“I know that we do not know enough. We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.” KnowsEnoughRealityOrderUnderstandingReadyHigherRelease Author:Nhat Hanh
“I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.” ShouldBelieveI BelieveStyleIdentityReadyPhotographerPassionateDetermined Author:Michael Kenna
“[Jew] didn't believe anything good could come out of a Jewish study. So, what has happened is anti-Semitism has cost the Jews their lives and their property. It's also cost the Christians the ability to read the old gospels, which are deeply, deeply Jewish, and to bring that out is a pretty exciting thing. I'm having a wonderful time with that. I'm just not near ready to do much with it.” BelieveChristianAbilityStudyWonderfulHappenedReadyCostExcitingPropertyJewAnti SemitismExciting ThingsWonderful Times Author:John Shelby Spong
“I've seen a lot of highlights of Steve Kerr knocking down the big shots ... when a legend, Michael Jordan, trusted his teammate and passed it to him. He might have played two minutes, but he was ready to knock down the big shot.” TwoBigsMightMinutesReadyShotsLegendsTrustedTeammateJordanKnockingHighlightsBig Shots Author:John Wall
“I think it's something that we said collectively, in terms of the fact that we was getting ready to face probably the biggest storms of our life, and we had to stand strong for what we believe in and carry on the legacy we just laid down for society.” ThinkingBelieveSaidFactsFacesStrongTermOur LivesReadyStormLegacyStand Strong Author:John Carlos
“The government did a lot of things to us in terms of sending pictures to my house. If I had to go to a school to give a speech and the sorority wanted to sign a song, they would send [a person] to my house and tell my wife that I had sex with this woman or that woman.It got to the point where my wife didn't know what to believe anymore, and the fact that I didn't have a job, I couldn't support my bills, the fact that I was getting ready to go through maybe a mental setback in terms of depression, we just had a tremendous amount of things on us.” IfsKnowsGivingBelievePersonsFactsGovernmentWantedSchoolJobsSongHouseSexTermSupportWifeReadyAmountSpeechBillsMy WifeSetbackSorority Author:John Carlos
“We need to have an education system in New Jersey and all over the country that makes all of our kids, either college or career ready. It should be their choice. I mean, every kid doesn't want to go to college. But I think we should aspire to let every child reach his maximum or her maximum potential.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldMeanChildrenCountryKidsChoicesCareersCollegeReadyAspireMaximumJerseyEducation SystemNew JerseyMaximum Potential Author:Chris Christie
“I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me.” PeoplePlayHouseReadyAlbumsKill Me Author:Carolyn See
“I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usually takes about a year of sort of dicking around before I start up. I write a review or little magazine pieces and touring with the other book. But mainly it's just you're not ready, I'm not ready to start another. You're just not up for it.” WritingYearsLittlesBookReasonPiecesFourReadyCoupleMagazinesReviewsFour YearsPublishTouringNot Ready Author:Carolyn See
“We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people.” PeopleWayCountryCoursesInterestAchieveReadyConsiderationStabilitySyria Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Regarding fighting terrorism, we are ready to cooperate with anyone in this world with no conditions. That's crux of our policy, not today, not yesterday; for years, even before the war on Syria, we always said that.” WorldYearsSaidWarTodayFightingConditionsPolicyThis WorldReadyTerrorismYesterdaySyriaCruxFighting Terrorism Author:Bashar al-Assad
“You need to know everything. You both need to be comfortable with sharing everything. If you can't you are NOT ready to get married.” IfsKnowsNeedsReadyComfortableMarriedNot Ready Author:Michelle Singletary
“I think the Americans are ready to play, they want to beat us. I think that players like Chris Chelios and his leadership over there goes a long way.” ThinkingWayWantLongPlayPlayerReadyBeatsLong Way Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I know there are other writers who sit down religiously every morning, they take their espresso, they put a clean sheet of paper there and they sit looking at that paper until they've finished or covered at least a number of those pages. No, I'm not like that. I have to be ready. It has to gestate it for quite a while and then it's ready to burst forth.” KnowsNumbersMorningReadyPaperPagesCleanFinishedCoveredEvery MorningSheetsEspresso Author:Wole Soyinka
“Of course I've enjoyed having the Nobel Prize, the prestige that goes along with it, the money that came with it in particular. I was the typical, still am to some extent, impecunious writer, just struggling to make ends meet, so that, nobody's going to deny that at all. In fact, if they want to give it to me a second time, I'm standing by, ready to receive it, but it's a problem, it's a real problem and then expectations and then you have monsters like Sani Abacha who come up from time to time and who would have died a happy man if he'd succeeded in hanging a Nobel Laureate for literature.” IfsMenWantGivingStillsRealEndsFactsProblemCoursesLiteratureStruggleParticularReadyExpectationsStandingDiedCome UpDenyMonstersEnjoyedPrizeTypicalNobelPrestigeReal ProblemsNobel PrizeHappy Man Author:Wole Soyinka
“Death is inevitable from the perspective that, if you're done here on earth, you have completed what is necessary to have been done here and you are now ready to further the discovery/growth of self which occur in the dimensions - it's time to go.” IfsHas BeensSelfDoneEarthGrowthReadyPerspectiveDiscoveryInevitableDimensions Author:Timothy Treadwell
“The medical profession [in Egypt] is also very commercial. Health is not given to the poor. You know, if you have money, you have medical care; if you do not, then you are in trouble. I was not ready at all to build my economic security on the diseases of people, on suffering, especially of women and children. So, in a way, I rebelled against it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayChildrenCareSufferingGivenPoorTroubleEconomicSecurityReadyDiseaseProfessionMedicalEgyptNot ReadyMedical ProfessionMedical CareEconomic Security Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.” WayMindLongEnoughTruthReadyRoutesExitPausing Author:Elizabeth Kenny
“Had I had another year, I think I would've beaten [ Harry Carpenter] - and Larry Holmes even said that himself; that if I'd had another year to get ready I'd have beaten him. Me and he are good friends today though, and that fight was a great moment for me. I lost, but then I had to move on and get on with my life.” IfsThinkingYearsSaidMomentsTodayMovingFightingLostReadyGood FriendBeatenLarryHolmesCarpenterGreat MomentsAnother Year Author:Gerry Cooney
“There's a whole chapter about my unfortunate manscaping accident. I was so focused on, "I've got to look this certain way and do this to be ready for this." So I missed out on a lot.” WayLooksWholeCertainReadyFocusedAccidentsChaptersUnfortunate Author:Zach Anner
“Getting ready for a global pandemic is every bit as important as nuclear deterrence and avoiding a climate catastrophe.” ImportantBitsReadyClimateNuclearAvoidingCatastrophePandemicsDeterrenceNuclear Deterrence Author:Bill Gates
“It's the reason why so many people left Britain like I did in the mid 60s because Britain was exactly the same then as America is today, getting ready to redistribute social wealth and it didn't work. You've seen that in places like Greece, Portugal, Iceland, Ireland where the entire country's business has collapsed, gone bankrupt. That's where America is heading.” PeopleCountryReasonTodayAmericaLeftSocialWealthGoneReadyReason WhyBritainIrelandGreeceHeadingsPortugalIceland Author:Robin Leach
“All the girls look good in college; I mean they're young, they're ready, they're single, they just wanna have fun.” LooksMeanYoungGirlFunCollegeReadyHaving Fun Author:Tyga
“Study your craft, first. Then explore the business side. If you can commit to mastering both, then you're ready to pursue acting as a living. I really want people to understand that you can't take shortcuts.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsSidesActingStudyReadyCommitPursueCraftsShortcuts Author:Michael Ealy
“I think you should do rehearsal and work at it, but when the camera rolls, you should be ready. Try to make it good the first time.” ThinkingShouldTryingFirstsReadyFirst TimeCamerasRehearsal Author:Oliver Stone
“Physically I feel pretty good; that's the main key, is just making sure your body is ready to play every night since you play so many games and I feel like I'm there.” FeelsPlayBodyNightGamesReadyKeysYour BodyEvery Night Author:Stephen Curry
“I don't believe [Africa] is ready to shift - and she needs to shift. So she needs to get the technology and she can only get that technology from the developed world.” WorldNeedsBelieveTechnologyReadyDon't Believe Author:Wangari Maathai
“The greatest thing to me about Obama is not the individual, it does not have to do with Obama himself - it's really about the people who have elected Obama. It demonstrates that people are ready for change, and I think Obama knows that, because he really came up from the people, the young generation especially. He motivated a lot of African Americans who never voted before to go and vote.” PeopleThinkingKnowsDoeYoungIndividualGenerationsReadyVoteAfrican AmericanMotivatedYoung GenerationReady For Change Author:Damian Marley
“But that we shall be better and braver and less helpless if we think that we ought to enquire, than we should have been if we indulged in the idle fancy that there was no knowing and no use in seeking to know what we do not know; - that is a theme upon which I am ready to fight, in word and deed, to the utmost of my power.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldHas BeensUseFightingKnowingReadyOughtShould HaveSeekingDeedsFancyThemeHelplessIdleShould Have Been Author:Plato
“If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other's side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this.” IfsWorldWayShouldMadeStatesWould BeDiesFightingSidesCitiesMankindReadyArmsLoversThousandOvercomingArmyMereEndurePostsBelovedHonourThrowingGovernorsHandfulReady To DieThrowing AwayDishonourAbstaining Book:Symposium Source: Symposium
“Palestinians want a state of their own. They want to live in freedom. They want to get rid of the terrible misery in which they are living. They are ready after fifty years to accept a state of their own in 22 percent of what used to be the country of Palestine. I think it is the height of stupidity on our part if we don't grasp this opportunity.” IfsThinkingWantYearsCountryStatesUsedOpportunityAcceptingReadyTerriblePercentMiseryStupidityUsed To BeHeightFiftyPalestinianPalestine Author:Uri Avnery
“We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here. They've gone to school here. They don't know anything other than being American kids. But their parents may have brought them here without all the proper paperwork - might have brought them here when they were three, might have brought them here when they were five. And so, lo and behold, by the time they finish school, and they're ready to go to college, they find out they can't go to college and, in fact, their status as Americans are threatened.” PeopleKnowsMayCountryFactsMightKidsSchoolYoungPurposeThreeParentGoneFiveGroupsCollegeReadyGrewGrew UpPracticalsThreatenedPaperwork Author:Barack Obama
“The Second Amendment has a preamble about the need for a militia. Because there is a need for a militia to be at the ready, therefore the right to keep and bear arms must be secured.” NeedsReadyArmsBearsAmendmentsSecond AmendmentSecuredMilitiaPreamble Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“It's very different - the European way of working and the American way of working. There are two sides for each of them. In Italy, or France, we take it very slow. For example, we would have a lunch break of an hour or more. Just sitting down at the table, chitchatting. In America, it's like, "Grab your sandwich, we're ready to shoot in 10 minutes." But at the same time, everything works so much better in America. It's more efficient, so it's easier to bring the results home faster.” WayTwoDifferentHomeAmericaSidesHoursResultsBreakMinutesExampleReadyEasierSittingTablesFranceFasterLunchEfficientSandwichesTwo SidesSitting DownLunch Break Author:Bianca Balti
“I try to find some sort of meditative hobby to do on set, and it's different for every film. There's a lot of downtime, but I don't like reading on set because it feels like you're taking yourself out of your world, instead of being present. And then, you feel like you're not ready to do whatever you have to do.” WorldFeelsTryingDifferentFilmReadingReadyLike YouHobbiesNot ReadyDowntime Author:Brie Larson
“We're in a different time right now, and I think we're ready to see a different type of female hero.” ThinkingDifferentReadyTypeHeroRight NowFemaleDifferent Times Author:Brie Larson
“I remember it made me feel better because so many of my friends at school. Were doing that stuff and doing that stuff on sleep overs. But I just didn't feel ready. It wasn't like I had any judgment of it being two women. It would have scared me as much if not more. I was like a three month period in which all the words sleep over was code for was "let's get together and touch each other's vaginas." and I was. Haunted. And I remember going home and feeling like I couldn't tell my mother even though she would've understood and probably laughed.” IfsFeelsMadeTwoFeelingsHomeSchoolTogetherRememberMotherThreeStuffSleepReadyMonthsPeriodsJudgmentUnderstoodMy FriendsScaredCodeLaughedFeel BetterGet TogetherThree MonthsGoing Home Author:Lena Dunham
“We get 80 years, maybe at the most 100. Trillions of years in eternity. This life is preparation for the next. This is the warm-up back, this is the dress rehearsal, this is the get ready, this is the first lap around the track before the real race begins because it is in eternity.” YearsFirstsRealLife IsNextRaceReadyEternityDressesTrackWarmThis LifePreparationLapRehearsal Author:Rick Warren
“I've often said why does God leave us here on earth, once we accept Christ, once we're in the family, why didn't he just kill us. Why leave us here? Well, because he's working on our character through these trials, these tribulations, we're learning to practice what we're going to do in heaven. So really, the kingdom mindset is actually the eternal mindset. It's not just about eternal life. Eternal life is getting ready for that.” WellsDoeSaidCharacterEarthLife IsHeavenChristAcceptingPracticeReadyEternalMindsetTrialsKingdomsEternal LifeTribulation Author:Rick Warren
“I don't think you can erase memory, you can just bury it, and when we're ready to process old traumas they can reveal themselves in unique ways.” ThinkingWayProcessMemoriesReadyUniqueTraumaErase Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“For morning news, people want to know as they are getting dressed, as they are getting ready to leave [for work], "what has happened in the world overnight?" Morning news is a sure-fire way to find out what that is. I personally love and celebrate the fact that you can go to bed and the world is one way and you wake up and it's totally different.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantDifferentFactsMorningFireHappenedReadyBedNewsWake UpCelebrateOne WayGetting DressedReady To Leave Author:Gayle King
“The best thing I can do is work hard, be ready to train every day, do my best for Torino, do my best when I represent my country and then hopefully the rest will take care of itself.” I CanCountryHardCareCan DoReadyHard WorkTrainTake CareHopefullyBest Things Author:Joe Hart
“Even those who make mistakes, we must try to help them. But we can only help them if they are ready to be helped.” IfsTryingHelpingMistakeReadyMaking Mistakes Author:Julius Malema
“Always find different ways to accomplish the mission. Then run a counter-analysis and list the advantages and disadvantages. When you have done that, you are ready to make a decision.” WayDifferentDoneRunningDecisionReadyAdvantageAccomplishMissionsListsAnalysisDifferent WaysDisadvantagesAdvantages And Disadvantages Author:Colin Powell
“Being in the flow of play, always follow the puck and be set early. It's something you don't think about because you think you have all those little things mastered when you get to [the NHL]. It comes back to being ready for any shot, no matter where it is from the [centre] red line in, and always having your stick on the ice. It's a subtle difference that makes you feel so involved in the game and it's really helped me.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesMatterPlayGamesDifferencesLinesReadyInvolvedShotsRedFlowSticksIceSubtleLittle ThingsCentreNhlPuckRed Lines Author:Jake Allen
“With certain projects, there are delays, and with others, things come together very quickly. It can be frustrating but it's not uncommon, and you just have to keep a lot of things juggling and hoping all of these projects will go when all the pieces fall into place. You just have to be ready for whatever catches fire.” TogetherCertainFallFirePiecesReadyProjectsDelayFrustratingUncommonJugglingFall Into Place Author:Barbara Crampton
“People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.” PeopleSportsPartySawsReadyAlternativesNot Ready Author:Imran Khan
“As a global society we are performing a great experiment on ourselves. Half of the world population wants to race faster into the future. Go visit China and India. They're ready to go. And half of the world wants to drag us into the past. The problem is both sides have guns. I think there really is a reaction. A lot of people are saying enough is enough.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantEnoughProblemPastSidesRaceHalfReadyGunIndiaPopulationChinaExperimentsReactionsFasterPerformingDragBoth SidesEnough Is EnoughWorld PopulationChina And India Author:Paul Saffo
“I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.” IfsThinkingLooksAudienceEconomyIssuesReadyBritishDebateScalesPullingGlobal EconomyInterconnectednessLarge ScaleShutters Author:George Osborne
“I loved all books that I could read, and I never knew if I was ready for it until I tried to read it, so I tried to read everything.” IfsBookReady Author:Neil Gaiman