“That's a Roman concept where the government can do anything, as long as you give the people "bread and circuses." And I'd say this culture right now is similar, as long as people have money, fun, and food, our government can do heinous, heinous things.” PeopleThinkingGivingLongGovernmentCultureFunCan DoRight NowConceptsBreadCircusBread And Circuses Author:Ian MacKaye
“I also miss the support that I had of so many people. You know I'm a very Ma and Pa operation right now, and I was used to having everything working for me. It was a similar situation when I left Anne Klein and started Donna Karan. All of a sudden I was working in my apartment and it was, "Oh my god, what am I doing?"” PeopleKnowsUsedLeftSituationSupportMissingRight NowOperationsApartment Author:Donna Karan
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“I think that extreme right wing views are not what the American people are looking for right now. They want to see us create jobs.” PeopleThinkingWantJobsViewsRight NowWingsExtremesRight Wing Author:Bernie Sanders
“I believe that God is not lost. He is in the middle with us right now. If people will take a few moments and take this journey, hope will rise up in their hearts. I believe that.” PeopleIfsBelieveHeartMomentsLostI BelieveJourneyMiddleRight Now Author:Louie Giglio
“That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.” PeopleWritingReasonLanguageRight NowReason Why Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky
“I'm certainly not saying anything new, and I'm not even saying anything all that different from what everyone else I know is saying right now - I'm saying what millions of people are saying. I'm just saying it publicly.” PeopleKnowsDifferentMillionsRight NowJust Saying Author:Marianne Williamson
“I sometimes say to people who have life-challenging illnesses: "Right now you are tempted to think that if you were physically well you would be happy. But if that were true, everybody who is physically well would be happy."” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsSometimesWould BeChallengesRight NowIllnessTempted Author:Marianne Williamson
“There are so many currency exchange rate problems that people are buying gold as a safe haven. Right now, gold looks like a safe haven if international exchange rates break down.” PeopleIfsLooksProblemBreakHavensRight NowSafeGoldRateInternationalBuyingCurrencyBreaking DownSafe HavenBuying Gold Author:Michael Hudson
“There are people like me who are not there yet, who are still the eagle flying high right now, still experiencing more in the world and growing as a result of that - and that is my journey.” PeopleWorldStillsResultsGrowingJourneyRight NowFlyingLike MeEaglesMy JourneyFlying High Author:Karan Bajaj
“The Government honoring our treaties and sovereignty is first and foremost. These issues are still the top priority which [Barak] Obama, if elected, has promised us. For us, we should implement the most impor-tant programs right now: they are programs to teach the children a positive sense of dignity, self-worth, and the importance of sustaining their culture, history, language and honor as a people.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsChildrenStillsSelfGovernmentCultureLanguageTeachIssuesHonorRight NowProgramDignityImportancePrioritiesSelf WorthSovereigntyTreatiesSustainingTop PrioritiesBarak Obama Author:Leonard Peltier
“I think it's a mistake for people to rush out to set out a timetable right now for activating article 50 ... The dust hasn't begun to settle.” PeopleThinkingMistakeRight NowDustSettlingArticlesTimetables Author:Stephen Crabb
“I'm driven by passion. I mean, I am tired right now. I work to a point of abandon. I am fueled by my understanding of the need for self-expression that exists for young people.” PeopleNeedsMeanSelfYoungPassionUnderstandingExpressionRight NowTiredDrivenAbandonSelf Expression Author:Debbie Allen
“We're going to create factory jobs for recent immigrants, and Donald Trump is going to take care of them. That's why his numbers, even right now, in this negative period, are holding pretty strong, because people want a leader that's going to make this country great again and have a strong economy.” PeopleWantCountryCareJobsStrongNumbersLeaderEconomyTrumpPeriodsRight NowNegativeTake CareImmigrantsFactoriesStrong Economy Author:Jeff Sessions
“For instance, I'm in Beverly Hills right now at a hotel. I told myself, "Man, it's so beautiful out here. If I ever moved to L.A., I would probably want to buy a house in Beverly Hills." The thing is, once I leave Beverly Hills, [I realize] there's no bodegas in Beverly Hills. Once I leave L.A. and go back to Miami or if I go visit New York, it's like, "Oh man, there's the bodega." What I'm saying is that you can't forget the reality. Sometimes people take success and forget about reality.” PeopleIfsMenWantSometimesRealityBeautifulHouseRealizingForgetNew YorkRight NowMovedInstanceHillsHotelMiamiBeverly Hills Author:DJ Khaled
“We have the greatest resource universities in the world, the only place in the world. We have the most productive workforce in the world. We have the most agile venture capitalists in the world. We have a situation where right now in the United States of America, we are near energy independent. North America is beginning to be the epicenter of energy. What is it that makes people think that this is not going to be the American century? I don't get it.” PeopleThinkingWorldStatesAmericaEnergyUnitedSituationUnited StatesCenturyRight NowResourcesIndependentUniversityProductiveCapitalistUnited States Of AmericaVenturePlaces In The WorldNorth AmericaWorkforceVenture Capitalists Author:Joe Biden
“I think part of our problem right now in the country is that people feel that nobody listens to them. And that means that they just don't trust anybody in government, anybody in politics, and anybody in the economy.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMeanCountryProblemGovernmentEconomyRight NowDon't Trust Author:Hillary Clinton
“I've got some cool features with some cool people coming out but I can't speak on it right now.” PeopleI CanSpeakRight NowFeaturesComing OutCool People Author:B.J. The Chicago Kid
“What excites me is that, when things are tough, people become resourceful, and now with the Internet, social networking and the ability for people who in the past had been relatively powerless, they have tools to be able to spread ideas and organize. The urgency is there and the tools are there and I think that the possibility for really, really powerful results is there. I think it's all brewing, it's all bubbling up right now.” PeopleThinkingIdeasAblePastSocialAbilityResultsPowerfulPossibilityInternetRight NowToughToolsSpreadOrganizePowerlessNetworkingUrgencySocial NetworkingSocial NetworkResourcefulBrewingReally Powerful Author:Shepard Fairey
“I think a lot of people in my circle are thinking that way or see the movie [Into the Forest] and then really think that way. I think it's hopefully tapping into sort of a consciousness right now in regards to our society's relationship with the environment and our own and our disconnect from it, myself included.” PeopleThinkingWayConsciousnessEnvironmentRight NowRegardCirclesForestsHopefullyOur SocietyTapping Author:Ellen Page
“I think it's a feminine energy, not necessarily men versus women, but a nurturing, mothering, loving energy. I think definitely. But I think you need a balance of both. I think right now we're just so in the extremes and people are just conditioned and given these gender assignments very early on.” PeopleThinkingMenNeedsEnergyGivenBalanceRight NowExtremesGenderFeminineVersusNurturingAssignmentsMotheringFeminine Energy Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“Afterwards, people come and say, "I felt like you said that just to me. What you said is something I'm going through right now," so you know that spiritual connection is going on.” PeopleKnowsSaidSpiritualFeltLike YouRight NowConnectionsSpiritual Connection Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Had I not worked on myself, put value in myself, I would not have the loving and supportive people that I have right now in my life, including my husband and children.” PeopleChildrenValuesRight NowHusbandIncludingMy HusbandSupportive Author:Andrea Navedo
“I think it doesn't happen overnight, that's for sure. As the first gold medalist since 1984, I think cycling needs to ride that wave right now, because people are excited.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsHappensRight NowGoldWaveExcitedCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Times change, and right now what people need is, they need to be able to send their kids to college, they need to able to buy a house.” PeopleNeedsKidsAbleHouseCollegeRight Now Author:Amy Klobuchar
“It is important to stop being critical and judging ideas as good or bad because I think if somebody doesn't have a lot of experience you worry their idea is going to be bad, it's not going to be good enough, if not going to be active enough and so you can start to think critically about people's suggestions or what they bring to it but once you get out of that and think whatever they come up with is the right thing right now and so I'm just going to build on it just makes everything so much easier and better.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantIdeasEnoughWorryJudgingEasierRight NowCome UpCriticalActiveBe GoodRight ThingGood EnoughSuggestions Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I'm a co-writer, publisher of that song ["Right Now" ], so for it to get accepted, we had to sign off on it. I signed off in a second. "You bet that anyone can use this. I don't care. You can use it for anything." If it is to inspire people in the positive sense.” PeopleIfsUseCareSongInspireRight NowDon't CareAcceptedI Don't CarePublishersSigning Off Author:Sammy Hagar
“We need people who will strictly interpret the law and not be promoting an agenda, as is the danger right now with some members of the Supreme Court.” PeopleNeedsLawDangerRight NowMembersCourtSupremeAgendasSupreme CourtPromoting Author:Greg Laurie
“If I choose this platform [The Black Arts Movement] and God validates this platform, I feel like we have to use the hyper-reality to get people closer to [actual] reality. Right now is so special because it's the information age and people just want to be aware and there's no better way of doing that than through art.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsArtUseRealityAgeBlackSpecialInformationMovementRight NowPlatformsBetter WaysHyperInformation AgeBlack Art Author:Kofi Siriboe
“We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly where we are today. Everything goes in a cycle, and right now, distribution is changing. Audiences might be kind of sick of these giant blockbuster movies with all these special effects where blue people are running around and the hero is some non-human entity. These are all great movies, but I think that there's definitely room for new voices to come out.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansKindMightRunningTodayVoiceRealizingRoomsStepsCareersAudienceHappenedSpecialEffectsHeroRight NowSickBlueGiantsCyclesBe KindEntityDistributionSpecial EffectsBlockbuster Author:Alex Stapleton
“I think as of right now, we're not hiring an individual to be a series regular and be in every episode to replace her. We're dealing with what we have, and some of it has to do with, as shows get older - I'm learning this as a new to a long lasting series - you start to have maybe some budgetary pressures over time, as people's salaries go up.” PeopleThinkingLongShowsIndividualRight NowPressureSeriesLastingEpisodesSalaryHiringLong Lasting Author:Aaron Korsh
“When you ask me who I look up to and who I can admire for their style right now, I have to choose from people that represent what I represent stylistically.” PeopleLooksI CanAsksStyleRight NowAdmireAsk MeLook Up Author:T.I.
“If you go to chefs all across America and ask them, 'What's your biggest problem right now?,' It is finding people to cook in their restaurants. They're having an enormous, countrywide problem here staffing their operations.” PeopleIfsProblemAmericaAsksRight NowFindingsEnormousCooksOperationsRestaurantsChefStaffing Author:Anthony Bourdain
“This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a huge, looming backdrop when I was coming of age and when I was a kid growing up. I think we're living in one of those times right now where, in 20 years, people will be writing and talking about it.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsStillsMomentsKidsAgeTalkingGrowing UpGrowingCrazyHugeRight NowComing Of AgeWatergateKids Growing UpBackdropLooming Author:Patterson Hood
“I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.” PeopleFeelsDarkRight NowStumbling Author:Patterson Hood
“In the meantime, we have just incredible economic disparities and economic despair in this country and an entire generation that is basically held hostage in debt without the jobs to get out of it. And this is not a world that's working for us, and the climate is going up in flames right now, and the wars are expanding, and we've got 2,000 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. This is not a good picture, and I think the American people are discovering that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWarCountryJobsGenerationsEconomicHairRight NowDespairWeaponsClimateIncrediblesDebtNuclearFlamesDiscoveringNuclear WeaponsExpandingTriggersHostageDisparity Author:Jill Stein
“Vision is a picture of a desired future; a picture of something that I don't possess right now, but it is something I want to see and experience, and something I want the people I am leading to experience.” PeopleWantVisionRight Now Author:John C. Maxwell
“America, fortunately or unfortunately, is very polarized right now. People fall into their different camps. And people are, are concerned. And they, they want to see change.” PeopleWantDifferentAmericaFallRight NowConcernedCamps Author:Robby Mook
“One of the things that's really fun to tap in with television right now is this sort of explosion, the peak TV moment that we're in, people are exploring different modes of storytelling here. But one of the exciting things here is being able to commit upfront to a big, big, big story.” PeopleDifferentMomentsStoriesBigsAbleFunTelevisionTvsRight NowExcitingCommitStorytellingExploringExplosionsExciting Things Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I think that surprisingly few people right now know much about [Buckminster] Fuller beyond the few really iconic points. He invented the geodesic dome and he coined the term "spaceship earth" and that's pretty much the extent of what people who even have heard of him know. And I'm struck by how many people have not heard of him at all.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEarthTermHeardRight NowIconicSpaceshipsDomesBuckminster Fuller Author:Jonathon Keats
“They're mounting a campaign right now with the ACLU and a lot of different organizations advocating for [Edward Snoden] pardoning before [Barack] Obama leaves office. Wouldn't it be incredible to see something like that happen? I don't know what we can expect. I am interested in the different points and perspectives that people have.” PeopleKnowsDifferentHappensPerspectiveRight NowOfficeOrganizationIncrediblesCampaignsBarackAdvocating Author:Zachary Quinto
“How many more people right now feel connected to Mumbai because of Slumdog Millionaire, or suddenly are interested in the plight of orphans on Mumbai after seeing that film? The same thing with the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.” PeopleFeelsFilmSunSeeingRight NowThousandConnectedRunnersSplendidMillionaireOrphanKitesPlightMumbaiSlumdog MillionaireThousand Splendid Suns Author:Khaled Hosseini
“There's a big thing right now with people using stand-up as a scapegoat. People think comedians have the power to change someone in an hour. If we had that ability, the art would not be legal. It would too dangerous.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtBigsHoursAbilityDangerousRight NowComedianBig ThingsScapegoatPower To Change Author:Bill Burr
“If right now, culture's so divisive, it just leaves these millions of people like me out.” PeopleIfsCultureMillionsRight NowLike Me Author:M.I.A.
“Advertising just keeps getting heavier and heavier and heavier. It doesn't have any natural limit, and we haven't found the place for the limit. And I think it's really important, therefore, that some of the revolts that are undergoing right now, you know, whether it's ad blockers or other things, are people trying to set some lines so that we say, you know, this far but no further. And this is where it ends.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingImportantEndsFoundNaturalLinesHavensRight NowLimitsAdvertisingAdsRevolt Author:Tim Wu
“A novel is a way to rethink and rewrite and re-envision the past, and also a way to speak to people who haven't been born yet about what we think about right now.” PeopleThinkingWayPastSpeakBornNovelHavensRight Now Author:Emily Barton
“I think we're at a really unique moment right now because the American people are waking up to the fact that it is a race to the bottom between these two corporate parties that are sending jobs overseas, putting downward pressure on wages, starving people out of healthcare, locking an entire generation into unpayable predatory student loan debt.” PeopleThinkingTwoMomentsFactsJobsPartyRaceGenerationsStudentsRight NowUniqueWake UpPressureBottomDebtCorporateWakingHealthcareWagesLoanStarvingPredatoryStudent Loan Author:Jill Stein
“We could solve this problem of a divided vote, or an unintended consequence of your vote, to a voting system which uses your name, where I am right now, they've got it on the ballot for a statewide referendum which enables people to.” PeopleUseProblemNamesRight NowConsequenceVoteSolveVotingDividedBallotsReferendumsUnintended Consequences Author:Jill Stein
“Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter, or gender doesn't matter, but it means that right now in many people's lives, in the lives of my own family members, people are losing jobs, insurance.” PeopleMeanMatterJobsMy OwnRaceSituationClassEconomicRight NowMembersLosingGenderFamily Members Author:Bell Hooks
“I would have people send me shoes and I had 40 pairs and none would fit in the dorm room. People would come by and be like, "Yo, I've been looking for these shoes." I was like, "I'll sell them to you for $300 right now." I'd sell them, save up $4,000 to $5,000, go to the mall and just buy a bunch of new stuff.” PeopleStuffRoomsFitRight NowSellsShoesBunchPairsMallsNew StuffDormsDorm Rooms Author:Iman Shumpert