MeEconomic ProgressCard Tricks Author:Ronald Reagan
“One thing I've found in any project is almost universally about three quarters of the way through - or maybe a little father, maybe seventh eighths on the way through - any project will explode.” WayLittlesThreeFoundFatherOne ThingProjectsQuarters Author:Steven Pressfield
“One thing I savor about what I do is the relationships that I've earned over the years. Becky Herbst and I have been working together for 17 years. I've seen how everything has evolved over the years, and I've seen all three of her kids being born. Because it's personal, I would have to say I'd like to see him with Elizabeth.” YearsHas BeensKidsTogetherThreeBornOne ThingWorking TogetherBecky Author:Tyler Christopher
“I am open to doing anything. I don't think in this day and age that, aside from two or three people, there isn't an actor who can just do one thing. I also think you can go back and forth between film and television pretty seamlessly.” PeopleThinkingTwoAgeFilmThreeActorsOne ThingTelevisionThis DayBack And ForthFilm And Television Author:Adam Pally
“One thing I'm big on is believing in giving an album time. I'll say you'll have to give an album three years before you can call it a classic. If you can't listen to it three years later then it's not really a classic.” IfsGivingYearsBelieveBigsThreeOne ThingAlbumsClassicThree Years Author:Schoolboy Q
“The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing and then more often than not, it's something that you haven't trained for that you end up doing.” YearsEndsSchoolThreeOne ThingHavensDramaTrainThree YearsWeird Things Author:Tom Ellis
“My three-thousand mile walk through Ireland convinced me of one thing - the possibility of organising a proper movement for the independence of my native land.” ThreeWalksOne ThingLandMovementPossibilityRepublicanThousandIndependenceConvincedMilesNativeIrelandThousand MilesNative Land Author:James Stephens
“The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It's not like the NFL or something where there's four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it's three strikes and you're out.” ThreeFourOne ThingTenBaseballStrikesNflYardsMusic BusinessThree Strikes Author:Zakk Wylde
“Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes.” WritingLongDoneSongThreeOne ThingMinutesMonthsTwentiesSongwritingThree Months Author:Greg Lake
“An actor can play two or three lines where he says one thing, but plays the opposite. That's the most important moving part of a film.” TwoImportantPlayFilmMovingThreeActorsLinesOne ThingOppositesMoving Parts Author:Jaco Van Dormael
“One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.” ThreeGamesHoursWatchesFourOne ThingStupidFootballAverageBoringBoredomHorrificFootball GameColossalAmerican Movie Author:Quentin Tarantino
“It's one thing to execute dishes on your own time for family and friends, but quite another to perform and be judged in a competition. And that's what cooking in a high profile restaurant is. It's a competition. You're up against every other three-star restaurant in your city, and if you want to stay in business, you'd better deliver.” IfsWantThreeStarsCitiesOne ThingCookingCompetitionRestaurantsJudgedDishesFamily And FriendsProfileHigh Profile Author:Joe Bastianich
“Often when I'm on TV, they'll ask what are the three most important things for people to do. I know they want me to say that people should change their light bulbs. I say the number one thing is to organize politically; number two, do some political organizing; number three, get together with your neighbors and organize; and then if you have energy left over from all of that, change the light bulb.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantShouldTwoImportantLightTogetherPoliticalThreeAsksEnergyLeftNumbersOne ThingTvsImportant ThingsNeighborWant MeOrganizeGet TogetherBulbsLight BulbNumber Three Author:Bill McKibben
“One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show you have to brave the weather to get there. So you show up and everyone's soaking wet - there's a sense of 'I trekked through three feet of snow to get here!' I think there's a kind of camaraderie that arises out of that, that's important to me as well.” IfsThinkingWellsKindImportantShowsThreePoorOne ThingFeetColdBraveAriseSnowWeatherBeerWetCamaraderieMontrealSoaking Author:Grimes
“Basically, high protein, low carb. I work out three to four times a week. I definitely don't do the same thing every day, whether it be spinning or hiking or walking or doing the treadmill. I try to do something different every day. But definitely the one thing is, I sweat.” TryingDifferentThreeFourOne ThingWeekWalkingLowsWork OutSweatHikingSpinningProteinTreadmillsCarbs Author:Molly Sims
“Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Civilians killed has gone down really quite dramatically. There was a newspaper article here about a month ago that got big headlines which said that civilian deaths from terrorism were down something like 80 percent or 90 percent from their peak of two or three years ago.” PeopleYearsWellsSaidTwoBigsThreeNumbersGoneOne ThingChangedMonthsPercentYears AgoTerrorismTerroristNewspapersArticlesThree YearsPakistanCiviliansHeadlinesCivilian Deaths Author:Mohsin Hamid