“Secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist.” PeopleKindPoliticalStuffGenerationsGrewWalkingRight NowKissingGrew UpTiredAssAll KindsRacistPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessPussyAccusingGetting TiredEggshellsWalking On Eggshells Author:Clint Eastwood
“In Liberia, the big challenge that remains for us is job creation. We want young people to work or go to school. That is our main preoccupation right now.” PeopleWantBigsSchoolJobsYoungChallengesCreationRight NowRemainsPreoccupationJob CreationBig Challenges Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“There's probably never been a more important time for mayors in America than there is right now in this country, because the people who are being targeted, and the fear that's happening out there, those people live in our cities.” PeopleImportantCountryAmericaCitiesRight NowHappeningsMayors Author:Marty Walsh
“I think that right now, the global political crisis that we see all over the place has to do with virulent nostalgia. Everywhere, people are talking about taking us back to the good old days. Whether that's the "caliphate," or Britain before the EU, or "Make America Great Again." But, we can't go back and many people wouldn't want to go back even if we could.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantAmericaPoliticalTalkingRight NowCrisisNostalgiaBritainOld DaysGood Old Days Author:Mohsin Hamid
“When I first got money, I went through it like everybody else, because I didn't know. But, right now, I've educated myself and placed smart people around me. I surrounded myself with people who not only are intelligent and effective about finances, taxes, and money management, but they (also) love me.” PeopleKnowsFirstsRight NowTaxesSmartIntelligentManagementFinanceEducatedSmart PeopleMoney Management Author:Steve Harvey
“The reality of the world we live in is that people sometimes aren't interested in many circumstances; no matter how much young radicals yell at them, that isn't what they want to do right now.” PeopleWorldWantSometimesMatterRealityYoungCircumstancesRight NowRadical Author:Gar Alperovitz
“I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.” PeopleThinkingFunRight NowBeatsSingingHip HopHipsHops Author:Wiz Khalifa
“To me the smart thing that governments in the Middle East would be doing right now is taking their oil and gas fountain - and the smartest ones are to some degree - and making sure they're investing in their people to unlock their potential - men and women.” PeopleMenGovernmentWould BeMiddleRight NowDegreesSmartMen And WomenInvestingOilEastGasMiddle EastFountainDoing RightOil And Gas Author:Thomas Friedman
“Palestinians have been banned since forever. And nobody - and it's an unhuman act, and it's a - for me, it's a crime issue. So, nobody has punished Israel ever since they were banning Palestinians. And so, Israel right now feels the power that they can just move on with it, and now they are trying to ban other people that are not Palestinians.” PeopleFeelsTryingHas BeensMovingForeverIssuesCrimeRight NowIsraelPalestinianBansBannedJust Move On Author:Tamer Nafar
“You are in the depths of despair because you locked in on something or someone that didn't belong to you. I've met many people who have lost everything, especially in these times. People who survive devastating loss have the ability to let go of what they were doing, how much they were earning, and what they feel they are entitled to right now. They may well return to their former status, but their immediate task is to assess their skills and show resilience moving forward.” PeopleFeelsWellsMayShowsMovingLostLossAbilityReturnMetsRight NowSkillsLetting GoDespairTasksDepthResilienceMoving ForwardFormerLockedEntitledEarningLost EverythingDevastating Loss Author:Caroline Myss
“I started as a community organizer. Every one of my campaigns was premised on getting new people involved. And if there's a theme in my public career it's that if ordinary people get involved then good things happen. So I want to see the Democratic Party move in that direction. And what that means is that we aren't just micro-targeting to eke out presidential victories; it means that we're showing up in places where right now we're not winning a lot.” PeopleIfsWantMeanHappensMovingWinningCommunityPartyCareersVictoryInvolvedRight NowOrdinaryGood ThingsDemocraticCampaignsThings HappenPresidentialThemeOrdinary PeopleGet InvolvedDemocratic PartyShowing UpOrganizer Author:Barack Obama
“It's hard to anticipate. I can tell you what I'm feeling right now is that I'm busier than I expected these last two weeks. A great deal of emotion around the people that I've worked with and the gratitude I feel for the sacrifices they've made on behalf of the American people, but also on behalf of me personally.” PeopleFeelsMadeI CanTwoHardFeelingsLastsDealsEmotionSacrificeWeekGratitudeRight NowExpectedBehalfAnticipateTwo WeeksBusier Author:Barack Obama
“You can't underestimate the sickness of the American people right now. They're really sick. And, that's, I'm more angry at the sick Americans than I am at Obama or Hillary Clinton. I'm really angry at the sick Americans.” PeopleRight NowSickAngryClintonSicknessUnderestimate Author:Matt Drudge
“You can't just have a good voice. You need a great voice, song, performance and video. When people see you, it all has to match up. There's a lot of missing parts in R&B right now. That's why it's not selling right now. Things that are irresistible, people will pay for it.” PeopleNeedsSongVoicePayMissingRight NowPerformancesVideoSellingIrresistibleGreat Voice Author:Sean Garrett
“I've discovered that, in order for life to go on, you have to believe in necessary fantasies such as what you think is going to happen next week will actually happen, the people who are alive right now will be alive next week.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHappensOrderNextFantasyAliveWeekGoes OnRight NowNext Week Author:Decca Aitkenhead
“The consequences of whiteness are particularly lethal right now. And the ignorance about it, especially on the part of white people themselves, makes them unavoidably complicit in a system that has to be unmasked, unveiled, undressed in order to be reformed or destroyed.” PeopleOrderWhiteIgnoranceRight NowConsequenceDestroyedWhiteness Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“The people that are really from the hood - and I'm raising my hand right now, you can't see that - we wanna get out the hood. We don't want to go back. We don't want to gang bang, we don't wanna do none of that. We wanna make it out! Like Jay Z did. We should be billionaires and owning businesses and stuff like that.” PeopleWantShouldHandsStuffRight NowGangBangsBillionaireHood Author:Kevin McCall
“Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do.” PeopleStillsDoneCitiesHavensNew YorkRight NowShootingNew York CityToronto Author:Spike Lee
“My mom is going to kill me for talking about sleeping with people. But I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm in a monogamous relationship right now. I'm not dating just one person. 'Sex and the City' changed everything for me because those girls would sleep with so many people.” PeopleWantPersonsGirlSexSleepCitiesTalkingPositionChangedMomRight NowDatingMy MomJust OneKill MeSex And The CityMonogamous Relationship Author:Lindsay Lohan
“Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsBodyEyeFacesTakenMiddleRight NowTeenagerYour FacePublic EyeMiddle GroundAgeismCarving Author:Alanis Morissette
“Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.” PeopleKnowsLastsRight NowToughRecallsTough Times Author:Alonzo Mourning
“It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force - but, you know, there they still are. There their culture is, there their history is, they're not going anywhere.” PeopleKnowsStillsCultureForceRight NowHostile Author:Michael Nesmith
“I'm moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasn't clear. If people think you're leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where they're coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope I'm just moving on right now.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldYearsMadeFactsShowsMightMovingClearRight NowShould HaveLeavingRetirementRetiringImpressedMoved OnAnnouncementsFunny Retirement Author:Regis Philbin
“A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.” PeopleEndsCountryStruggleGenerationsRight NowMultipleRoof Author:Martha Plimpton
“As I graduated high school, it didn't faze me anymore. Right now, I don't even care what people think of me. I'm happy with myself.” PeopleThinkingCareSchoolRight NowHigh SchoolThink Of Me Author:Nicole Polizzi
“I feel bad for the kids that are in school right now and the young people all across America who don't realize that the grownups who are supposed to be running this country are the verge of leaving them as the first generation of Americans worse off than the generation before.” PeopleFeelsFirstsCountryRunningKidsSchoolAmericaRomanceYoungRealizingGenerationsRight NowLeavingSupposed To BeVergeGrownups Author:Marco Rubio
“I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.” PeopleNeedsAmericaBeliefStrongCommunityDealsPovertyPossibilityRight NowTaxesDespairEconomicsOptimismOvercomingIncrediblesEnthusiasmReformEnterpriseFree EnterpriseTax ReformStrong Community Author:Paul Ryan
“And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.” PeopleWorldSelfSufferingCultureFocusImpossibleRight NowThirdsFocusedThird WorldShowing UpWorld Suffering Author:Martin Sheen
“I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.” PeopleThinkingChildrenAmericaSufferingRight NowConcernedBoardsAgendasPalestinianRecessionsAfghan Author:Patti Smith
“Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.” PeopleWorldGovernmentSufferingPartyMovementRight NowVariousConfusedSo Confused Author:Alice Walker
“Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensDonePlayCoursesSportsCareersRight NowPlanningInsaneTennisSchedules Author:Venus Williams
“A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.” PeopleMayHouseInterestDyingFrontsRight NowRelevantSquirrelsPeople Dying Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I updated my grilling app, iGrill, today and it now has Facebook integration that lets you see what other people are grilling right now around the world. Awesome.” PeopleWorldTodayRight NowAround The WorldIntegrationAppsGrilling Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they're thinking and have their voice be heard.” PeopleThinkingWaySocialVoiceMillionsHeardInternetRight NowToolsSocial Network Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Literary fiction and poetry are real marginalized right now. There's a fallacy that some of my friends sometimes fall into, the ol' "The audience is stupid. The audience only wants to go this deep. Poor us, we're marginalized because of TV, the great hypnotic blah, blah." You can sit around and have these pity parties for yourself. Of course this is bullshit. If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people. One possible reason is that the people it's speaking to have become too stupid to appreciate it. That seems a little easy to me.” PeopleIfsWantWritingLittlesArtRealSometimesReasonSeemsFormFallCoursesEasyPoorPartyFictionAudienceStupidTvsRight NowMy FriendsAppreciatePityBullshitFallacyMarginalizedBlahHypnoticPity Party Author:David Foster Wallace
“...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.” PeopleLongLightMovingDarknessOur LivesOne ThingRight NowLight And DarknessUnwind Book:Unwind Source: Unwind
“Babies are made through an act that you will eventually find intriguing but for right now will just sort of horrify you, and also sometimes people do stuff that involves baby-making parts that does not actually involve making babies, like for instance kiss each other in places that are not on the face.” PeopleDoeMadeRealSometimesFacesStuffBabyRight NowKissingInstanceIntriguing Book:An Abundance of Katherines Source: An Abundance of Katherines
“At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.” PeopleWellsMayImportantDifferentEndsTurnsRealizingRight NowOne DayMoonBreathsBlueSurpriseTalesFairyThe End Of The DayFairy TaleGreyCastlesFunny ThingsEver AfterGrey's AnatomyBlue MoonHappy Ever After Author:Zane Grey
“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.” PeopleThinkingWorldLoveNeedsShouldYearsKindMadeDreamAgeKindnessWiseWonderfulReturnRight NowMade ItBe KindBeing Wise Author:Neil Gaiman
“There are moments when I am writing when I think that if other people knew how I felt right now, they’d burn me at the stake for feeling so good, so full, so much intense pleasure.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingMomentsFeelingsFeltPleasureRight NowIntenseStakes Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.” PeopleMonthsRight NowGood ThingsMilesMiles Away Author:Maya Angelou