“My family was always very supportive. Whether you're an actor or not, everybody hears the horror stories of people going to L.A. and trying to be an actor, and their dreams are crushed, and they end up working for the IRS. So they were always protective to the point that they wanted me to have a backup plan, which is understandable, but there was always something inside of me that knew: backup plan, schmackup plan.” PeopleTryingEndsStoriesDreamWantedActorsPlansHorrorMy FamilySupportiveCrushedProtectiveIrsBackupHorror StoriesBackup Plan Author:Zachary Levi
“Plans must be simple and flexible....They must be made by the people who execute them.” PeopleMadeSimplePlansFlexible Author:George S. Patton
“I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to get into some "future of the music industry" thing, or where I stand on digital this or that, but I think it's ridiculous that a lot of people in the industry plan so far ahead that it makes a lot of improvisation impossible and makes a lot of people's expectations fixed and not fluid.” PeopleThinkingWantMadePlansImpossibleHeardIndustryExpectationsRidiculousMade ItFixedDigitalFluidImprovisationMusic Industry Author:Bradford Cox
“Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.” PeopleDoneJobsPlansOrganizationStrategyGet The Job Done Author:Colin Powell
“There are plans for a new high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It will make the trip time 30 minutes. People in L.A. are like, Yes! And people in San Francisco are like, Yeah, sure, great. We look forward to seeing you.” PeopleLooksPlansSeeingMinutesYeahTrainSpeedLos AngelesSan FranciscoHigh Speed Author:Craig Ferguson
“Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.” PeopleWantHelpingCareCuttingPlansMinesTaxesClintonDemocratAverageHealth CareCodeTax Cuts Author:Dick Gephardt
“I don't plan how many people I work with. I don't charge anything. It's for my own learning, and I just enjoy being the welcoming committee. I became a doula by default.” PeopleEnjoyMy OwnPlansWelcomeCommitteesDefaultDoulas Author:Erykah Badu
“Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely.” PeopleWantEnoughFilmPlansLucky Author:Maggie Q
“Look back to 1948 when the British Medical Association denounced Aneurin Bevan as 'a would-be Führer' for wanting them to join a National Health Service. And Bevan himself described the BMA as 'politically poisoned people'. A survey at the time showed only 10 per cent of doctors backed the plans ... But where would we be today if my predecessors had caved in?” PeopleIfsLooksWould BeTodayPlansDoctorsBritishMedicalAssociationCentsSurveysPredecessorsHealth Services Author:Andrew Lansley
“I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.” PeopleKnowsWantedFunnyPlansRocksJazzRock N RollPlaying Music Author:Robby Krieger
“There's a one in six billion chance you're gonna find your soul mate. But, maybe, your perfect soul mate is actually three or four half perfect people. How far are you willing to go to actually find that perfect somebody... ies. If you're not willing to make a group of people your soul mate then you'd better plan on being alone. You'll always have television.” PeopleIfsSoulThreeChancePerfectHalfFourPlansGroupsTelevisionWillingSixBillionsYour SoulMatesSoul Mate Author:Christopher Titus
“We knew we loved making cookies and every time we did, we made people happy. That was our business plan.” PeopleMadePlansCookiesBusiness Plan Author:Debbi Fields
“Ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm: another try at condemning fossil fuels. [...] Even if the world warms as much as the consensus expects, the net harm still looks small alongside the real harm now being done by preventable causes; and if it does warm this much, it will be because more people are rich enough to afford to do something about it.” PeopleIfsWorldTryingLooksDoeStillsRealDoneEnoughCausesCasesRichPlansFailingGroupsOceanPressureClimateEnvironmentalWarmHarmWar Of The WorldsFuelFossilsConsensusFossil FuelBeing DoneCondemningPressure GroupsOcean Acidification Author:Matt Ridley
“We must recognise that nations can and do sin corporately. God loves nations, and I join those who believe that God has a redemptive plan for each nation, or for that matter for each city or people group or neighbourhood or any visible network of human beings. But corporate national sin damages the relationship of the nation to God and prevents that nation from being all that God wants it to be.” PeopleWantBelieveHumansMatterNationsHuman BeingsSinCitiesPlansGroupsCorporateGod LoveDamageVisibleRecogniseNeighbourhoods Author:C. Wagner
“We don't have a particular plan. We just do what we do. This is the only way we know how to do it. We make the music that moves us. We use it as therapy. The songs are cathartic. They're ways of dealing with life experiences and the world around you. It's meant to be as a release for us as it is for other people.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayUseMovingSongKnow HowPlansParticularReleaseTherapyMeant To BeLife ExperienceCatharticDealing With Life Author:David Draiman
“It's sad. There's a lot about this industry that a lot of people don't know about and don't find out about. There are a lot of tough things and trials and stuff that you're faced with. Sometimes, God has other plans for people. Sometimes bands can't stick through it. It depends on the situation. Keep praying for the bands that you like, seriously, because a lot of things will try to get in the way of being together. We've been blessed with not deal with those yet, but if we ever did...?” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingSometimesTogetherStuffDealsSituationPlansDependsIndustryPrayingBandToughBlessedSticksTrialsBeing TogetherTough Things Author:Trevor McNevan
“People don't talk to each other. You're alone with your television set or internet. But you can't have a functioning democracy without what sociologists call "secondary organizations," places where people can get together, plan, talk and develop ideas. You don't do it alone.” PeopleIdeasTogetherDemocracyPlansTelevisionInternetOrganizationGet TogetherSociologists Author:Noam Chomsky
“The biggest complaint from people wanting to start a business is, "I don't have capital." Banks aren't lending but if they were, it would give you a greater opportunity to screw things up. So it will help you be creative and spend less. If you have a proven business plan, share with friends and family.” PeopleIfsGivingHelpingOpportunityCreativeGreaterPlansShareProvenComplaintsBe CreativeFamily And FriendsScrewsLendingBusiness Plan Author:Cameron Johnson
“A president of the United States, again, has to bring people together, have a position. We need to be able to penetrate these people when they are involved in these plots and these plans. And we have to give the local authorities the ability to penetrate to disrupt. That's what we need to do.” PeopleNeedsGivingStatesAbleTogetherPresidentAbilityUnitedUnited StatesPlansPositionInvolvedAuthorityLocalsPlotPenetrate Author:John Kasich
“What I can do is to go out and talk about the problems and solutions, make people aware of the scope of the problems, get them to become advocates for a turnaround, and convince them to develop an action plan, targeted to their community, to deal with young people. [They need to] find out what the kids want to do - dances, midnight-basketball leagues.” PeopleWantNeedsI CanProblemKidsActionYoungCan DoCommunityDealsPlansBasketballSolutionsLeagueConvinceMidnightScopeProblems And SolutionsTurnaround Author:Joycelyn Elders
“I've laid out a very, very detailed immigration plan on my website, tedcruz.org. It's 11 pages of existing federal law and in particular the question of what to do with people who are here now.” PeopleLawPlansParticularPagesImmigrationWebsite Author:Ted Cruz
“I work with Kick G.A.M.E., the grassroots artist movement. Not to tell people we have the best union plan in the world, but to show people that if some activists, if some revolutionaries, if some street organizers from the hood can come together and put together a preliminary program to give health care to independent artists.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingShowsCareTogetherArtistPlansStreetsMovementProgramIndependentUnionsHealth CareRevolutionaryKicksActivistHoodOrganizerGrassroots Author:Immortal Technique
“People are worried that their inner voice will tell them to leave their husbands or wives - or their jobs. Well, if that's really what your inner guidance is saying, then that is for your highest good and for your spouse's or partner's. There is a plan for everyone.” PeopleIfsWellsJobsVoiceWifePlansHusbandHighestPartnersWorriedGuidanceSpouseInner Voice Author:Echo Bodine
“I believe God is doing a new thing in the world. God is always moving us to include more people in the kingdom. God has taught us that about people of color, about women, and now I think God is teaching that about gay and lesbian folk. And I am humbled and privileged that I might be playing a very small part in that grand and wonderful plan of God's.” PeopleThinkingWorldBelieveMightMovingI BelievePlansWonderfulTeachingTaughtColorGayFolksKingdomsBelieve In GodNew ThingsPrivilegedTaught UsSmall PartsAlways Moving Author:Gene Robinson
“My financial adviser Ric Edelman...thinks the time to start educating people about money is when they are children. He's set up a retirement plan called the RIC-E-Trust that can provide retirement security. A $5,000 one-time tax-deferred investment at birth, with an average interest rate of ten percent compounded, means that a child would have $2.4 million when he or she is 65 years old. Who needs Social Security with that kind of nest egg?” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsKindMeanChildrenSocialInterestMillionsPlansSecurityBirthTenTaxesPercentInvestmentRateFinancialAverageEggsRetirementOne TimeSocial SecurityNestsInterest RateAdviser Author:Cal Thomas
“In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it.” PeopleWorldTogetherPlansCouncilMormonism Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“I don't have too many plans filled out. I know I want to keep doing more music. I've got a couple of albums worth of songs I'd like to put it out there. As far as movies, I just want to continue how I've been doing it: working with terrific people is certainly on my agenda, and then doing stories that interest me.” PeopleKnowsWantStoriesSongInterestPlansCoupleFilledAlbumsAgendasTerrificFilled Out Author:Jeff Bridges
“What if it should be God's plan to people the world with better and finer material?” PeopleIfsWorldShouldPlansMaterialsWhat IfGod's Plan Book:Our Country Source: Our Country
“When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?” PeopleThinkingMadeTechnologyPlansSacrificeFieldsLaboratoryDefence Author:Abdul Kalam
“The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.” PeopleEnoughStoriesGovernmentJobsOrderGrowsSimpleCitiesPlansPromiseTaxesCapitalismIncreaseCreatorSpendingCampaignsIncomeEmploymentInequalityGenerousRepeatsVotingDetroitBankruptcyBoostPensionGovernment SpendingIncome InequalityJob CreatorsPension Plans Author:Ben Shapiro
“The American middle class, it seems to me, is looking to politicians now to satisfy a pretty basic - and urgent - level of need. Yet people in the upper middle class - with their excellent health benefits, schools, salaries, retirement plans, nannies and private afterschool programs - have journeyed so far from that level of need that, it often seems to me, they literally cannot hear what resonates with the middle class. That creates a problematic blind spot for those who write, edit or produce what comes to be known about our politicians and their policies.” PeopleNeedsWritingSeemsSchoolLevelsKnownClassPlansMiddlePolicyProducePoliticianBenefitsProgramBlindSpotsExcellentMiddle ClassRetirementUrgentSalaryEditsNanniesBlind SpotsHealth BenefitsUpper Middle Class Author:Judith Warner
“I have requested the corporates to evolve plans under corporate social responsibility to build clean toilets specially for girl students in schools. India should learn from foreign countries, where people are disciplined and do not litter in public places.” PeopleShouldCountrySchoolGirlSocialResponsibilityPlansStudentsIndiaCleanEvolveCorporateSocial ResponsibilityToiletsForeign CountriesCorporate Social Responsibility Author:Narendra Modi
“Actually, Congress just did pass a tax plan like Donald Trump`s.They passed a tax plan which some Democrats voted for, significant number of Democrats which gave huge tax breaks to wealthy people and corporations.” PeopleNumbersBreakPlansHugeTrumpTaxesDemocratCongressSignificantCorporationsWealthyTax BreaksSignificant Numbers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Partnerships can be very big. The relationships you cultivate can help. If you put together a business plan that makes sense and that you can present to other people, they may be able to help you out, especially if you're short of cash. Angel investors, perhaps, may help. You may not have to go through a traditional bank. If you're not able to secure funding, you can get up under someone who has experience, learn from that person, and work your way up.” PeopleIfsWayMayPersonsHelpingBigsAbleTogetherPlansAngelTraditionalGet UpSecureMake SenseInvestorsCashPartnershipFundingBusiness Plan Author:Kamerion Wimbley
“People going into a business have to have a plan. It's helpful to write it out, even if you're the only one there to see it and execute it. It's your bible. Stick to it, unless things happen in the market that cause you to change your plan. I do that myself.” PeopleIfsWritingHappensCausesPlansSticksThings HappenHelpful Author:Michael Franzese
“My sort of stability as a character, it's never been one of my strongest attributes. I'm a bit of a clusterf*ck. I get so many great ideas that I kind of mesmerize people with another plan before the previous plan is hatched out.” PeopleKindIdeasCharacterBitsPlansStrongestStabilityAttributesGreat Idea Author:Robert Plant
“I have to trust that there is a force greater than me that also knows and sees this, and breathes with it and knows that it's part of a grander plan, and all the good things people do matter.” PeopleKnowsMatterForceGreaterPlansGood ThingsBreathe Author:Caroline Myss
“When people floated this idea that this was a conspiracy by the [Jeb] Bush campaign to undermine [Marco] Rubio, at first, it was like it`s too complicated, wheels within wheels but as I thought about it more I did buy that, that this is part of a campaign by Jeb to make it look like there`s no backup plan to Donald Trump, try to blow everything up and then all that will be left is Donald Trump and Jeb who nobody really likes but who has a ton of money and then he`s the only option left.” PeopleTryingFirstsLooksIdeasLeftPlansTrumpBlowComplicatedCampaignsLikesWheelsConspiracyMarcosBackupBackup Plan Author:Josh Barro
“It's just about having faith in what I wrote and following through on the plan and making sure I get the pieces the way that I need them. It's just about executing properly in production and then in post, you know, it's working [with] and trusting my editor, and then also playing the film for people and seeing how they react.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsFilmPiecesPlansSeeingProductionsFollowingPostsEditorsHave FaithFollow ThroughExecuting Author:David Robert Mitchell
“I honestly believe that once people begin to understand what's at stake here, that we have a chance here not just to make our country great, but greater than it's ever been, and we have a plan to do it, I think is going to begin to influence a lot of voters, not to mention coalesce those maybe who were with someone else first around us.” PeopleThinkingFirstsBelieveCountryChanceGreaterPlansInfluenceHonestlyOur CountryVotersStakes Author:Marco Rubio
“I've laid out a plan for how we keep people safe here at home, and I've laid out a plan of how we wage war and win by denying ISIS territory overseas. We must deny them their territory because the territory that they've conquered because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama declared victory in Iraq and against every generals advice withdrew all of our troops, leaving a vacuum, weaponry, territory for ISIS to conquer, that territory, their caliphate, is that from which they draw legitimacy, potency, credibility. We have to deny them that territory.” PeopleWarHomeWinningPlansAdviceVictorySafeDrawsClintonLeavingIraqDenyConquerBarackTerritoryTroopsCredibilityIsisVacuumsLegitimacyOur TroopsPotencyWeaponry Author:Carly Fiorina
“I was living in a loft with Dave Sitek - this loft full of people just working on their stuff. Some were painting, some were writing. Any plans you had were kind of like a plan for the next two months.” PeopleWritingKindTwoNextStuffPlansPaintingMonthsTwo MonthsDave Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“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
“Like, people are less likely to invest in their retirement when they have more options in their 401K plans than when they have fewer.” PeoplePlansRetirementFewer Author:Sheena Iyengar
“I think in a creative effort, in any creative effort, you need to, people need to be able to be taking risks and if it turns out to be a mistake, if it turns out not to have been the right choice, that should be applauded, you know, by everybody, and it will come up with another plan.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldHas BeensAbleTurnsChoicesEffortMistakeCreativePlansRiskCome UpTaking RisksRight Choices Author:Brian Henson
“Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories. Legalist ones, traditional ones and revolutionary ones. Some of them are revolutionary but are non-violent, others are extremely violent. There are also the ones we call the literalists, like the Egyptian party Hizb al-Nour that used to be against democracy and now is getting into the political game.” PeopleNeedsDifferentPoliticalUsedGamesSocialPartyDemocracyPlansViolentConfusionTraditionalUsed To BeRevolutionaryAlsCategoriesEgyptianClassificationNon ViolentTerminologyPolitical Games Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories.” PeopleNeedsDifferentPoliticalSocialPlansConfusionCategoriesClassificationTerminology Author:Tariq Ramadan
“For the other people, the babies, the young ones, I did not order them to be killed. For Son Sen and his family, yes. I feel sorry for that. That was a mistake that occurred when we put our plan into practice. I feel sorry.” PeopleFeelsYoungOrderMistakePracticePlansSonBabySorryYoung Ones Author:Pol Pot
“Number one comes freedom first for my people and equality. And this is what I plan to do after I'm through fighting - working with nothing but the people, the little people in the alleys: the downtrodden people, going out and helping them with my image.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHelpingFightingNumbersPlansGoing OutAlleysDowntrodden Author:Muhammad Ali
“That's the person I plan on being for a very long time: someone who stands up, someone who is an advocate for people, [even if it's for] something that some people think is only hair. I think it's more than just that. I want to be a spokesperson for self-love and for diversity.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantPersonsLongSelfPlansHairSelf LoveDiversityLong Time Author:Zendaya