“I'm close to my audience. I think I have more tools in my box than other guys who might try it. Also, I know how to do this stuff. I know how to write and shoot and edit. I'm technically adept and that helped with the website. You need a big skill set.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingTryingBigsMightGuyStuffAudienceKnow HowSkillsToolsBoxesWebsiteOther GuysEditsAdept Author:Louis C. K.
“I met the pianist Barry Harris when I was about fifteen. He would show me changes, which I had no idea existed. I knew about scales, but I didn't think about chords. I was fortunate in that he lived right around the corner so I'd be at his house almost every day and he showed me about playing melodies over chords. After about three years, I could play some gigs. I worked with drummer Roy Brooks and other guys my age at that time, like trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer. Some of the older guys were Paul Chambers, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes” ThinkingYearsIdeasPlayShowsAgeGuyThreeHouseMetsCornersScalesNo IdeaFortunateMelodyThree YearsFifteenShow MeChordsChamberGigsDrummerOther GuysBrooksPianistAround The CornerOlder Guys Author:Charles McPherson
“That's the first band I ever played in that was working and I was getting paid for it. I was 12. The other guys were a lot older than me.” FirstsGuyBandPaidOther Guys Author:Danny Gatton
“Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.” LooksI CanPlayGuyCan DoTeamHugeBandTablesBelieverSongwritingBassOther Guys Author:Nikki Sixx
“I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.” KnowsYoungGuyKnow HowOther Guys Author:Jeff Bridges
“Chinese president Jiang Zemin met with former Bill Clinton in Hong Kong Wednesday. What a contrast. One is a ruthless communist who gains popularity by damaging the United States, while the other guy runs China.” StatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesMetsGainsBillsClintonChinaFormerChineseCommunistContrastPopularityRuthlessOther GuysWednesdayHong Kong Author:Argus Hamilton
“The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, the other guy has the best territory. The Successful Salesperson says, every territory is the best one. The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, that company will never buy. The Successful Salesperson says, I can make that company buy.” I CanGuyCompanySuccessfulTerritoryOther GuysUnsuccessfulSalesperson Author:Brian Tracy
“This is a terrible year [2015] in a lot of ways. You have Paris. You have San Bernardino. But there was, if you remember the summer, there was that attempted terror attack on the train in France. There were two U.S. Marines, there`s one other guy. They were three guys who got up and who stopped that attack. Nobody died. They are heroes and they are my people of the year, three of them.” PeopleIfsWayYearsTwoRememberGuyThreeHeroTerribleSummerDiedTrainTerrorFranceParisMarineOther GuysTerror Attacks Author:Steve Kornacki
“If I had a bad game and we lost I take it very seriously. I feel if I play a good game that other guys will follow and that will help us win more games. And if I don't, I take it upon myself as being my fault.” IfsFeelsPlayHelpingGuyGamesWinningLostFaultsOther GuysBad Games Author:Jeremy Roenick
“I'd go to conference after conference and it would essentially be the talking points. Either pro or con. It's amazing how polarized the tech conversation is. There's also this neurological fixation, the incessant wondering what the Internet's doing to our brain: "Does it make us stupid, does it make us distracted?" And then the other guys say, "No, it's making us smarter than ever, and better than ever, and more connected." And it's like, where is the economic and social context? Why is that rarely considered?” DoeGuySocialBrainTalkingWonderEconomicStupidInternetConversationConnectedSmarterConferencesDistractedOther GuysIncessantFixation Author:Astra Taylor
“You have to be intelligent. You have to know what other guys are doing because you're in the back end and you see everything, so you have to alert others what to be ready for, and that makes it easier on everyone. It's just like playing offense, but now you're the quarterback of the defense, and you need to be vocal and take on that leadership responsibility. If you do, everything else becomes easier.” IfsKnowsNeedsEndsGuyResponsibilityReadyEasierIntelligentDefenseOffenseVocalOther GuysQuarterback Author:Calvin Pryor
“When Bernie Sanders came along, and I liked his tweets and I read more about him, researched him more, I decided I like him and his policy, even more than just I like another guy in the Democratic Party, I really believed in it. And when you believe in something, you get out and work for it.” BelieveGuyPartyPolicyDecidedDemocraticDemocratic PartyTweetOther GuysI Like Him Author:Killer Mike
“It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.” DoeDifferentShowsArtistGuyPiecesPaperHip HopHipsHopsOther GuysMicsHip Hop Artist Author:Caroline Polachek
“Many boyfriends or close male friends seem so different when they are by themselves, as opposed to when they are with a bunch of other guys. I think it has to do with the desperate desire on the part of guys to be seen as a "real guy" - a real man, a man's man.” ThinkingMenDifferentRealSeemsDesireGuyMalesBunchDesperateOther GuysReal Men Author:Michael Kimmel
“So guys who are otherwise sensitive and thoughtful say and do ridiculously dumb things to impress other guys. It's an enormous performance, but guys know that if they fail, they'll be ridiculed as sissies mercilessly.” IfsKnowsGuyFailingPerformancesEnormousDumbSensitiveThoughtfulImpressOther GuysSissyDumb Things Author:Michael Kimmel
“I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of them are beat crazy and beat heavy. I'm more melody. I'm more musical than most of the other ones.” ThinkingGuySidesCrazyParticularBeatsMusicalHeavySensitiveMelodyOther Guys Author:Frankie Knuckles
“Now I'm able to play on the main stage and play my own tracks and the crowd likes them. I feel like a lot the other DJs play a lot of the same songs, and not to knock them, but it's important to me to go up there and sort of sneak in a bunch of stuff the other guys aren't playing.” FeelsImportantPlayAbleGuySongStuffMy OwnStageTrackCrowdsLikesBunchOther GuysSneakDjsSneak In Author:A-Trak
“There's just nothing funnier than, like, a guy awkwardly explaining to another guy that he's hurt his feelings, and then later, awkwardly, you know, forgiving him for doing that.” KnowsFeelingsGuyHurtForgivingExplainingOther Guys Author:Seth Rogen
“Nobody's dumb in this relationship [with his wife] or in the relationships of any of the other guys in the band. But it's also not the cliché that those on the outside envision.” GuyBandDumbOther Guys Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“Some guys don't have to work out as hard as other guys do, but if you balance all that together then your longevity is definitely going to be greater. So, I would tell my 20-year-old self not to over-train.” IfsYearsSelfHardTogetherGuyGreaterBalanceTrainWork OutLongevityOther GuysOld Self Author:Andre Reed
“I love to win. I'm very competitive in most games, but I think also the beauty of the game. There was something about it, the pieces, the shapes, something about them coordinating together and trying to get the other guy.” ThinkingTryingTogetherGuyGamesWinningPiecesShapesOther GuysCoordinating Author:Maurice Ashley
“There's always competition, especially in the EDM scene, but that keeps me motivated and focused. Everybody is really friendly though. I always enjoy seeing other guys at gigs or festivals. So yeah, there is competition but there are also lots of good vibes.” GuyEnjoySeeingSceneYeahCompetitionFocusedFriendlyMotivatedFestivalsGigsOther GuysVibesGood VibesEdm Author:Martin Garrix
“I loved music. Music was a big thing and so I started collecting records. I had a large collection of jazz records and that was something else I used to listen to. At night, there was a - what the heck was his name? There was a famous - Jazzbo Collins, I used to listen to at night, and some other guys.” BigsUsedNightGuyNamesRecordsJazzCollectionsBig ThingsCollectingOther GuysJazz Records Author:Robert Barry
“Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very destructive ideology.” WorldYearsMeanHomeRunningGuyFourMarkIdeologyDestructiveFour YearsCitizenshipOther Guys Author:Noam Chomsky
“You've got to attract interest in your candidate. The problem when you're running far behind is that you've got to move through those positive phases very quickly. Then, you have to draw attention to the other guy. You've got to create interest in why you differ from him and you've got to create a desire to remove him.” ProblemRunningMovingDesireGuyInterestBehindsAttentionDrawsCandidatesRemovePhasesOther Guys Author:Roger Ailes
“Some guys are football smart and they're not smart in other ways. Other guys get 1500 on their SATs and can't get a double-team block right. No, that definitely, in my experience, sometimes it correlates, sometimes it doesn't. I don't think you just take it for granted.” ThinkingWaySometimesGuyTeamFootballSmartBlockGrantedSatOther Guys Author:Bill Belichick
“I think hopefully as you're getting older you're getting parts that require more preparation, and by that I just mean - I don't know, usually the older you get you get characters with more responsibility. Each one is different, there are certain movies that when the guy starts you pretty much come with that character on page one and then you see their growth, whereas other guys a lot has happened before that movie starts and you have to come in with something.” ThinkingKnowsMeanDifferentCharacterGuyCertainGrowthResponsibilityHappenedPagesHopefullyPreparationMovie StarGetting OldGetting OlderOther Guys Author:Miles Teller
“Usually, you have two people in a scene, and in the history of cinema the hero is most likely going to be the white guy. And the other guy is his friend who is carrying the bag or whatever, and you're not going to light for that guy.” PeopleTwoLightGuyWhiteHeroSceneCinemaBagsThat GuyOther GuysWhite Guys Author:Ava DuVernay
“Read your work out loud. Don't give me that look. Read your work aloud. Don't argue. Don't fight. It will help. I promise. I promise. I guarantee it. If you find it didn't help you, lemme know. I will let you Taser me in the face. And by "me," I mean, some other guy who will be my stand-in. Probably some real estate agent or tollbooth attendant.” IfsKnowsGivingWritingLooksMeanRealHelpingFacesGuyFightingPromiseGive MeWork OutArguingAgentsLoudGuaranteesEstatesI PromiseOther GuysEstate AgentsTasers Author:Chuck Wendig
“Nick O'Leary is a tough kid. He doesn't use gloves. It's freezing outside and he's obviously wearing short sleeves like all the other guys that let their "guns" stick out.” UseKidsGuyGunToughSticksSleevesOther GuysGlovesFreezing Author:Jack Nicklaus
“Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy pitching.” GivingSometimesGuyCreditOther GuysPitching Author:Joe Maddon
“Our third partner [with Neal Dodson] was this other guy called Corey [Moosa], and he came in with good ideas and also some access to money, and so we joined forces and drew up a business plan and got financing for the beginnings of the company. We had no idea what we were doing really. We just started looking through material and started producing our own stuff.” IdeasGuyForceStuffCompanyPlansMaterialsThirdsAccessPartnersNo IdeaGood IdeasOther GuysFinancingBusiness Plan Author:Zachary Quinto
“I'll meet a guy now, and the next thing I know they'll be sweating and their hands will be shaking. And I feel so bad - I don't even know what to say to them. Then there are other guys who come on too strong, and they're just all over you. The nice ones are the ones who are in-between - the ones who aren't scared and who aren't all over you.” KnowsFeelsHandsGuyNextStrongNiceScaredOver YouShakingOther GuysSweating Author:Janet Jackson
“I co-pastor now, so I preach six months, then another guy preaches six months. So that's really why I'm preparing for January, because I'll finish in June; then I'll be writing and doing other projects for the rest of the year.” WritingYearsGuyMonthsSixProjectsPreparingPastorSix MonthsJuneOther GuysJanuary Author:Max Lucado
“I know how it feels when you're coming into a new situation, that the other guys won the election.” KnowsFeelsGuySituationKnow HowElectionOther GuysNew Situations Author:Mitch McConnell
“We don't have a great clash of civilizations, a clash of ideologies, a clash of alternative models, where governments thought to themselves, if we go too far, if we sort of trample unreasonably on rights, we'll give birth to a political movement which will cost us our credibility, and will possibly cost us our offices, because people will vote for the other team, the other guys.” PeopleIfsGivingGovernmentPoliticalGuyRightsTeamMovementBirthCivilizationCostOfficeModelsVoteIdeologyAlternativesCredibilityClashOther GuysPolitical MovementsClash Of Civilizations Author:Edward Snowden
“There was another guy suggested. He was a tall and dark-haired and Jewy, and I said, "No, he's too close to me." It ended up being Jerry Seinfeld.” SaidGuyDarkTallOther GuysJerry Author:David Copperfield
“Most recently I read Michael Lewis "Boomerang." The other guy I love is Bill Bryson.” GuyLove IsBillsOther GuysBoomerang Author:Dave Barry
“Look at all the stuff the Existentialists did. You can start with [Pablo] Picasso, you know, and then Francis Bacon and other guys like that. What they were doing is depicting suffering. And that's exactly what a demon is, he's pretending that he isn't. So he can get more people down there. You know, misery loves company, that's the whole thing. So that's basically the pitch that I'm working on.” PeopleKnowsLooksWholeGuySufferingStuffCompanyMiseryDemonPretendingNow And ThenOther GuysExistentialist Author:Paul Laffoley
“It's always a job when you're the reason they're assembling. If you're just doing shows and you're on a lineup with eight other guys, it's fun, it's great.” IfsReasonShowsJobsGuyFunEightOther GuysAssembling Author:Jay Mohr
“If there are 1,500 people in a theater and they're all there to see you, there are no other guys. You're the guy. So it is a monastic life, it is very lonely, if I was prone to loneliness. It's a lot like wrestling, no one can throw a block for you, no one can give you a pass. Nobody can hand the ball off to you, it's you only for an hour and a half every night.” PeopleIfsGivingHandsNightGuyHoursHalfLonelinessLonelyBallsTheaterBlockWrestlingEvery NightOther GuysMonastic Life Author:Jay Mohr
“I think it's because if I have the time I take the time to sign every autograph I can after a show. I'll go out of my way when a lot of other guys wouldn't do this. Things like that create so much longevity in your career because that guy or girl you met that night will go home and talk about how cool Jeff Hardy was that night and then that makes their friends want to come out to the show next time you're in town.” IfsThinkingWayWantI CanShowsHomeNightGuyGirlNextCareersMetsTownsMy WayLongevityNext TimeThat GuyOther GuysAutographsHardy Author:Jeff Hardy
“Guys respect other guys who get it done on the field, play through adversity, and come through when it matters most.” MatterDonePlayGuyFieldsAdversityRespecting OthersOther GuysGet It Done Author:Larry Fitzgerald
“Unfortunately with certain situations, just sometimes it's just the way it is. It could be a problem with the promotion side or training or anything. Management, sometimes doesn't work out. Sometimes certain guys just choose to fight other guys.” WaySometimesProblemGuyCertainFightingSidesSituationTrainingManagementWork OutPromotionOther Guys Author:Lamont Peterson
“You've got to learn to work with others. One of my main values is, you learn this system of mutual benefit. That is, if you shirk and you try to make the other guy do more, he's going to do that to you.” IfsTryingGuyValuesBenefitsMutualOther GuysShirkMutual Benefit Author:Charles Koch
“The Conservatives hold rural places because they keep bombarding rural Canada with, "Liberals are a bunch of urban, metropolitan snobs who don't care about you and want to leave you dead by the roadside." We've simply got to go out and say, "they're lying to you about us. We actually care about you more than the other guys, and we're not going to pander to your prejudices - we're going to give hope to your kids."” WantGivingCareKidsLyingGuyPrejudiceDon't CareBunchCanadaUrbanOther GuysSnobMetropolitanRoadside Author:Michael Ignatieff
“I think a good quarterback or a good linebacker, a good safety, even though you have a lot of bodies moving out there, it slows down for them and they can really see it. Then there are other guys that it's a lot of guys moving and they don't see anything. It's like being at a busy intersection, just cars going everywhere. The guys that can really sort it out, they see the game at a slower pace and can really sort out and decipher all that movement, which is hard. But experience certainly helps that, yes.” ThinkingHardHelpingBodyMovingGuyGamesCarMovementSafetyBusyPaceSlow DownOther GuysQuarterbackIntersectionsDecipherMoving OutLinebackersSlower Pace Author:Bill Belichick
“Going against Jim Brown wasn't any different than going against Jim Taylor and any of the other guys. He's just an obstacle that we have to overcome. We just couldn't put anything together.” DifferentTogetherGuyOvercomingObstaclesOther Guys Author:Lenny Moore
“Everybody has some responsibility. The point is, how are we going to fix it? And you don't fix it simply by blaming the other guy, or blaming the past.” PastGuyResponsibilityBlameOther Guys Author:Dan Coats
“When you're a man, you're often in situations where you have to decide how far you're going to go in an argument. How big is the other guy? All this stuff that girls don't have to worry about as much, because that's not part of the equation.” MenGuyGirlSituationWorryArgumentOther GuysThat Girl Author:Kenneth Lonergan