“If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I've done my superhero gig.” IfsLittlesDoneMightArtistBitsFantasyLittle BitOrdinaryCuteSuperheroGigsFunny ThingsCute Funny Author:Todd McFarlane
“When you've done all you can, do just a little bit more. Any extra effort you make will draw immense leverage from all the ordinary efforts which have preceded it. That can be powerful and effective.” LittlesDoneMotivationBitsCan DoPowerfulEffortLittle BitDrawsOrdinaryExtrasImmenseExtra Effort Author:Ralph Marston
“My dance move has seemingly turned into push-ups. Sometimes, especially if I've indulged a little bit in an evening, it's not out of the ordinary to find me, for some reason, doing push-ups. That seems to be my go-to dance move.” IfsLittlesSometimesReasonSeemsMovingBitsLittle BitOrdinaryEveningFind MePush UpsDance Moves Author:Sara Bareilles
“I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.” IfsGivingLittlesTwoBitsBehindsKindnessLittle BitOrdinaryEverydayFancyCentsFellasTwo Cents Author:James Stewart
“Ordinary work, which is what most of us do, most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary.” BitsOrdinaryExtraordinary Author:Elisabeth Elliot
“I realise I'll have to acquire the ability to speak to my audience in between numbers. I've never had to do that. On the street I only focus on the keyboard settings for my next song, which takes a bit of time and a lot of concentration. So I'll have to develop that new skill, which gives me pause, because I'm afraid I'll say something stupid and disillusion people when they realise I'm an ordinary earthling - in fact, as ordinary as anyone else on this planet.” PeopleGivingFactsSongNextSpeakBitsAbilityNumbersAudienceFocusStreetsStupidPlanetsSkillsOrdinaryGive MeSettingSettingsAcquireConcentrationRealisingPausesKeyboardsDisillusionNew SkillsAbility To Speak Author:Susan Schneider
“It is right here, all of it, here for the taking, right before our eyes - happiness, fulfillment, hope, peace, justice. And most of all, there is truth, ordinary and simple, just sitting there to be plucked, if only we get our lazy rear ends off the pillow of complacency. But first, we need to open our eyes to this banal fact. And for that we need a periodic bit of shakeup in the form of an infusion of wonder - fantastic literature.” IfsNeedsFirstsEndsFactsEyeFormLiteratureBitsJusticeSimpleWonderOrdinarySittingFantasticFulfillmentLazyComplacencyPillowPeace JusticeInfusion Author:Vera Nazarian
“I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry's [in That's Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn't me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair's character] she didn't forget.” WorldDifferentCharacterBigsBitsForgetPartyWifeOrdinarySurpriseMy WifeAssNutsBlairOrdinary WorldSurprise Party Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He's having a mid-life moment, and it's a small moment, really. I think that the character actually really loves where he's at, in his life. He's just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.” ThinkingWorldWantTryingLittlesMomentsCharacterBitsShareFiguresLittle BitOrdinaryDaughterMusic LoveSmall MomentsOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Initially, QE contributed to a pretty significant increase in inequality. It raised asset prices, which are owned primarily by the wealthy, while having relatively small if any positive impacts on bank lending, employment, wages or economic growth, so ordinary people haven't had much help. By the third round of QE in 2012-2014, the effects had likely muted quite a bit. There were probably not big impacts on asset prices from QE and the positive effects on employment growth might have strengthened somewhat.” PeopleIfsHelpingBigsMightBitsGrowthEconomicEffectsHavensOrdinaryThirdsIncreaseImpactRaisedRoundsSignificantEmploymentInequalityWealthyAssetsWagesOrdinary PeopleEconomic GrowthLendingPositive ImpactHaving StrengthBig Impact Author:Gerald Epstein
“In my work, I really try to look at ordinary things quite closely to see if there isn't a little bit of something special about them. I'm trying to make something as nearly perfect as I can out of words.” IfsTryingLooksLittlesI CanBitsPerfectSpecialLittle BitOrdinarySomething SpecialOrdinary Things Author:Ted Kooser
“I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which you can completely lose yourself. The bits of your personality that you keep under wraps in ordinary life, you can let them run free.” RunningBitsLosesStagePersonalityCreatingOrdinaryFlightSensationsWrapsSanctuaryOrdinary LifeLosing Yourself Author:Florence Welch
“A bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. "You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry. "When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor - you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe. George reckons he had a booger-flavored one once." Ron picked up a green bean, looked at it carefully, and bit into a corner. "Bleaaargh - see? Sprouts.” KnowsWantMeanBitsOrdinaryGreenCarefulCornersBagsChocolateBe CarefulFlavorCandyBeansLiverSproutsSpinachPeppermintBoogersMarmaladeGreen BeansTripe Author:J. K. Rowling
“Little bits of things make me do it; — perhaps a word that I said and ought not to have said ten years ago; — the most ordinary little mistakes, even my own past thoughts to myself about the merest trifles. They are always making me shiver.” YearsLittlesSaidPastBitsMy OwnMistakeOughtTenLittle BitOrdinaryYears AgoTriflesShiver Book:Can You Forgive Her? Source: Can You Forgive Her?
“The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me... and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it.” IfsWorldGivingLittlesDifferentBeliefFeltBitsDifferencesHeardAchieveTruth IsSucceedGiving UpLittle BitOrdinaryBrilliantExtras Author:Bear Grylls
“I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper’s come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don’t know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLittlesBitsSecretOrdinaryTinySnowExcitementDullShopsVillageGlobesGlitterSwissSnowflakeHarper Book:Can You Keep a Secret? Source: Can You Keep a Secret?