“I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I know that when you're 15, you love a band like you will kill people. But I don't quite realize that that's true about people - adults - who read The Hunger Games.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasHateGamesRealizingBoysLike YouBandPicksAdultsHungerMailOne DirectionBoy BandsHate Mail Author:Joel Stein
“I encourage people to pick up small habits like taking a walk after meals... we've become way too sedentary. Just move!” PeopleWayMovingWalksHabitPicksMealsSedentary Author:Theo Rossi
“When you're running a company, you have employees - lots of them - that can interrupt your schedule. You have customers that can interrupt your schedule. You have a certain obligation to wave the flag because people expect to get out and wave the flag. The number of ways that others can command your time is high. At this stage, I get to pick and choose a little more. Not that there aren't some things that have to be done, but I get a little more control over my time.” PeopleWayLittlesDoneRunningCertainNumbersCompanyStagePicksWaveCustomersObligationCommandMy TimeEmployeeFlagsSchedules Author:Steve Ballmer
“I don't like it when people ask me what my favourite Beatles song is. I always get that. First of all, I don't like having to pick a favourite thing anyway. You can't pick a favourite Beatles song! What about "Strawberry Fields"? What about "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"? What about "Tomorrow Never Knows"? Come on. That question is small minded to think you could even have a favourite Beatles song.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFirstsSongAsksSkyFieldsTomorrowPicksAsk MeDiamondFavouriteLucyStrawberriesSmall MindsFavourite Things Author:Kemp Muhl
“You just pick up a little bit of whatever the ones you think are appropriate, and you try and, you know, combine them. And then you bring in other people that are great for the things that you're not so good at.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLittlesBitsLittle BitPicksAppropriate Author:Mark Ronson
“There were 31 teams that didn't think I was as good as the guys taken off the board. That's no disrespect to the talented players that they are, but I'm confident in my abilities and every time I go out there I want people to wonder why I wasn't on their board and why they didn't try to pick me up.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingGuyAbilityWonderTakenPlayerTeamPicksBoardsDisrespectPick MePick Me Up Author:Justin Cole
“Sometimes people pick up pet worries that they'll entertain themselves with and that was my big one. So as far as thinking about what that means, one of the definitions of insanity is that you lose your ability to communicate to anybody because your frames of reference have become so different from the rest of the world that you can't communicate anymore.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanDifferentSometimesBigsLosesAbilityWorryPicksDefinitionsCommunicateInsanityPetFrame Of ReferenceAbility To CommunicateDefinition Of Insanity Author:Brad Warner
“Picking on another person in their mind justifies and makes their stature higher. People do it interracially. It's amazing how every race, every culture seems to have a culture they pick on.” PeopleMindPersonsSeemsCultureRaceHigherPicksJustifyStature Author:Rib Hillis
“I like so many different genres of music that I guess it would be hard for me to pick one person who inspires me when so many people inspire me to make good music.” PeoplePersonsDifferentHardWould BeInspirePicksGenreDifferent GenresGenres Of MusicDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Rahki
“You don't expect a 94-year-old white guy to pick "Dope," which was an awesome movie not even close to being considered by the Academy. And that's what it's all about, like, promoting people who might not otherwise get promoted and celebrating people who might not get celebrated.” PeopleYearsMightGuyWhitePicksCelebratePromotingAcademyDopeWhite Guys Author:Russell Simmons
“You read about that Black Lips/Wavves fight as a spectator and you're like, "Oh man, I'm gonna pick a team to be on! I'm gonna put my two cents in as my status update on my Facebook page" or something. Not to sound like an anti-technology person, but it's just a real drag that people live their lives that way.” PeopleMenWayPersonsTwoRealFightingSoundBlackTechnologyTeamPagesPicksLipsDragCentsSpectatorsUpdatesFacebook PageTwo CentsStatus Updates Author:Bradford Cox
“Scripture is vast, and people can pick and choose what they emphasize, and so for hundreds of years verses that said that you are to welcome the stranger, that with Christ there's neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, we've broken down the dividing wall with the original church, where Christians were first called Christian was the church of Antioch in which for the first time you had Jews, Gentiles of all different ethnicities come together as one people. That's when they were called Christians.” PeopleYearsFirstsSaidDifferentChristianTogetherChristChurchBrokenWallPicksFirst TimeFemaleOriginalsMalesJewStrangerScriptureWelcomeGreekVersesEthnicityDividingBroken DownGentilesTogether As OneAntioch Author:Michael Emerson
“I met a lot of amazing people whose lives were changed (for the better) by the power of music. Music gave them strength to get out of abusive relationships or to just pick up a musical instrument and learn to play.” PeoplePlayChangedMetsPicksInstrumentsMusicalAbusivePower Of MusicMusical InstrumentsAmazing PeopleAbusive Relationship Author:Lita Ford
“You make music to move people and you don't get to pick who you move. You just don't. It's exclusionary and elitist and I just never felt that way about music, of all things. The great unifier.” PeopleWayMovingFeltPicksAll ThingsElitist Author:Mark Lanegan
“I picked songs that I've been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a variety. And I think the same way I always imagine that people are going to play the record at their house and I imagine them doing stuff with music on, like the way I am.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayWholeSongHouseStuffRecordsImagineSingingPicksWhole LifeStuckVarietyImagine That Author:Chris Isaak
“I want to set people up for success, like a good diet plan. If I pick just one, it may not be the right one for you. That's why there are 500 shifts, so you can literally flip it open and have an easy starting point.” PeopleIfsWantMayEasyPlansPicksStartingDietsJust OneFlipStarting Point Author:Elizabeth Rogers
“I wasn't a predator. I didn't pick on other people all right, but people didn't beat me up.” PeopleBeatsPicksPredator Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Whether it's before the election or after the election, the principle is the American people are choosing their next president and their next president should pick this Supreme Court nominee.” PeopleShouldNextPresidentPrinciplesPicksElectionCourtSupremeSupreme Court Author:Mitch McConnell
“Let me give you really bad news, and I'm sure people will demonize me for saying this: the rich are always gonna be with us. They will always be with us. There are rich people in Cuba. There are rich people in Venezuela. You pick the policies, and the rich are gonna figure it out. They're always gonna be rich.” PeopleGivingRichFiguresPolicyNewsPicksLet MeRich PeopleCubaBad NewsVenezuela Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“People like to say, “Well, you’re a celebrity. You should really pick a cause.” I felt that’s like telling a doctor, “Well, you should focus on one area of the body.” Current issues, global issues, political issues, women’s issues—whatever one you want to talk about. It’s systemic, you know?” PeopleKnowsWantShouldWellsBodyPoliticalFeltCausesIssuesFocusPicksAreasDoctorsCurrentsPolitical IssuesGlobal Issues Author:Sophia Bush
“I don't want to pick a team. I want to make people laugh and hopefully bring some - be humorous about the human experience, you know, whether they're people of any stripes of life.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansLaughingTeamPicksHumorousHopefullyHuman ExperienceMaking People LaughStripes Author:Jim Gaffigan
“[Martin Luther ] King didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people.” PeopleMovementPositionKingsPicksLutherSingle People Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“People want to pick the leader, and we are obsessed with celebrity and whoever is on the cover of this or that.” PeopleWantLeaderPicksObsessed Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“One of the reasons to pick the cancer effort is to demonstrate to people that there's not much beyond our capacity. It will take time, but if we focus, if we narrow down where the bottle necks are and we move, there's never been a problem we can't solve.” PeopleIfsReasonProblemMovingEffortFocusPicksCapacityCancerSolveNecksBottlesTake Time Author:Joe Biden
“I heard of Martin Luther King Jr. when I was 15 years old. I heard of Rosa Parks. And I met Dr. King in 1958 at the age of 18. I met Rosa Parks ... But to pick up a fun comic book - some people used to call them "funny books" - to pick this little book up, it sold for 10 cents, 12 pages or 14 pages? 14 pages I digested. And it inspired me. And I said to myself, "If the people of Montgomery can do this, maybe I can do something. Maybe I can make a contribution."” PeopleIfsYearsLittlesSaidI CanBookAgeUsedFunCan DoHeardKingsMetsPagesPicksInspiredComicParksContributionCentsComic BookDrsLutherCan Do SomethingRosaMontgomeryFunny Book Author:John Lewis
“When I find myself having to share a meal with someone who simply wants to complain about the world, I almost feel myself wanting to crawl out of my skin and just sort of scurry away. But being able to pick up on that stuff and being able to easily identify the people walking towards the light instead of walking towards the darkness, that's a skill I'm very, very glad to see growing in myself.” PeopleWorldWantFeelsLightAbleStuffDarknessGrowingShareWalkingSkillsPicksSkinsComplainingGladMeals Author:Amanda Palmer
“I know society these days, I know people are wanting to find everything they can to pick things apart, but I have to write from my heart and my experiences, and I fully own them. Those are mine to share.” PeopleKnowsWritingHeartShareMinesMy HeartPicksThese Days Author:LeAnn Rimes
“I love Mayberry! The people here are wonderful! When I'm at the grocery store people come up and hug me. Friends pick me up and take me for rides on the Blue Ridge Parkway and I always love that.” PeopleWonderfulPicksBlueCome UpStoresTake MeHugGroceriesGrocery StoresRidgesPick MePick Me UpHug MeMayberry Author:Betty Lynn
“Anytime a movie lasts, it's really a thrill. I mean, that people can still pick up on it, and still enjoy it, that makes you feel great.” PeopleFeelsMeanStillsLastsEnjoyPicksThrill Author:Rob Reiner
“Al Gore in 2000. He got a half a million more votes than George Bush and lost. How can that be? It's ridiculous. It's an elitist system. It's so they pick your President. You don't - the people - and it needs to be abolished.” PeopleNeedsLostPresidentHalfMillionsPicksVoteRidiculousAlsGoreElitist Author:Jesse Ventura
“When you're writing a song with someone, it's a very personal process. The music has to be an organic experience, it can't be contrived, sometimes it is and I think people pick up on that.” PeopleThinkingWritingSometimesSongProcessPicks Author:Jarryd James
“The key to selecting the winner isn't choosing the face you think is the most beautiful but rather the face other people will pick” PeopleThinkingBeautifulFacesKeysPicksWinner Author:John Maynard Keynes
“You're talking about a whole camera crew and being mic'd up professionally everyday and just having another group of people following you around. It's a little different than having friends pick up a camera and follow you around.” PeopleLittlesDifferentWholeTalkingGroupsPicksCamerasEverydayFollowingCrewMics Author:Mike Stud
“This is a time where fashion and style go against what I would rather do myself. So I have to pick and choose from people that share my enthusiasm when it comes to certain things.” PeopleCertainShareFashionStylePicksEnthusiasmFashion And Style Author:T.I.
“The impresario's job is to pick the right people who can pick the right people. He picks the people who can pick artists and relate to them. People who know what the market craves.” PeopleKnowsJobsArtistPicksRelateCrave Author:John Kao
“I think people pick up on that. You use personal stuff and mix it all in - I definitely pull on that stuff in my acting.” PeopleThinkingUseStuffActingPicksPersonal Stuff Author:Molly Shannon
“I think to many people, textured curls still signify 'difference.' And kids like to pick on what's different.” PeopleThinkingStillsDifferentKidsDifferencesPicksCurls Author:Guido Palau
“I honestly haven't seen a lot people since we wrapped, really, but it's one of those things when you don't see someone for three months and then you pick right back up where you left off. I think Twilight is very special circumstance, and a special thing to be a part of, so there's this weird connection to have.” PeopleThinkingThreeLeftSpecialHavensMonthsCircumstancesPicksConnectionsHonestlyTwilightThree MonthsSpecial Things Author:Ashley Greene
“I get a kick out of the fact that people will pick on the writers in California for being responsible for the content. The people seriously responsible for the content are the people who buy it.” PeopleFactsPicksResponsibleCaliforniaKicksBeing Responsible Author:Norman Lear
“There are a lot of people who I look up to. I like what Ricky Gervais does, I also like Ron Howard. It's probably never going to happen, but if I had to pick a couple people, those are two.” PeopleIfsLooksDoeTwoHappensCouplePicksLook Up Author:Gerry Dee
“We pick up people dying full of worms from the street. We have picked up more than 40,000 of them. If I lift up such a person, clean him, love him and serve him, is it conversion? He has been there like an animal in the street but I am giving him love and he dies peacefully. That peace comes from his heart. That's between him and God.” PeopleIfsGivingHeartPersonsHas BeensDiesAnimalStreetsDyingPicksCleanConversionLiftsWormsPeople Dying Author:Mother Teresa
“Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.” PeopleTryingI CanActorsFunStuffEnjoyComedyProjectsPicksPetSurroundToysFun Stuff Author:Eric Stonestreet
“Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves.” PeopleThinkingImportantBookFeelingsInspireOne DayPicksWake UpYeah Author:Maynard James Keenan
“I hope my life is a testimony to show people no matter what you go through, how many hurdles are placed in front of you, how many bumps and bruises you get, to pick yourself up and be resilient and keep on trucking.” PeopleMatterShowsLife IsFrontsPicksNo Matter WhatTestimonyBumpsResilientBruisesHurdlePick Yourself UpTrucking Author:Gucci Mane
“I'm calling upon president-elect [Donald] Trump to not just settle for a wall.Let's build a fence, then a wall, then a fence, so we create two no man's lands, one on either side of the wall. That way when we pick people up there they don't really have an excuse.” PeopleMenWayTwoSidesPresidentLandWallTrumpCallingPicksExcuseSettlingFence Author:Steve King
“That way when we pick people up there they don't really have an excuse. They weren't out there picking mushrooms. They were illegally in the United States. It will simplify the adjudication and will expedite the voluntary return, and it will allow our border patrol officers to patrol both sides of that wall. And we can put surveillance devices on top of the wall, vibration detectors and other devices.” PeopleWayStatesSidesUnitedUnited StatesWallReturnPicksExcuseBordersDevicesOfficersBoth SidesVibrationsSurveillanceSimplifyMushroomsBorder Patrol Author:Steve King
“If you have things or are involved with things that turn on, it's going to have code. And there are so many people - let's pick on the historians - even as a historian, let's say I ended up going the road of being a historian, just knowing some basic scripts, any kind of automation would have made me a 10 times better historian because I wouldn't have to sit there changing every file name to "1234" and then "12345." It can have a transformative value.” PeopleIfsKindMadeValuesTurnsNamesKnowingInvolvedPicksScriptsCodeHistorianFilesTurn-onAutomation Author:Alexis Ohanian
“My depression was mild, and I could treat it by myself and pick myself up again. But some people aren't that lucky.” PeopleLuckyPicksTreats Author:David Haye
“I think my thing is that I try and pick up on things that other people have maybe not picked up on.” PeopleThinkingTryingPicks Author:Rob Lowe
“The fact that refugees traveled through six other countries, like former Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, is because they like our social benefits. They like our welfare state. They know which country to pick. They're not going to stay in Hungary or in Estonia. They come to Germany, to Holland. And people sense that those are not the real refugees. And our government has spent billions of euros on them, and the Dutch people know.” PeopleKnowsRealCountryStatesFactsGovernmentSocialSixBenefitsPicksBillionsFormerFranceWelfareGermanyOther CountriesTraveledRefugeeDutchEuroWelfare StateSwitzerlandHollandAustriaHungaryYugoslaviaEstoniaMacedonia Author:Geert Wilders