“I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't know if I'm entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year ago, so I guess I'm part of the problem.” IfsKnowsYearsSaidEndsProblemPastEvilYears AgoPaychecksMtv Author:Martha Plimpton
“Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap.” SaidPastTakenCarMouthsSoapBad WordCurfew Author:Ashlee Simpson
“Krishna once said to Arjuna: Consider the past and future with an equal mind, and pass the peanut M&M's.” MindSaidPastEqualHinduismKrishnaPeanutsArjuna Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, That's where I got my information about hell.” SaidCountryPastJesusChurchHellInformationFarmersSermonsMeek Author:Vance Havner
“It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly a reformer, not on the role of women, not on democratic development. There’s been a rumor in the last couple of days that he said to someone in an e-mail that he’s in favor of a constitutional monarchy, but I would be surprised if the level of repression started to go down … I think the kind of thing that we would view as significant reforms is unlikely.” IfsThinkingYearsKindSaidWould BeLastsPastLevelsViewsRolesDevelopmentCoupleKingsDemocraticFavorsSignificantReformFortyMailGovernorsUnlikelyRumorMonarchyRepressionReformersConstitutional MonarchyRiyadh Author:Elliott Abrams
“The Saudis and Emiratis blame all of this on Iran. I think they’d have to grant, that as has been said, that the Houthis are an internally generated movement in Yemen and the Saudis were supposed to be dealing with the Houthis, who started out in essence along their border. So one of the things that we’re seeing is a complete failure of Saudi policy toward Yemen over the past 10 years, but the Saudis totally believe that the reason the Houthis are able to succeed militarily is the amount of money, advice, and guns they are receiving from Iran.” ThinkingYearsBelieveHas BeensSaidReasonAblePastSeeingAdvicePolicyMovementAmountSucceedGunEssenceBlameSupposed To BeBordersIranGrantsReceivingOver The PastSaudisYemen Author:Elliott Abrams
“It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was to measure the past by the present".” MaySaidPastScienceCenturySeriousErrorsProfessorsHistorian18th Century Author:D. V. Ager
“I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.” IfsThinkingMenShouldYearsSaidTwoDoneWould BeWantedPastMillionsMonthsDeserveConvincedConvincingMy PastTwo MonthsMachoWhy MeHairspray Author:John Travolta
“It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon monocultural commodity production, the clear-cutting of written and spoken English.” SaidPastHalfClearCuttingWrittenProductionsFollowingDecadesInstanceTragicCommodityVocabularyClear CuttingSpoken English Book:Epicurean Simplicity Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need to find a different hobby.” PeopleNeedsSaidDifferentPastStandardsHobbies Author:Jimmy Wales
“I have said a lot in the past and now I think it is best that I do not comment on what I think when I look at President Bush!” ThinkingLooksSaidPastPresidentCommentPresident Bush Author:Tommy Franks
“The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard, because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt.” WellsSaidBigsHappensPastRememberNamesPartyTalkingPositionRepublicanMajorityCongressAverageCorruptionVotersCynicalGraveyardWhistlingIndictment Author:Larry Sabato
“When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what I've found striking in the past few days is that people are aware of a good chemistry that exists between us on screen. If that's so, it's due to the fact that she and I have a real liking for each other in real life and a real mutual respect.” PeopleIfsGivingSaidRealFactsPastFoundOppositesDuesScreensReal LifeMutualChemistryBerriesMutual Respect Author:Benjamin Bratt
“For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, 'yesterday ended last night.' It reminded me that no matter how badly I might have failed in the past, it's done, and today is a new day.” YearsSaidMatterDoneMightMotivationalTodayLastsPastNightPerspectiveYesterdayDesksLast NightNew DayToday Is A New DaySimply Said Author:John C. Maxwell
“I viewed the station as a place, a terrain where I could put a new architecture in place. The station was, of course, an historic monument, but it does not deserve all the respect given it when it is said it is perfect, original and coherent expression of a past that we must revere. Orsay is basically a box.” DoeSaidPastCoursesGivenPerfectExpressionDeserveOriginalsBoxesArchitectureStationsHistoricMonumentTerrain Author:Gae Aulenti
“In the Eleusinian mysteries, they would always warn people, "if you go in here, your ego will die. You're going to have to confront all your past hang-ups, strip them off, and be a changed person." One emperor of Rom who wanted to be initiated in the Eleusinian mysteries said, "That's interesting, I approve of what you're doing, but I don't want to be changed.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsSaidWantedPastDiesInterestingMysteryChangedEgoOur PastYour PastEmperorHang UpsChanged Person Book:Your Brain Is God Source: Your Brain Is God
“When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please" and he further claimed that more was to be gained by watching the sun rise than by listening to the Pastoral Symphony. Although such remarks were intended to shock, they contain a core of Debussyan verity.” SaidPastSunListeningPleaseCoreShockProfessorsRemarksSymphonyPuzzledSun RiseDebussy Author:Claude Debussy
“It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is not the way I see it. Rather it seems to me that throughout my life in politics our ambitions have steadily shrunk. Our response to disappointment has not been to lengthen our stride but to shorten the distance to be covered. But with confidence in ourselves and in our future what a nation we could be!” PeopleWaySaidSometimesSeemsPastNationsToo MuchAmbitionSightDistanceResponseDisappointmentCoveredOur FutureOur PastStride Author:Margaret Thatcher
“I have never concealed the fact and said it before the court in 1938 that I came from an anti-Semitic past and tradition... I ask only that you look at my life historically and take it as history. I believe that from 1933 I truly represented the Lutheran-Christian outlook on the Jewish question - as I revealed before the court - but that I returned home after eight years' imprisonment as a completely different person.” YearsBelieveLooksPersonsSaidDifferentFactsHomeChristianPastAsksI BelieveTraditionCourtEightOutlookConcealedImprisonmentAnti SemiticLutherans Author:Martin Niemoller
“Since liberals never print retractions, they can say anything. What they said in the past is always deemed inadmissible and unfair to quote.” SaidPastPrintUnfairThey SaidSay Anything Author:Ann Coulter
“One woman approached me as she walked past and, pointing to her four children who were manfully helping the smallest ones over the rough ground, whispered: 'How can you bring yourself to kill such beautiful, darling children? Have you no heart at all?' One old man, as he passed me, hissed: 'Germany will pay a heavy penance for this mass murder of the Jews.' His eyes glowed with hatred as he said this. Nevertheless he walked calmly into the gas-chamber.” MenHeartChildrenSaidHelpingEyePastBeautifulPayFourMassHatredMurderOur ChildrenJewHeavyGermanyHis EyesGasRoughOld ManSmallestNeverthelessPointingChamberDarlingOne WomanPenanceGas Chambers Author:Rudolf Hoss
“The Secret Service said there have been 40 fence-jumping incidents at the White House in the past five years. Half of them were intruders trying to get in. The other half was President Obama trying to get out.” TryingYearsHas BeensSaidPastHousePresidentWhiteSecretHalfFiveFive YearsWhite HousePresident ObamaFenceJumpingIncidentsOther HalfSecret ServiceIntruders Author:Conan O'Brien
“I read of the revivals of the past, great sweeping revivals where thousands of men were swept into the Kingdom of God. I read about Charles G. Finney winning his thousands and his hundreds of thousands of souls to Christ. Then I picked up a book and read the messages of Charles G. Finney and the message of Jonathan Edwards on 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,' and I said, 'No wonder men trembled; no wonder they fell in the altars and cried out in repentance and sobbed their way to the throne of grace!'” MenWaySaidBookSoulHandsPastWinningChristWonderGraceMessagesAngryKingdomsSinnerRepentanceCriedThronesKingdom Of GodRevivalAltarsSweeping Author:Leonard Ravenhill