“I don't think of any sentence as a "one-liner", but I do pay attention to how people actually speak when they are being funny. Rhythm is key.” PeopleThinkingSpeakPayAttentionKeysSentencesRhythmPay AttentionOne LinerBeing Funny Author:Lorrie Moore
“I have been blessed to have been working since I was 11. I think horror is an underrated genre. When done really well like in 'The Ruins', it pays homage to some of the stuff I really love in the '70s and incurs some of that energy the fanbase really wants to see.” ThinkingWantWellsHas BeensDoneEnergyStuffPayHorrorBlessedRuinsGenreHomageUnderrated Author:Jonathan Tucker
“We're all taking part in this solidarity. The French, the Germans, just like all the Europeans in the ESM - the eurozone's new rescue fund. Let's stop thinking that there's only one country who's going to pay for the others. That's false.” ThinkingCountryPaySolidarity Author:Francois Hollande
“Ego is neither positive nor negative. Those are simply concepts that create more boundaries. Ego is just ego, and the disaster of it all is that you, as a spiritual seeker, have been conditioned to think of the ego as bad, as an enemy, as something to be destroyed. This simply strengthens the ego. In fact, such conclusions arise from the ego itself. Pay no attention to them. Don't go to war with yourself; simply inquire into who you are.” ThinkingHas BeensWarFactsSpiritualPayAttentionEnemyEgoConceptsNegativeWho You AreDisasterBoundariesAriseConclusionDestroyedSeekersWar With Yourself Author:Adyashanti
“Wars are generally fought for material things; they're not fought over ideals. After we get into them, we are told we are fighting for ideals. We are fighting for oil and tin and rubber and markets, and as long as we insist on a standard of life that is so high above all the rest of the world, we're going to have to pay for our standard of living with a lot of blood. I think we ought to re-examine the fact that Jesus was a pauper, and we should be committing ourselves to a very humble, simple way of life.” ThinkingWorldWayShouldLongWarFactsFightingJesusSimplePayBloodMaterialsOughtStandardsIdealsHumbleOilRubberStandards Of LivingTinMaterial ThingsSimple Ways Author:Clarence Jordan
“My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.” ThinkingMotherValuesMy OwnPayTaughtEqualFairnessFamily ValuesEqual Pay Author:Michael M. Honda
“Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtIdeasWholePayAttentionCreativeMagicGeniusNotionYesterdayPay AttentionSmall ThingsCreative People Author:Bell Hooks
“When you talk about the security and safety of average Americans it doesn't do average Americans a lot of good to expand America's military footprint if the daily lives of average Americans are being undermined by the fact that we're no longer able to compete in a global economy. I think that's the kind of human security we have to pay more attention to.” IfsThinkingHumansKindFactsAbleAmericaPayAttentionEconomySecurityMilitarySafetyAverageDaily LifeFootprintGlobal Economy Author:Peter Beinart
“Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to pay more attention to it. I think it's ridiculous now, because the range of repertoire - or what's considered 'safe' - is so narrow, even though there are pianists who are really trying to push the envelope. There is still a lack of attention, and there's no reason for it. The piano repertoire is so rich, with so many wonderful things that still are not given their due.” ThinkingTryingBelieveStillsReasonGivenPayAttentionRichRecordsWonderfulSafeWorthyDuesRidiculousRangePianoNo ReasonInclusionWonderful ThingsAlways BelievePianistEnvelopesPantheon Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“My solutions are to include Africa in the global economy, and not African charity, AIDS research, but African infrastructure development. And I think that Africa can import and needs everything the whole world can manufacture. And they have got enough money to pay for it. It's just that the money is in the ground.” ThinkingWorldNeedsEnoughWholePayEconomyDevelopmentSolutionsResearchCharityAidsWhole WorldInfrastructureImportsGlobal Economy Author:Andrew Young
“The most absurd public opinion polls are those on taxes. Now, if there is one thing we know about taxes, it is that people do not want to pay them. If they wanted to pay them, there would be no need for taxes. People would gladly figure out how much of their money that the government deserves and send it in. And yet we routinely hear about opinion polls that reveal that the public likes the tax level as it is and might even like it higher. Next they will tell us that the public thinks the crime rate is too low, or that the American people would really like to be in more auto accidents.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsGovernmentMightWould BeWantedNextLevelsPayOpinionOne ThingCrimeFiguresHigherTaxesLowsDeserveRateAccidentsLikesAbsurdPublic OpinionPollsCrime RatesOpinion Polls Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“To be and to be creative are synonymous. It is impossible to be and not to be creative. But that impossible thing has happened, that ugly phenomenon has happened, because all your creative sources have been plugged, blocked, destroyed, and your whole energy has been forced into some activity that the society thinks is going to pay.” ThinkingHas BeensWholeEnergyPayCreativeImpossibleHappenedSourceActivityUglyDestroyedPhenomenonBe CreativeBlockedImpossible Things Author:Rajneesh