“Sit down and get out a piece of paper and start making lists. Ask yourself, are you in harmony with the things in your life? Are you adopting superficial values? Are you giving your being enough room? Are you doing new and creative things?” GivingEnoughValuesAsksRoomsCreativePiecesBuddhismBalancePaperHarmonyDown AndListsSuperficialAdopting Author:Frederick Lenz
“Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask.” PeopleWantOrderAsksRoomsAssumingTeethGrit Author:Morley Safer
“Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.” PeopleNeedsAsksHoursRoomsElectionPhonesManagersCandidatesFinancing Author:Al Franken
“It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.” PeopleWayFeelsWholeHandsAsksFearRealizingRoomsChangedPlanetsSweetAskingScaredI RealizedBoatWorkshopsSweet Life Author:Stan Dale
“All is well with me. The rain doesn't reach me, my room is well heated, what more can one ask for? There's no shortage of work, either.” WellsAsksRoomsRainShortage Book:The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 Source: The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918
“Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, "What do you do?" And, being American, many's the time I've almost asked that question, then realized it's good for my soul not to know. For a while! Just to let the evening wear on and see what I think of this person without knowing what he does and how successful he is, or what a failure. We're ranking everybody every minute of the day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayGivingPersonsDoeSoulCountrySuccessChoicesAsksRoomsKnowingSuccessfulMinutesMy SoulEveningFreedom Of ChoiceRanking Book:The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller Source: The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller
“It's how you make decisions that matters, and that ought to be the question that people ask of any candidate for any executive office, whether it's mayor, governor or president. How do you make decisions? Who do you want in the room helping you make those decisions?” PeopleWantMatterHelpingAsksPresidentDecisionRoomsOughtOfficeCandidatesExecutivesGovernorsMayors Author:Tom Vilsack
“For example, you can go on all the pro-life chat rooms and say you're an outraged right-wing voter and that you know that George Bush drove an ex-girlfriend to an abortion clinic and paid for her to get an abortion.Then you go to an anti-immigration website chat room and ask, "What's all this about George Bush proposing amnesty for illegal aliens?"” KnowsAsksRoomsExampleGoes OnPaidWingsImmigrationAliensGirlfriendAbortionIllegalVotersExesWebsiteRight WingPro LifeClinicOutragedAmnestyIllegal AliensEx Girlfriend Author:Moby
“As if our happiness, our good fortune, might rub off, contestants ask us for a light: they brush up against us in the halls, pull strands of hair off our clothing. Whenever we leave our bed, our room -- not often -- two or three are sure to be lurking just outside our door.” IfsTwoLightMightThreeAsksRoomsDoorsHairBedFortuneHallsClothingsBrushesGood FortuneStrandsLurkingContestants Author:Kelly Link
“perhaps these men in the House Caucus Room [Committee on Un-American Activities] are determined to spread silence: to frighten those voices which will shout no, and ask questions, defend the few, attack cruelty and proclaim the rights and dignity of man. ... America is going to look very strange to Americans and they will not be at home here, for the air will slowly become unbreathable to all forms of life except sheep.” MenLooksHomeAmericaFormAsksHouseVoiceRoomsSilenceRightsAirStrangeActivityDignitySpreadDeterminedCrueltyCensorshipSheepCommitteesCaucus Author:Martha Gellhorn
“I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively. They need to ask themselves, What does the ideal room look like? Is there music? Is there silence? Is there chaos outside or is there serenity outside? What do I need in order to release my imagination?” KnowsNeedsLooksDoeImportantOrderAsksImaginationRoomsSilenceStudentsMusic IsIdealsImportant ThingsChaosReleaseSerenitySilence IsMy Imagination Author:Toni Morrison
“When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.” PeopleKnowsWayFormGuyAsksGamesRoomsMissingBasketballAsk MeLastingLockersLocker RoomRoommateLasting Relationship Author:Earl Monroe
“Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them.” IfsFeelsChildrenBookHomeCareReadingAsksParentInterestRoomsImagineStyleSkillsOur ChildrenBreatheTeenagerYour ChildrenPushingUnusualNurtureQuirkyNonconformist Author:Alexandra Robbins
“Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.” AsksRoomsDoctorsSmokingHospitalsItalianEmergenciesPrescriptionsEmergency Room Author:Derrick Williams
“Listen to others as if they are telling you the truth, ask questions when you aren't clear, and allow others the room to have different feelings than you. No more assigning hidden motives, prejudging and cutting people off before separating fact from fiction.” PeopleIfsDifferentFactsFeelingsAsksRoomsFictionClearCuttingMotiveSeparatingDifferent Feelings Author:Rhonda Britten
“When you write, you're alone in a room. And when someone reads a book, they're alone in a room, too, usually. It's a really intimate exchange. And so people ask me where I get the boldness to talk about this or that, but I didn't feel like it required any sort of courage, because I was alone. Sometimes it feels weird for people to read it.” PeopleFeelsWritingBookSometimesAsksRoomsAsk MeIntimateBoldness Author:Donald Miller
“A man in the crowd asks: Hey Rodney, how'd you get started? Rodney: I was 12 years old, alone in my room, and I got started!” MenYearsHumorFunnyAsksRoomsCrowdsHey Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room and said, "Hey, how about used cars?" So what can be learned that is extensible to other companies is to ask what are your customers doing with your products that maybe you didn't anticipate that they would do? How do you think of your customers as your research and development lab, as opposed to having an R&D lab at headquarters?” ThinkingSaidFactsUsedAsksRoomsBusinessCompanyCarExampleProductsDevelopmentResearchCustomersHeySatCategoriesConferencesAnticipateThink Of YouLabsGood ExamplesResearch And DevelopmentHeadquartersUsed Car Author:Meg Whitman
“We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours and we feel that they're phoney, but we do it because the director asks for it, that's the one that they pick in the cutting room. And I contend that when you see a movie with bad acting, don't blame the actor... blame those guys in the cutting room because they like that take.” FeelsGuyCertainActorsAsksRoomsActingCuttingDirectorsPicksAskingBlameExtraordinaryColourNuanceBad Acting Author:Dustin Hoffman
“People ask why I do monochromatic clothes; the reason is because I'm thinking in proportion to the world. In this room, your head is going to look so much more interesting if it's on a monochromatic column. Whereas I think people think of outfits and gets a little too fussy, a little too detailed. I'm always thinking of the line of a person standing with their head in a room and I always feel like a stalk, or a stem, or a pillar is nicer. I always think of everything architecturally.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsLooksLittlesPersonsReasonAsksLinesInterestingRoomsClothesStandingProportionStemColumnsPillarsStalkingOutfitsAlways ThinkingFussyMonochromatic Author:Rick Owens
“You invest a lot in your kids, from the sleepless nights early on and the frightening trips to the emergency room, to homework assignments and a million miles of taxi driving. The great thing is that everything you put in counts, and with a bit of luck, one day they will realize it. Love adds up to something. It's indestructible and immortal and carries long on after your own life is over. Who could ask for more?” LongKidsLife IsNightAsksBitsRealizingRoomsMillionsOne DayLuckAddDrivingMilesGreat ThingsImmortalCarrieFrighteningEmergenciesHomeworkTaxiAssignmentsIndestructibleSleepless NightsEmergency Room Author:Steve Biddulph