“The business model piece is we're always talking about competing more effectively. If you're starting a company or career you don't want to compete. You want to create a monopoly. We want to invest in a company that has a good plan to create a monopoly.” IfsWantCompanyTalkingCareersPiecesPlansModelsInvestingStartingCompetingMonopolyBusiness Models Author:Peter Thiel
“To speak technically photography is the art of writing with light. But if I want to think about it more philosophically, I can say that photography is the art of writing with time. When you capture an image you capture not only a piece of space, you also capture a piece of time. So you have this piece of specific time in your square or rectangle. In that sense I find that photography has more to do with time than with light.” IfsThinkingWantWritingArtI CanLightSpeakSpacePiecesPhotographyPhotographCaptureSquaresArt Of WritingRectangles Author:Gerardo Suter
“Get a scalpel, and practice just, say, cutting a piece of meat or something like that. You sort of learn how you want to hold your fingers, and that sort of thing, and try to become graceful when you operate.” WantTryingPracticePiecesCuttingFingersMeatSurgeryScalpels Author:Denton Cooley
“The way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who's actually doing the distribution in France. You say, "Do you want a piece of this movie?" And he's got to sell this movie to get his money back. That's the brains of it; that's the genius of this financing. "You want Germany? Give us a million dollars and you've got Germany."” WayWantGivingGuyBrainMillionsPiecesGeniusIndependentSellsDollarsFranceGermanyDistributionMillion DollarsFinancing Author:Bill Murray
“View life as a learning opportunity. Ask God what He wants you to learn from the situations you face. . . . When we set aside specific time to listen, He often encourages us with His presence and promises, and interprets to some degree the circumstances of life. Take advantage of the natural lull after hard times when you're pulling together the pieces to sort through the events and ferret out the lessons.” WantHardGodTogetherFacesAsksOpportunityNaturalViewsSituationPiecesEventsCircumstancesPromiseLessonsDegreesAdvantageHard TimesPullingLullsFerretsPulling Together Author:Jean Fleming
“I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm asked to do classical ballet or a modern piece, I still want to tell a story.” KnowsWantStillsStoriesPiecesModernAbstractBalletBotheredChoreographers Author:Susan Stroman
“I'm just happy when directors make a movie that is really sentimental but without being maudlin or saccharine or too much like Chewels gum. I don't want to be involved in a movie that's too much like a piece of Chewels.” WantToo MuchPiecesInvolvedDirectorsSentimentalGum Author:Paul Schneider
“Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving.” WantMovingActorsPowerfulPiecesInnovative Author:Sean Bean
“When Michael (Jackson) died, it felt like part of my family died. I want [my fans] to know that my music is for them and if, god forbid, anything happened [to me], it would be like a piece of them is gone.” IfsKnowsWantWould BeFeltGonePiecesHappenedFansMusic IsMy FamilyDied Author:The Weeknd
“If someone asked me if I could have anything in the world, what would l want? If l could own anything, like owning a piece of art, l think it would be Elton John's publishing, on his first seven albums. I don't want the money. Being able to own those songs Is like owning a painting of someone you admire.” IfsThinkingWorldWantFirstsArtWould BeAbleSongPiecesPaintingSevenAlbumsAdmireIf I CouldPublishing Author:Axl Rose
“The characters created cannot just be a mouthpiece for the writer. When you look at a piece of writing, and it's genuine and it doesn't feel like every character is just a mouthpiece for the writer, but that they've been created in such a way that they're expressing an idea that a writer wants to get across, that's when a story succeeds.” WayWantFeelsWritingLooksIdeasCharacterStoriesPiecesSucceedGenuineMouthpiece Author:Kevin Spacey
“As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.” WantActorsRolesPiecesWho You Are Author:Larenz Tate
“After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have to take a picture and later a poem comes in my mind.” WantWritingMindWalksPiecesPhotographArchitecture Author:Patti Smith
“That's just something instinctual within men. We always feel like we've got to protect our stuff. Even if it's not worth protecting, we want to protect it. You ever seen people who have like a piece of crap Pinto with a Club on the steering wheel. Somebody breaks the window, steals the Club, leaves the Pinto in a pile of glass.” PeopleIfsMenWantFeelsHumorFunnyStuffBreakPiecesProtectWindowGlassesClubsStealingWheelsCrapSteering Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“This policeman came up to me with a pencil and a piece of very thin paper. He said, "I want you to trace someone for me."” WantSaidHumorFunnyPiecesPaperI Want YouPencilsPolicemenVines Author:Tim Vine
“Gaza is such a tremendous humanitarian problem, it's way beyond Israel's capability to do anything significant about. It's a world problem, but the world doesn't want to do anything about it. That the world has packed them like sardines in a tiny piece of territory run by a fanatic Islamic group, run by a fanatic group like Hamas. Unless the world decides it wants to tackle this problem, that they want to deal with refugees there, prepare to absorb some of the refugees.” WorldWayWantProblemRunningDealsPiecesGroupsIsraelHumanitarianTinySignificantIslamicTerritoryCapabilityRefugeeFanaticsGazaHamasWorld ProblemsSardines Author:Moshe Arens
“I do very, very, very simple, skimpy doodles, nothing too committed. Because people tend to fall in love if they like it - if you color it in and they like it, then they want exactly those colors, even if they were just indications. You really have to do it as simple as possible so they can concentrate on the idea and composition. And then all of the energy goes into making the final piece. And the final piece can be anything - it can be a drawing, a painting, a collage - and usually, it's obvious what that should be. Usually, the idea dictates what medium you use.” PeopleIfsWantShouldIdeasUseFallEnergySimplePiecesColorPaintingFalling In LoveFinalsCommittedObviousDrawingMediumsCompositionIndicationCollages Author:Dave McKean
“[Sometimes] I will go through periods where I will think 'Oh maybe I should do a commercial movie' and then I just think, someone gave me a really great piece of advice, someone from my agency weirdly, they said the only clients that are happy are the ones that just do what they want to do. So I just kind of do everything for myself.” ThinkingWantShouldKindSaidSometimesPiecesAdvicePeriodsAgencyClientsThey SaidReally Great Author:Robert Pattinson
“I take bits and pieces from every director. I'd say Sylvain [White] and Nimrod [Antal]. They were more about teaching me lens sizes and depth of field and how to move the camera and lighting. I do want to direct and I didn't go to film school, so having a director that are very much hands on that way and looking to let me learn, that is a key factor.” WayWantHandsSchoolFilmMovingBitsWhitePiecesTeachingFieldsKeysDirectorsDirectLet MeCamerasDepthSizeFactorsLensesLightingFilm SchoolBits And PiecesDepth Of Field Author:Columbus Short
“Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.” WantArtMatterPiecesSacrificeFoodBuildingCookingMeatCulinaryStomachThrowingGrilling Author:James Beard
“The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.” WantLibertyPiecesMovementRepublicanRight NowExcitement Author:Gary Johnson
“If we had enough cadaver organs to go around we wouldn't do living donor liver transplants because one is we don't want to put a donor at risk, but the second is that it's a more difficult surgery for the recipient because you're getting a piece of a liver rather than a whole liver. It takes you longer to recover, and it has more complications related to where we sew together the blood vessels and the bile ducts.” IfsWantEnoughWholeTogetherDifficultPiecesRiskBloodRelatedOrgansSurgeryVesselHad EnoughLiverComplicationDonorsTransplantsCadaversBlood Vessels Author:John Roberts
“I find it difficult to breathe when l'm in the space. There seems to be no oxygen. I want to put people into a situation where they're sensitive to themselves watching the piece.” PeopleWantSeemsDifficultSpaceSituationPiecesBreatheSensitiveOxygen Author:Steve McQueen
“For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and it's the piece itself that you want to bring out the voice of the piece. You're really serving that and that's the thing that you have a basic understanding of.” WantNeedsStoriesTogetherFilmUnderstandingVoicePiecesEgoServing Author:Julia Ormond
“We want to stay with the animatronics because it gives you such a wonderful feel of Chucky's movement. It feels like something that has been brought to life, as opposed to a smooth piece of animation.” WantGivingFeelsHas BeensPiecesWonderfulMovementSmoothAnimationLike Something Author:David Kirschner
“Anyway, I'm digressing, but this is just kind of this 10-and-a-half-minute, ambient - you hear cicadas and birds and the wind outside and crickets as I'm swelling the piece. I could never do that on a pop record. I could, but why would I want to be agitating?” WantKindHalfRecordsPiecesMinutesWindBirdPopsCricketSwellingAmbientCicadas Author:Andrew Bird
“I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one we have in the United Nations whereby, where there's a problem in our society which demands a compassionate response, an educated, informed, not just a splurgy emotional thing, but an informed compassionate response that puts yourself in the position of the other and sees all sides of the problem, not just your own, there'll be somebody poised in each society who can write to the media, write an op-ed piece, to go on TV or radio.” WorldWantWritingProblemNationsSidesUnitedPiecesTeamMediaPositionEmotionalTvsGoes OnDemandResponseStartingRadioPartnersEducatedAround The WorldOur SocietyCompassionateUnited NationsRapidsEmotional Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don't get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.” PeopleIfsWantLittlesFactsPiecesHavensDecadesTendenciesManipulationCensorshipAlteredIndoctrinationInitiateExcursionsKgb Author:Frank Zappa
“But the difference between the little pieces and the big pieces - I'm not actually sure which are the little pieces. With some of the big pieces, it's a lot of musical running around, whereas the little pieces, you can say everything you want to say.” WantLittlesBigsRunningDifferencesPiecesMusical Author:Philip Glass
“You're treated as though you're just a piece of meat, and you're there for consumption by men. I feel like the common thing is men feeling entitled to treat you how they want to treat you. You never feel as though you have a right to the space. And so that's the theme behind most of the posters - "I'm not outside for your entertainment" and "I'm not seeking your validation."” MenWantFeelsFeelingsSpaceCommonBehindsPiecesTreatsSeekingEntertainmentTreatedMeatThemeConsumptionEntitledPostersValidationCommon Things Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“I try to shrug it off as a minor annoyance that whenever I do something successful, every capitalist out there wants a piece of the action.” WantTryingActionSuccessfulPiecesCapitalistMinorsAnnoyance Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Say what you want without saying it yourself: quote. Very useful, this, sometimes lovely, and versatile, too: big thoughts in small pieces, neatly wrapped and bundled in bulk, in different flavors for different tastes.” WantDifferentSometimesBigsPiecesTasteWhat You WantLovelyQuotationsFlavorVersatileSmall PiecesDifferent Tastes Book:Quotology Source: Quotology
“I actually loved to dress like a boy, and I still kind of do and try to sneak boy's pieces into my wardrobe. I have Levi's boot cut jeans that actually might be from the boy's department, but I love them. Those jeans and flannel are my favorites. If I could choose anything to wear for the rest of my life, I'd just want a boy's outfit.” IfsWantTryingKindStillsMightBoysPiecesCuttingDressesIf I CouldDepartmentBootsJeansWardrobeSneakLike A BoyFlannelsLevi's Author:Analeigh Tipton
“Macy's has severed ties with Donald Trump and no longer will carry his men's wear collection. From now on, men who want to look like Donald Trump will have to hunt and kill their own hair piece.” MenWantLooksPiecesHairTrumpTiesCollectionsHuntsMacy's Author:Conan O'Brien
“You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.” PeopleWantPiecesNotoriety Author:Oscar De La Hoya
“There's always someone kicking guns. We wanted ["Badlands"] to be a world without guns and bullets, where martial arts was the form of fighting and defense and attack. Martial arts is king in this world. That was the first thing. We didn't want it to be a period piece either. We felt those are overdone and stuffy. That was what lead us to explore that area of science fiction and future, a world we can create and control.” WorldWantFirstsArtWantedFormFightingFeltFictionPiecesThis WorldKingsPeriodsArt IsGunAreasScience FictionDefenseMartial ArtsBulletsKicking Author:Miles Millar
“It's the horsey-shape piece that moves in an L shape. It's what makes chess complicated, and why stupid people can't play chess. Go play checkers! Knights are the first piece you look at. They elevate the game. No chess master wants to lose her knights.” PeopleWantFirstsLooksPlayMovingGamesLosesPiecesStupidMastersShapesComplicatedChessKnightsStupid PeopleCheckers Author:Courtney Love
“When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused. A top executive was reported to have said, He's nobody. We took him from nobody. We lavished him with lessons and publicity and now he's the most desired man in the world. Who taught him how to walk? We straightened his teeth and capped them into that smile. We taught this dumb cluck how to depict great emotions, and now he wants a piece of the action? Never!” MenWorldWantSaidActionFilmWalksEmotionPiecesTaughtLessonsProfitTeethDumbExecutivesPercentagesPublicityMgm Author:Jeanine Basinger
“You know what's it's changed is my appreciate for the art form of making cinema. I don't want to act as much as I want to tell stories. I want to be a part of the whole collective and pull all of the pieces together. That's what I love about directing.” KnowsWantArtWholeStoriesTogetherFormPiecesChangedAppreciateCinemaCollectives Author:Jason Momoa
“Frame is a good enough piece of software that there are actually rewards to taking an intelligent and formal approach to your problem. But if you want to be stupid, you can think of Frame as a version of Microsoft Word with most of the bugs taken out.” IfsThinkingWantEnoughProblemTakenPiecesStupidApproachIntelligentRewardsVersionsGood EnoughSoftwareFormalBugsMicrosoftMicrosoft Word Author:Philip Greenspun
“If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work ... the cat will invariably get up on your desk and settle placidly under the desk lamp ... The cat will settle down and be serene, with a serenity that passes all understanding.” IfsWantShouldWritingProblemUnderstandingRoomsPiecesPaperCatDown AndGet UpSettlingAcquireSerenityDesksLampsSereneSettling Down Author:Muriel Spark
“Here's the thing: We have plenty of time. These are cockroaches and we want to kill them all. They're just absolute pieces of garbage and we will get them. So why don't we try the air campaign first?” WantTryingFirstsPiecesAirAbsolutesCampaignsPlentyGarbageCockroaches Author:Eric Bolling
“I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.” IfsWantTryingCompanyRecordsPiecesPlansBattleBrandsManagersHuntingRecord Companies Author:Lars Ulrich
“Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to - it's part of its history, part of its aura.” KnowsWantImportantPiecesWornJewelryAuras Author:Simon de Pury
“When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame.” WayWantNeedsPersonsRealSoulCharacterInspirationPiecesHonorFlamesSmall PiecesReal Character Author:Lorraine Toussaint
“If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know, and it's what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to be excited and I want them to surprise me. I don't want them to be puzzle pieces.” IfsKnowsWantActorsPiecesComfortableSurpriseExcitedPartnersPuzzlesSurprise MePuzzle Piece Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“Where you have a villain in the piece or the antagonist, whatever you want to call them, there has to be humanity at the core of it or it's faintly ridiculous. Nobody is just villain through and through. You have to feel something for them.” WantFeelsHumanityPiecesRidiculousCoreVillainAntagonist Author:Scott Hicks
“I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.” WantRememberPiecesGoes OnLessonsMovedPianoPiano Lesson Author:Stephen Sondheim
“In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.” WantWorryAudiencePiecesTheaterProfit Author:Stephen Sondheim
“I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!” WantPiecesAdviceAchievementLifetimeAwardsOne PieceLifetime Achievement Author:Shirley Temple