“I dont think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I guess Im quite extreme, quite big and quite loud, and maybe people pick up on that when they cast me. Im certainly not the quiet reflective type.” PeopleThinkingHumansBigsHuman BeingsTypeQuietPicksCastsExtremesLoud Author:Ben Daniels
“Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?'” ThinkingTryingYearsEnoughHellPagesSmartPicksSophisticatedUlysses Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl.” ThinkingPersonsRealMomentsRunningGirlRoomsStepsPicksPopsCampaignsNosesPresidentialHotelSwearFlawedOccasionalCocktailsFartSassyHotel RoomsReal PersonPresidential CampaignTarts Author:Katy Perry
“The cologne you pick should make you feel good when you go out with it. I think confidence comes across more than any other of our attributes.” ThinkingFeelsShouldPicksFeel GoodAttributesMake You Feel GoodCologne Author:Mark Ronson
“I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindPlayStoriesArtistInterestingPicksBoringSelfishWorriedBotherEthicalInteresting Stories Author:Denzel Washington
“I think to be successful at anything you have to put in a hell of a lot of effort. Pick your battles. I picked music, put in a lot of effort, and it's worked.” ThinkingEffortHellSuccessfulBattlePicksBeing Successful Author:Ed Sheeran
“I base my track-listing and what songs I pick by what my fans expect from me and what they want and what I think they want.” ThinkingWantSongFansPicksTrack Author:Tyler Farr
“I think the trick with knowledge is to “acquire it, and forget all except the perfume” - because it is noisy and sometimes drowns out one's own “brain voices”. The perfume part is important because it will help find the knowledge again to help get to the destinations the inner urges pick.” ThinkingImportantSometimesHelpingVoiceForgetBrainPicksTricksAcquireUrgesDestinationPerfumeNoisy Author:Alan Kay
“Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you trade off job hours with leisure hours. If you think your job will just be a job, pick one that pays well per hour and leaves you some time off, even if the activity of the job is boring.” IfsThinkingWellsJobsPassionHoursPayActivityPicksEconomicsTradeAssumingBoringPlanningLeisureTime OffTrade OffsPassion For Work Author:Emily Oster
“I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People want to shy away from the truth and keep sweeping it under the rug. But after a while, you pick up the rug and there's just way too much dirt, so you might as well just be up front about it.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWellsMightToo MuchFrontsHonestyPicksUltimateLiberationShyDirtSweeping Author:Rihanna
“Engineering, I think you can pick up. [A data scientist's] curiosity is built-in” ThinkingPicksBuiltScientistCuriosityDataEngineering Author:Scott Nicholson
“You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny group than critics - you couldn't find a more bitter group of people!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorryComedyGroupsPicksCriticsBitter Author:Todd Phillips
“The script is like music to me. I approach it like it's a musical piece and I hear how it's supposed to sound when people say the words. There's rhythms and there's intonations and things, and so, when somebody comes in and hits the notes that I hear, I go okay. Or, they come close enough, and then I'll say "Well how about you try it like this?" and if they have a good ear and they can pick it up, then I think okay, they've got it.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWellsEnoughSoundPiecesApproachPicksOkayEarsNotesMusicalScriptsRhythmIntonation Author:Rob Reiner
“I'm in favor of free trade, but I think if you had to make a choice between having technological progress versus free trade, you had one or the other, you should always pick technological progress. I think it's an incredibly important variable for creating more prosperity.” IfsThinkingShouldImportantChoicesProgressCreatingPicksTradeProsperityFavorsTechnologicalVersusVariablesFree TradeTechnological Progress Author:Peter Thiel
“I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can, as many stories as you can. The best thing about being a writer is, a writer's craft is nearly perfect because a writer can go anywhere and do his craft.” ThinkingWritingI CanStoriesPerfectAdviceOffersPicksCraftsBest Things Author:Dwayne McDuffie
“I think it takes a lot of courage to be able to direct a film. If you have that courage and that vision together, and you pick the cast that you believe will achieve your vision, you win.” IfsThinkingBelieveAbleTogetherFilmWinningVisionAchievePicksDirectCasts Author:Nate Parker
“You realize how much the relationship when kids are young can suffer. And it's important to make sure that you are able to spend some time with each other. As a father, the best thing you can do for the kid is to love the mom. Even as a parent, I believe that loving the mother is the most important thing. And even parents who maybe aren't together I think that's important for them as well to respect each other and to be kind to each other, because I think it does so much in who they would pick to be around, or how they feel about themselves.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveWellsKindDoeImportantKidsAbleTogetherYoungMotherSufferingFatherI BelieveParentCan DoRealizingMomPicksImportant ThingsBest ThingsBe KindRespect Each Other Author:Vince Vaughn
“I think there is something very relatable in the idea that you hit a certain age, later in your life, where you realize you have to pick up the rug and see what's underneath it and deal with stuff.” ThinkingIdeasAgeCertainStuffRealizingDealsPicksRelatable Author:Gillian Flynn
“Part of that, I think, is being able to tune out folly, as distinguished from recognizing wisdom. You've got whole categories of things you just bat away so your brain isn't cluttered with them. That way, you're better able to pick up a few sensible things to do.” ThinkingWayWholeAbleBrainPicksSimplicityThings To DoFollyTunesCategoriesSensibleBatsRecognizingDistinguished Author:Charlie Munger
“President Bush stopped off at a bass pro fishing store to pick up a fishing reel, some line and some rubber worms. He's going to disappear and go fishing. So he must think he's back in the National Guard.” ThinkingPresidentLinesPicksDisappearStoresFishingWormsPresident BushBassRubberNational Guard Author:Jay Leno
“I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.” ThinkingBattlePicks Author:Action Bronson
“I do think that it is no surprise that, economically, America is in trouble. There's been a lot of trouble out there. More and more women have found themselves doing phone sex and things like that, to help pay bills, so that they could be two-income households. They can do these short-term jobs and still pick up their kids at school, at the end of the day, and drop them off in the morning. I find it fascinating. I'm not one to judge the people in that situation, nor would I really want to.” PeopleThinkingWantStillsTwoEndsHelpingKidsSchoolJobsAmericaFoundSexTermCan DoPaySituationMorningTroubleJudgingPicksBillsSurprisePhonesIncomeThe End Of The DayFascinatingHouseholdShort Term Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“I don't think you can hold someone accountable for trampling someone else, because that person was probably pushed from behind. But if someone picks your pocket in a crowd, it's no different from any other act of that kind, in another situation.” IfsThinkingKindPersonsDifferentBehindsSituationPicksCrowdsPockets Author:John Seabrook
“I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.” ThinkingKnowsHardShowsStrongFeltPicksVery StrongSubmitEpisodesEnsemble Author:Patricia Heaton
“Kids pick up and absorb a lot more than you think they do. I try to do what I think is right, and I try to lead by example.” ThinkingTryingKidsExamplePicks Author:Mark Martin
“We all use texting as a crutch because it's so easy and it doesn't really stop our day for the most part but I think to assure a woman you want to go out, to see that you're serious, you take the extra effort to pick up the phone and make a phone call.” ThinkingWantUseEasyEffortSeriousPicksPhonesExtrasPhone CallsTextingCrutchesExtra Effort Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I think if I pick the right thing to spend my time doing, then time moves differently, because I really can get fully immersed in things and feel very alive and challenged, but in a good way. I feel a sense of progress.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsMovingAliveProgressPicksRight ThingMy TimeGood Way Author:Demetri Martin
“There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don't pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do.” ThinkingWayTryingArtStatesFilmCultureUnitedUnited StatesHorrorDirectorsPicksEuropeFilmmakerCopiesEmphasisHorror FilmArt And Culture Author:Wes Craven
“I do try hard to pick roles that differ. I love that about the job. I think the variety that's out there is to be taken advantage of and I enjoy that element of shape shifting with everything.” ThinkingTryingHardJobsEnjoyRolesTakenShapesElementsPicksAdvantageVarietyShiftingTaken Advantage Author:Emily Blunt
“If I had to pick one form of acting, it would be live theater. That's where I started; that's where I became a man, I think I'm still finishing up that job.” IfsThinkingMenStillsWould BeJobsFormActingPicksTheaterFinishingLive TheaterFinishing Up Author:Nick Offerman
“I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsLittlesSometimesMightArtistSongBitsLittle BitPicksTrackRelease Author:Schoolboy Q
“Most of us think that decisions such as where shall I live, with whom shall I partner, what shall I pick as a career for my life are the most important decisions that we make. But from the point of view of the universe these decisions are not that important. Within you, you have already made decisions about who you are, what the universe is and how you will relate to other people and how you will relate to the universe and these decisions are creating consequences in your life moment by moment.” PeopleThinkingMadeImportantMomentsUniverseDecisionViewsCareersCreatingPicksConsequenceWho You ArePoint Of ViewPartnersRelateWithin YouImportant Decisions Author:Gary Zukav
“If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.” IfsThinkingMarriedPicksFellowsMillionaire Author:Anna Held
“I used to play trumpet when I was a kid, and then I got braces, and I couldn't really play it anymore, so sometimes I wish I could still play that; I think it's a great instrument, so maybe one of these days I'll pick it back up.” ThinkingStillsSometimesPlayKidsUsedWishPicksInstrumentsThese DaysTrumpetsBraces Author:Eric Hutchinson
“On practical level I can't pick up the camera until I think I know what I want. I don't wander around. It's almost impossible for me to pick up a camera... it's really hard.” ThinkingKnowsWantI CanHardLevelsImpossiblePicksCamerasPracticalsWander Author:Bill Henson
“I hate to say it because I think people are risk averse these days more than ever. Before they even pick up the phone, they know what the picture's going to be. So there's a certain comfort in that, a certain security that they can lay out the cover of the magazine and kind of know what it's going to be.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindCertainHateRiskSecurityComfortPicksI HateLaysPhonesMagazinesThese Days Author:Gregory Heisler
“It's the one thing that the Devils have always prided themselves on. That comes from recruiting. We try and pick out the players who not only have the on-ice skills, but the off-ice skills too. I think in any job, if you have good people and you work together, you work better.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingTogetherJobsPlayerOne ThingSkillsPicksDevilIceWorking TogetherGood People Author:Gerad Adams
“With Hairspray, we had a great experience. I always think of the last time I saw Divine: He was in the last booth in the back of the Odeon. Now every time I go in there, I look at that table. It was a wonderful night.Hairspray had been out a week; it was a hit. If I had to pick a night that was going to be the last night.” IfsThinkingLooksLastsNightSawsWonderfulWeekDivinePicksTablesLast TimeLast NightGreat ExperiencesHairsprayWonderful Night Author:John Waters
“Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.” PeopleThinkingWantLifeInspirationalPastEnjoyFuturePicksAppreciateLive In The MomentSpoilFuture And PresentFretting Author:Audrey Hepburn
“I never really think much about the size of a production because I think as an actor, once you're in it, it's all the same. I never ever pick projects based on their size.” ThinkingActorsProjectsPicksSizeProductions Author:Eric Bana
“One thing that I've realized is that you're never going to be 100 percent successful. You're always going to be let down. When you have God in your life and you follow Christ, you're never going to be let down. Every time that you fail, He's there to pick you right back up. Every time you think the world's going to end because you had a couple of bad games, God's there to remind you that's not what it's all about.” ThinkingWorldEndsGamesChristSuccessfulFailingOne ThingCouplePicksPercentLet DownBad Games Author:Mark Teixeira
“I couldn't give a sh*t what they have to say. As soon as I go home and see my husband James Thornton of Holby Blue fame and pick up my dog and cuddle him, that's all that matters. I couldn't care if some theatre reviewer thinks my American accent sounds a bit Welsh.” IfsThinkingGivingMatterHomeCareBitsSoundDogFameHusbandPicksBlueTheatreMy HusbandAccentsMy DogReviewersWelsh Author:Joanna Page
“Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play the guitar. And so I can write a song without the guitar. But it really grow together. I really like stay with my guitar. But it just happen, is the inspiration come through man. Because, I personally, it look like, could I write a whole heap a tune, it look like. But I pick special tune to write. Cause a man can think of plenty things. Yuh know wah ah mean.” ThinkingKnowsMenWritingTryingFirstsWellsLooksMeanI CanPlayWholeInspirationHappensTogetherSongGrowsCausesSpecialPicksFirst TimeGuitarPlentyTunesSongwriting Author:Bob Marley
“Every time you run a 35mm print, it picks up scratches. It picks up dirt. Sometimes it breaks, and you have to re-splice it. You lose frames. This doesn't happen with digital or Blu-ray. I think that's great. Because I love the new media.” ThinkingSometimesHappensRunningLosesBreakMediaPicksDigitalPrintRaysDirtScratchesNew Media Author:William Friedkin
“It's usually very, very hard for me to pick up a script that was written and try and see myself as a part of that, especially when you're used to performing all your own material. It's OK with drama, I like being handed great material but I think with comedy it's far more personal and probably a lot harder for me to find a fit.” ThinkingTryingHardUsedComedyWrittenMaterialsFitDramaPicksHarderScriptsPerforming Author:Eric Bana
“If I see a movie for the first time on DVD, I watch it all the way through, the lights are down, I don't pick up the phone. The third or fourth time you see a movie, sometimes you just have them on and you check in every once in a while with things that you liked. I think it's a different expectations from that environment.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentSometimesLightWatchesEnvironmentPicksExpectationsFirst TimeThirdsPhonesChecksFourthDvds Author:David Fincher
“We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're quite clever. I've seen them pick people apart.” PeopleThinkingInterestSubjectsPoliticianPicksCleverCommitteesServerSlacker Author:Mark Thomas
“You make a film and you can't really pick the way it's put to the public. You control the content, but the way it's marketed, or the poster, or what they're telling the public about the film, it's beyond you. Some people don't even see them, because they think they already know it. That can be frustrating, when something you've done is marketed in a way you think is antithetical to what it is.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayDoneFilmPicksFrustratingPosters Author:Richard Linklater
“Sometimes you pick up on the myth and it's just an accident. I think it comes naturally out of people, and some people are aware of it.” PeopleThinkingSometimesPicksMythAccidents Author:Brie Larson
“Something we do know is that review coverage does go to male authors more than women authors. That's a fact. I think it's one of those examples of unconscious bias: If you hire a lot of male journalists, they're more likely to pick up the latest Ian McEwan novel than the latest A.S. Byatt novel.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeFactsNovelExamplePicksMalesJournalistUnconsciousReviewsBiasCoverage Author:Emma Donoghue