“You look at the Middle East, you started the Iran deal, that's another beauty where you have a country that was ready to fall, I mean, they were doing so badly. They were choking on the sanctions. And now they're going to be actually probably a major power at some point pretty soon, the way they're going.” WayLooksMeanCountryFallDealsMiddleReadyMajorsEastIranMiddle EastSanctionsChoke Author:Lester Holt
“Ultimately your job as an actor is to perform however you're being asked to perform and there's many different procedures as an actor that you're going to run into that you should be prepared for and be ready to go to work and do the best you can and give the director the best thing you can to hopefully give him things on that day that could be shot preserved and out into a canned, then when they go into the editing room that's where a movie's made.” GivingShouldMadeDifferentRunningJobsActorsRoomsReadyDirectorsShotsPreparedHopefullyBest ThingsEditingBe PreparedDo The BestProcedures Author:Kurt Russell
“You decide if you're ready for something. It can come in the guise of, "Oh, I don't think I like this."” IfsThinkingReadyGuise Author:Regina Spektor
“Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on "Independence Day"] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good story that excites us both, and we have the story written. And we've had it for a year and a half, two years. So we've been ready.” YearsSaidTwoStoriesHalfWrittenReadyIndependencePartnersTwo YearsGood StoryDeanIndependence Day Author:Roland Emmerich
“As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can't get every guy ready every night, you're going to struggle.” IfsNightGuyGamesResponsibilityStruggleFocusPlayerReadyPagesCoachesEvery Night Author:Wayne Gretzky
“We live in a new time and a new place, and people have to begin to be ready for the kind of oversight that the public is demanding.” PeopleKindReadyNew PlacesOversight Author:Ras Baraka
“It's in Macbeth: "The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon." I seldom have occasion to pull it out, but it's ready and waiting!” WaitingBlackReadyDevilTheeOccasionsDamnCream Author:Margaret Atwood
“I have a cousin, a second cousin, who lives in L.A., and she was with me while I was getting ready. She was talking about her father and his brothers. And I remember my mother's tales of how competitive they were with each other and how they would play for blood, you know. And I thought - I'm an only child, and I don't know what that's like. I have to figure out the Southern thing.” KnowsChildrenPlayRememberMotherFatherTalkingBloodFiguresReadyBrotherTalesSouthernCousinOnly Child Author:Cynthia Nixon
“The sensible thing for everyone to do would be to write all their op-eds and think pieces now so they're ready the day after the election when [Donald] Trump is no longer in the picture. God, I can't wait for that. I hope he just goes away.” ThinkingWritingI CanWould BeWaitingPiecesReadyTrumpElectionSensible Author:Dylan Moran
“I have some weak poems in that new collection, which is why I'm not ready to send the collection out yet.” ReadyWeakCollectionsNot Ready Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I tried to put direct to consumer through a wholesales channel - the industry was just not ready to adapt and change. The other issue I had was with Jimmy Choo.” IssuesReadyIndustryDirectConsumersJimmyNot ReadyJimmy Choo Author:Tamara Mellon
“As is the case with that generation [Millennials], they look like they're interested and all fired up and ready to go, and then Election Day comes.” LooksCasesGenerationsReadyElectionElection DayMillennialsFired Up Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think the hardest one had to do with suffering. It had to do with all of our church members and friends passing through difficult times. Sometimes it's the global climate: tsunamis, earthquakes, radiation. I think these kinds of questions are absolutely the most difficult, yet we need to be ready to respond to them because we have to be able as pastors to walk people through these valleys, these tough times in their lives.” PeopleThinkingNeedsKindSometimesAbleSufferingDifficultChurchWalksReadyMembersToughClimatePassingHardestPassingsValleysRadiationPastorDifficult TimesTough TimesEarthquakesPassing ThroughTsunamiChurch Members Author:Max Lucado
“When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page next to the article. You can look at it or not. You can turn the page when you're ready. On the internet, the ads - many of the ads - just are so controlling. They insist that you see them.” LooksKindTurnsReadingNextSeeingReadyInternetPagesNewspapersArticlesAds Author:Terry Gross
“When you look around the room during meetings and practice, you see that everyone has the same goal. It's obvious by the way that everyone is preparing and getting ready.” WayLooksGoalRoomsPracticeReadyMeetingsObviousPreparing Author:Eric Kendricks
“It doesn't matter where the ball is or what the situation is. I can look around to the guys on my left and right, and know that they are ready to go.” KnowsLooksI CanMatterGuyLeftSituationReadyBallsLeft And Right Author:Eric Kendricks
“I think most Americans are ready for waging peace and not just brutalizing our foreign policy which is boomeranging against us.” ThinkingPolicyReadyForeign Policy Author:Ralph Nader
“I want to be done, and actually, go "I had a good run. No regrets. I'm ready to step aside."” WantDoneRunningStepsReadyRegretNo Regrets Author:Bryan Cranston
“When you're looking at a sea of people there ready for a band, it is an unbelievable feeling. You've just got to seize the moment and put on the best show you can and make sure everybody's having a good time by the end of it.” PeopleEndsMomentsShowsFeelingsSeaReadyBandGood TimesUnbelievableHaving A Good TimeSeize The Moment Author:Caleb Shomo
“Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.” PlayTermReadyVictimUpset Author:Indira Gandhi
“Everyone is ready to receive this new blueprint. It's simple, easy, flowing. Nothing too complicated, and everyone will feel at home being able to come in and just receive this energy.” FeelsHomeAbleEnergyEasySimpleReadyComplicatedBlueprints Author:Christine McCormick Day
“There really is not any difference between any of us, because we're only talking about the difference of one moment in time between remembering. We can't judge what's right for each individual, because each person will get what they are ready for within the moment that are presented during that timeline process.” PersonsMomentsRememberIndividualProcessDifferencesTalkingReadyJudgingMoments In TimeTimelines Author:Christine McCormick Day
“There is a tremendous acceleration and many of us will be moving dimensionally - through that sixth, seventh, dimensional element that will be here for those of us who are ready to engage with our galactic and universal neighbors.” MovingReadyElementsUniversalNeighborAcceleration Author:Christine McCormick Day
“Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts, or poetry, a lot of those elements can come and help you, can trigger your creativity. But you have to be open, be aware, and you have to be ready to look.” LooksArtHelpingUseCreativityReadyMaterialsLike YouElementsToolsPerformingVisualsTriggersVisual ArtPerforming Arts Author:Chath Piersath
“I think that 99% of the snipers who take shots at me from electronic foxholes also realize they could never withstand the sort of public disparagement, nor the revelation of so many personal details, that I've endured for years and still remain as impenitent, obnoxious, and ready to argue all critics into the dirt as I am. I think this also jacks up their hatred level, because they realize they'd never be so strong-willed.” ThinkingYearsStillsStrongRealizingLevelsReadyShotsHatredCriticsDetailsArguingRevelationsDirtObnoxiousStrong WilledSnipersFoxholes Author:Jim Goad
“I said I was ready to die recently, and I think I was exaggerating.That declaration of readiness, no matter what the outcome, that's a part of everyone's soul.” ThinkingSaidSoulMatterDiesReadyNo Matter WhatOutcomesDeclarationReadinessExaggeratingReady To Die Author:Leonard Cohen
“The bottom line is that I have a job to do to help get the new administration ready. If there's some role for me that I want to do and the president-elect wants me to do - we've known each other 14 years. We'll talk about it.” IfsWantYearsHelpingJobsPresidentLinesKnownRolesReadyBottomAdministrationWant MeBottom Line Author:Chris Christie
“If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball.” IfsPlayGamesReadyBallsRehearsalAcesGame Time Author:Phife Dawg
“I'm really proud of the album. It's something I always wanted to do but I had to wait until I was ready. Shakespeare is a culmination of eight years of stand up experience and joke writing. I recorded two shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. The crowds were great and that's what really makes an album.” WritingYearsTwoShowsWantedWaitingNew YorkReadyProudCitizensJokesAlbumsCrowdsEightTheatreCulmination Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Here in Havana where families make about $20 a month, fewer than 5 percent have Internet in their homes, they are prepared. But it's hard to predict how sweeping this change will be, if the people of Cuba are even ready for it.” PeopleIfsHardHomeReadyMonthsInternetPercentPreparedFewerCubaSweepingHavana Author:David Muir
“All I want to say is that anybody, well, from the Democratic side of the fence who thinks that - who's terrified of the possibility of President [Donald] Trump better vote, better get active, better get involved, because this man has got some momentum and we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the Republican ticket.” ThinkingMenWantWellsFactsMightSidesPresidentPossibilityReadyTrumpInvolvedRepublicanVoteDemocraticActiveTicketsTerrifiedFenceGet InvolvedMomentum Author:Keith Ellison
“I think any time you're at the end of a trip you're usually pretty ready to come home and start working regularly again.” ThinkingEndsHomeReadyComing Home Author:G-Eazy
“I was living in New York, so I just rode my motorcycle up to the set [of New Jack City]. So first day of work for me was kind of tough. I get ready to get off my bike, and I'm surrounded by the security guards, who were Louis Farrakhan's Nation Of Islam guys. Who had the double-breasted suits and guns. And this guy goes, "Where you goin'?" And I said, "I'm here to work." And they said, "No you're not." And I said, "Yeah. I'm here to work on the movie." And they said, "No you're not. Get on your bike."” FirstsKindSaidGuyNationsCitiesSecurityNew YorkReadyGunToughYeahIslamSuitsThey SaidBikeThis GuyMotorcycleSecurity GuardsNation Of Islam Author:Judd Nelson
“We were so ready [with Valerian] that we were early, which is unheard of in the history of the sci-fi film.” FilmReadySci FiUnheardSci Fi Film Author:Luc Besson
“When I got sick this past summer, I couldn't - my mind just wasn't on music. The rest of the band understood. But once October came, I felt ready to get back again.” MindPastFeltReadyBandSummerUnderstoodSickGet BackOctoberBack Again Author:Sharon Jones
“I haven't lost my innocence particularly. I'm always ready to pretend I haven't. Yeah, it is a shame in a way.” WayLostHavensReadyShameYeahInnocence Author:Robert Plant
“Hillary Clinton's ready to pick a fight with Putin. So are the Republicans.” FightingReadyRepublicanPicksClintonPutin Author:Ralph Nader
“Hillary Clinton's ready to pivot to Asia and provoke China. So are the Republicans. It's on domestic issues that there will be a gridlock.” IssuesReadyRepublicanClintonChinaProvokingAsiaGridlock Author:Ralph Nader
“We're not going to get into how many deals I've had. I don't think there is a label that I was signed to that we didn't deliver an album. Every time the album got ready to be mixed and mastered, it was always a situation. That's neither here nor there, because Tony Sunshine is a different guy now, a different entity.” ThinkingDifferentGuyDealsSituationReadyAlbumsLabelsSunshineEntityDifferent Guys Author:Tony Sunshine
“You know, you're doing the same show every day, and your inspiration, you have to look no further than the fact that you know people travel across the country to see you. In a lot of cases, this is that audience's only chance to see the thing, and so, that's what gets you up in the morning, and that's what gets you giving your best performance on stage, is the awareness that this audience is ready for it, and here to have an experience, and so in turn are you.” PeopleKnowsGivingLooksCountryFactsShowsInspirationTurnsChanceMorningCasesAudienceStageAwarenessReadyPerformancesBest Performance Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“In my Deep Listening class at RPI, I always do an hour of energy exercises to start with. Then we do a listening meditation after that, after the body has been loosened up and warmed up and is ready. We do the listening. After that, there's the journaling of the experience, which they do each time throughout the semester to the point that I have them write a final paper on what they've experienced.” WritingHas BeensBodyEnergyHoursClassMeditationReadyListeningExercisePaperFinalsJournalingSemesterDeep Listening Author:Pauline Oliveros
“In the months after George W. Bush's reelection, a lot of liberals and environmentalists were ready to take a hard look at their political agenda, the Democratic Party, and the interest groups they supported.” LooksHardPoliticalInterestPartyGroupsReadyMonthsDemocraticAgendasDemocratic PartyEnvironmentalistInterest GroupsPolitical AgendasReelection Author:Ted Nordhaus
“I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script.” IfsMeanCertainLevelsDealsReadyProjectsAspectScriptsNot Ready Author:Octavia Spencer
“I always came away thinking "I'd like to see her more," you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought - Bette [Midler]. So we called her.” ThinkingKnowsReadyCastsGuidanceNow And ThenParentalParental Guidance Author:Billy Crystal
“It's very important to face the grief, face the anger, and then get into a place where you are ready to fight because if you go back to the history of the United States of America, our Founders said we're giving you a Republic if you can keep it, and they also said we have a Constitution and we're going to form a more perfect union.” IfsGivingSaidImportantStatesAmericaFacesFormFightingPerfectUnitedGriefUnited StatesReadyConstitutionUnionsWhere You AreRepublicFoundersUnited States Of America Author:Barbara Boxer
“I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.” AmericaFightingGriefReadyWorth Fighting For Author:Barbara Boxer
“We flipped over 200 counties that President [Barack] Obama won and Donald Trump just won, you [Jennifer Palmieri] think that's because of what you just said or because people aren't ready for a woman president?” PeopleThinkingSaidPresidentReadyTrumpBarackCountyPresident Barack ObamaJenniferFlipped Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.” MenWellsFallWhiteKnowingReadyDestroyedTemplesWhite ManRubbleSamson Author:Malcolm X