“Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.” YearsFirstsSaidEnoughGuyThreeComedyWeekFeetShotsYeahMaking MoneyRanGatesThree YearsHad EnoughMisled Author:Al Franken
“Guys don't understand great art. They don't care that sometimes the camera has power beyond the photographer to record emotion that only the heart can see. They're threatened when the camera jumps ahead of me. Todd Kovich was pissed when I brought my Nikon to the prom, but I'd missed too many transcendent shots over the years to ever take a chance of missing one again. A prom, I told him, had a boundless supply of photogenic bozos who could be counted on to do something base.” YearsHeartArtSometimesCareGuyChanceEmotionRecordsMissingShotsCamerasPhotographerDon't CareThreatenedGreat ArtTake A ChanceBoundlessTranscendentPromPhotogenicNikon Author:Joan Bauer
“I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death.” GivingGuyMy OwnShotsGive MeHonorableAbsurdityFoxholesHonorable Death Author:Bill Vaughan
“A Libyan rebel has admitted to killing Moammar Gadhafi. He said he shot Gadhafi twice in the temple, to which Michele Bachmann said, "I didn't even know the guy was Jewish.” KnowsSaidGuyShotsKillingTemplesRebel Author:Jay Leno
“Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.” EndsHardLastsGuyGamesWinningSportsFansShotsHardestThings To DoNbaScreamHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:Dwight Freeney
“One problem people have is that they lie to themselves. You may think you are more talented then the next guy. Which is exactly what the next guy thinks as well. Rarely is talent enough. You have to find ways to make yourself stand out. You do so by playing to your strengths and making people aware of those strengths. Always remember that no matter how many times you get shot down, you will get smarter, better and you only have to be right once to be successful.” PeopleThinkingWayWellsMayMatterEnoughProblemRememberLyingGuyNextSuccessfulTalentShotsBeing SuccessfulSmarterStanding Out Author:Mark Cuban
“Or I could see Fish, Just a button up, Like a Mayor, Like a President, Just demands so much from his teammates, Has played with so many great players, But still respects everybody. He's 38 years old, And he has nothing else to prove, And I said, "Fish you wanna come get some shots up with me?" And first thing he says is "Yes." He always wants to learn. Even though he's done so much in this league, Played with so many great players, He always wants to learn, And that motivated me To know that it's never a point Where you can stop getting better. And he's a guy that made me realize that.” KnowsWantYearsFirstsMadeSaidStillsDoneGuyPresidentRealizingPlayerDemandProveShotsFishesLeagueGet BetterNbaMotivatedButtonsTeammateMayorsMvpButton Ups Author:Kevin Durant
“It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that.” MovingGuyAsksGamesDemandBasketballShotsNbaCheap Shots Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that.” BigsGuyRiskShotsInspirational BasketballBasketball MotivationAfraid Of FailureBasketball SuccessBig Shots Author:Stephen Curry
“If you can't hold your own, you're gonna get knocked out. You're bleeding all over the place. There are many, many nights that these boys are crawling off the mats. They drop from body shots, their nose is just bleeding like a faucet. On Wednesday nights, they come in and get a beating. It only happens once with these guys. You'll get karate experts or Tae Kwon Do experts and they can't hold a candle.” IfsBodyHappensNightGuyBoysShotsNosesExpertsCandleBleedingKarateWednesdayCrawlingWednesday Nights Author:Tim Sylvia
“So the guy who shot Gadhafi was wearing a Yankees cap. Did you see that? If he'd had a Boston Red Sox hat on he probably would have missed.” IfsGuyShotsRedHatsYankeesBostonCapsBoston Red Sox Author:David Letterman
“I started here in Australia, playing a lot of roles but never the lead guy in shows here. I always tended to play the rougher guy, the criminal who gets caught or shot by the cops. Or the boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks.” PlayShowsGuySidesRolesShotsTrackCaughtCriminalsAustraliaCop Author:Sullivan Stapleton
“In episodic television you'll have a good guy who's on every week and that's his show! He's the regular on it, and you're not going to be "gooder" than he is; I mean, he's the guy who's got to solve your problem! So if you're playing a good guy, you have to have a problem, and he's going to solve it for you. And the only really strong dramatic part is the heavy, because the meaner and crueler and rottener you are, the better the good guy looks when he whips ya' at the end because he always is gonna whip ya! So, the best dramatic guest shot is the heavy.” IfsLooksMeanEndsShowsProblemGuyStrongWeekTelevisionShotsHeavySolveBe GoodDramaticGuestsWhipsGood Guy Author:Leslie Nielsen
“Let's give it up for the Secret Service. I don't want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they're the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.” IfsKnowsMenWantGivingHardLawGuyBlackSecretTroubleShotsAgencyLaw EnforcementEnforcementSecret Service Author:Cecily Strong
“Coaching staff: I know there's days you look at that film and you want to kill me. I'm not playing defense, taking bad shots, getting too many techs. But you always believe that I can be the guy. Through the tough times, you guys never left my side... That's something that I really appreciate and I never want to take you guys for granted. I thank you so much for being part of my life. And not just on the basketball court, but giving me talks about growing as a man first, and a basketball player next.” KnowsMenWantGivingFirstsBelieveLooksI CanFilmGuyNextLeftSidesGrowingPlayerBasketballShotsToughAppreciateCourtDefenseGrantedCoachingStaffKill MeAlways BelieveTough TimesBasketball PlayerHumblingMvpBasketball CourtCoaching StaffPlaying Defense Author:Kevin Durant
“The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.” ThinkingGuyTelevisionShotsLuxury Author:Ron Perlman
“I'd like to get shot into space. I'd like to potentially visit the moon. I don't know if I can do that in the next couple years, but I spent some time at the jet propulsion lab, looking out at the future of when a guy like me can do a little space travel.” IfsKnowsYearsLittlesI CanGuyNextCan DoSpaceCoupleMoonShotsLike MeJetLabsSpace TravelPropulsion Author:Rob Dyrdek
“I've always wanted to do blow with Genghis Khan, 'bet that guy knows how to party. I also think a bottle of wine with Hitchcock would've been cool. Also doing shots with the baby Jesus, bet that guy knows how to party.” ThinkingKnowsWantedGuyJesusPartyKnow HowBabyShotsWineBlowBottlesThat GuyHitchcockBottles Of WineBaby Jesus Author:Mike Mendez
“I was talking to my friend and he said his girlfriend was mad at him. I said, "What happened?" He goes: "Well, I guess I, uh... I guess I said something, and, uh... and then she got her feelings hurt." That's a weird way to phrase it: "She got her feelings hurt. I said something, and then she..." Could you more remove yourself from responsibility? "She got her feelings hurt." It's like saying, "Yeah, I shot this guy in the face, and then I guess he got himself murdered. I don't know what happened. He leaned into it."” KnowsWayWellsSaidFeelingsFunnyFacesGuyHurtResponsibilityTalkingComedyHappenedShotsMy FriendsYeahMadPhrasesGirlfriendRemoveThis GuyHurt FeelingsMad At Him Author:Louis C. K.
“I have had a lot of your countrymen as co-stars, that's true. I quite like them both. It depends on the person. I don't think English makes the man nor does American, but I like this guy right here [Clive]. He's nice and tall, which means I never have a double chin - there's lots of shots of me looking up, and I'm a swan. Well, we all laugh but it's so true.” ThinkingMenWellsMeanPersonsDoeGuyStarsLaughingNiceHe ManDependsShotsTallThis GuyChinsSwansCountrymen Author:Julia Roberts
“There are guys who want to shoot the last shot and others who want to pass off. I want that last shot.” WantLastsGuyShots Author:Lawrence Taylor
“The only moment football really stops is with a penalty kick - and that is a moment that is really dramatic. A penalty kick becomes a Western duel. It's two guys facing each other. Destiny and potential death, whether metaphorical or literal. That's why in the penalty kick at the end of the film, I shot it like an homage to the Sergio Leone Westerns I saw when I was a kid, especially The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.” TwoEndsMomentsKidsFilmGuyDestinySawsFootballShotsWesternUglyDramaticKicksPenaltiesLiteralHomageMetaphoricalTwo GuysGood The Bad And The UglySergio Leone Author:Carlos Cuaron
“I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy. If things don't go well in any aspect of my life, I'm going to the gym and I'm going to shoot. That's my one type of place that's a safe haven where I go and it's just me, the basketball and the hoop, and I'm just doing something I love to do.” IfsWellsFeelingsGuyEnergyHavensTypeSafeBasketballShotsAspectGymWorkoutNot HappySafe HavenFeeling Down Author:LaMarcus Aldridge
“My guys look for me to step up in that magnitude and I take the challenge every time. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but you've got to have a guy that will take those shots and deal with the consequences.” LooksSometimesGuyWinningLosesChallengesDealsStepsShotsConsequenceMagnitudeStep Up Author:Chauncey Billups
“I just play the game. I hit a shot and wait for the next guy to hit his. I don't think between shots-that's my nature.” ThinkingPlayGuyNextGamesWaitingShots Author:Vijay Singh
“So I tried to get my shot with a 50mm and I did it - this is when we're shooting film, not digital. The guy that hired me looked through the pictures and was like, "Oh, this is pretty good. You did a good job." And I was like, "Yeah, I'm sorry. I only had a 50mm. My girlfriend rented the wrong lens..." and he stopped looking at the pictures and he looked up at me and he said, "You shot this with a 50mm? You're hired."” SaidJobsFilmGuyShotsYeahSorryShootingGirlfriendDigitalI'm SorryGood JobLensesMy Girlfriend Author:Jeff Vespa
“Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together.” YearsLongTwoWholeTogetherGuyFineHundredShotsBuiltYears AgoInstitutionsWigsTuningLong ShotsFine Tuning Author:Terence McKenna
“The first time I tried to put a new diaper on my baby, I yanked the little Velcro strap too jerkily and actually punched the little guy in the jaw. A real solid shot, too. I knew instinctively that this could not be correct. Unless you're specifically trying to raise a welterweight, continual deliverance of powerful uppercuts is not advised when handling newborns.” TryingFirstsLittlesRealGuyPowerfulBabyShotsFirst TimeRaisesDeliveranceMy BabyDiapersVelcro Author:Paul Reiser
“According to Life & Style Weekly, 50 Cent may be working on Lindsay Lohan's next album. Finally, a match made in rap heaven. He's a convicted drug dealer who's been shot nine times, and she spent 84 minutes in prison. This is a big step for Lindsay. The last time Lindsay got near a black guy she ran over his foot.” MayMadeBigsLastsGuyNextHeavenBlackStepsFeetMinutesStyleDrugShotsPrisonAlbumsRapNineRanCentsLast TimeDealerDrug DealersBlack Guys Author:Chelsea Handler
“My mom was a manic depressive schizophrenic who, after a year in prison, went home and shot herself. My sister, Kirsten, an amazing poet, who was raised by this woman, and was dating a guy who broke up with her for the fourth time in three weeks. And one day, she came to his house, got a gun, and blew her brains out all over his headboard. I just went through a divorce, five years in court and cost me $2 million dollars. If anyone, by law, should be forced to take antidepressants it's me... But instead, I choose to be an antidepressant. And you can take me with alcohol.” IfsShouldYearsHomeLawGuyThreeHouseBrainMillionsFiveWeekPoetMomOne DayCostGunShotsDatingCourtDollarsPrisonRaisedMy MomDivorceAlcoholBrokeFive YearsTake MeMy SisterFourthMillion DollarsManicBroke UpSchizophrenicDepressiveAntidepressants Author:Christopher Titus
“Gore Vidal, Glenn Greenwald, Noam Chomsky, all these guys talk about how the United States became a national security state after World War II. I agree with that thesis. Essentially there's this bipartisan foreign policy elite who've been calling the shots for the last few decades and they're clearly still in control regardless of how clownish or absurd or stupid they demonstrate themselves to be. There's no shaking their orthodoxy.” WorldStillsWarStatesLastsGuyUnitedUnited StatesSecurityStupidPolicyCallingShotsAgreeDecadesAbsurdWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiElitesForeign PolicyWorld War INational SecurityShakingGoreOrthodoxyThesisBipartisanCalling The Shots Author:Michael Hastings
“The idea of watching an entire film basically from one person's perspective - and not even really from their perspective, but [it's] probably the most intimately shot film that's in any of these categories. If you're not familiar with Son of Saul, basically it's a film about a Jewish guy who's in concentration camp, but he helps dispose of the bodies after they leave the gas chamber. So, you watch the entire movie looking at Saul's face and looking at his interactions with people.” PeopleIfsPersonsIdeasHelpingBodyFilmFacesGuyWatchesSonPerspectiveShotsFamiliarGasConcentrationCategoriesCampsInteractionChamberConcentration CampGas Chambers Author:Bun B
“This guy [Donald Trump] has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States. And Hillary Clinton is going to have clear shot to the Oval Office. And so I think there are many out there that are rooting for that outcome, so that he's the nominee. And you can see it in the coverage he's gotten.” IfsThinkingWantImportantStatesGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesClearPolicySeriousTrumpOfficeShotsClintonOutcomesThis GuyProposalCoverageOval Author:Marco Rubio
“I hear about people getting shot all the time. But most of the guys you hear about getting shot pulled through.” PeopleGuyShots Author:Ice Cube
“It is definitely a hard show [True Blood] to jump into the middle of, but luckily we have things like HBO Go now. It's not like you've missed it and now you're stuck. And I think once guys give it a shot - and you'll be able to speak to this better than I will - there's a lot of stuff that can be interesting to guys. There's a lot of action. Plenty of people are getting their heads chopped off.” PeopleThinkingGivingHardShowsAbleActionGuySpeakStuffInterestingBloodMiddleLike YouShotsStuckPlentyHbo Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“I'm very proud to be part of a cast that's gonna put Hot Shots on screen for the first time, Hot Shots are the first line of defense against wildland fire and these guys are so selfless, they are guys that do what they do without wanting any kind of attention for it.” FirstsKindGuyLinesAttentionFireProudShotsFirst TimeHotCastsDefenseScreensSelflessHot Shots Author:Miles Teller
“You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!” ThinkingKnowsGuyTalkingDoorsDangerShotsLet MeClueBadass Author:Walter White
“I was on a TV show when I was 13, and I had a tutor for high school. Everyone was like "Oh, you're missing out on the high school experience," so I'd go with my cousins to parties where there would be a keg and people doing body shots and playing quarters. I was like, What a waste of time. I didn't want to be doing E [ecstasy] and making out with a guy three years older than me who's a loser.” PeopleWantYearsShowsBodyWould BeSchoolGuyThreePartyMissingTvsWasteHigh SchoolShotsEcstasyLoserQuartersWasting TimeThree YearsTv ShowsCousinMy CousinMissing OutTutorKegsSchool Experience Author:Jessica Alba
“I care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there aren't lanes to be provided, or rebounders available to offensively rebound the ball, or we don't have defensive balance when a shot goes up, all of these things are fundamental basketball. I follow it.” IfsCareGuyBalanceBasketballShotsStandingBallsFundamentalsAvailableI CareLanesReboundPlaying BasketballSpacing Author:Phil Jackson
“My dad was in the Korean War. He got shot seven times. He had seven bullet holes in him. And out of his troop of 35 guys, he was one of nine guys that came back. And when he came back from that he had seven kids in seven years.” YearsWarKidsGuyDadShotsSevenMy DadNineHolesBulletsSeven YearsKoreanKorean War Author:Ryan McGinley
“Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy to play the part. I was young, they offered me the lead in the film, and I said, "Sure, I'll do it." And I'm telling you, there is a movie waiting to be made about the making of a movie like that, particularly at that time in New York. I mean, we shot all over the streets of New York without permits. We would literally grab a shot and run. But Rent Control... I think the total cost was $100,000, and to this director's credit, I think it looks like $200,000.” ThinkingLooksMeanMadeSaidPlayRunningFilmYoungGuyWaitingComedyWrittenStreetsNew YorkCostDirectorsShotsDecidedScriptsCreditGirlfriendPermitLead InRent Control Author:Brent Spiner
“At halftime [of Game 7], one of our oldest guys on the team, James Jones, came to me, and he's like, "Man, it's time for you to do something. You've been sleeping the whole playoffs, the whole final series." First couple of shots I got coming out, I was like, "You know what, I'm gonna shoot it." Fortunately they fell, and we started making our way back.” KnowsMenWayFirstsWholeGuyGamesSleepTeamLike YouCoupleShotsSeriesFinalsComing OutPlayoffsHalftime Author:J. R. Smith
“When [Bill Clinton] was running for president. I'll never forget this one. He was running in New Hampshire. He was not doing well. And he suddenly, over a weekend, rushed back to Little Rock to execute a guy who had killed a cop, but in the process, the policeman had shot him in the head and he was out of it. He didn't know today from tomorrow, good, evil, whatever. His lawyer begged - his lawyer was an old friend of Clinton.” KnowsWellsLittlesRunningTodayGuyEvilProcessPresidentForgetRocksTomorrowShotsBillsClintonLawyerNever ForgetWeekendCopPolicemenOld FriendsHampshireNew HampshireGood EvilLittle Rock Author:Nat Hentoff
“I didn't want to take the typical action roles that everybody was expecting me to take, because I was going to get typecast as that guy, the action guy who didn't have anything really bright to say and who just kicked in doors and punched people in the face and shot people and drove off in a cool car. I didn't want to be that guy.” PeopleWantActionFacesGuyRolesDoorsCarShotsExpectingTypicalThat GuyCool Cars Author:Dave Bautista
“Before you go into what is essentially a competition, you have to have that confidence. You have to ask yourself, "Are they looking for a guy my height? My age? I've got a shot." And if there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.” IfsNeedsAgeGuyAsksHairGeniusPercentShotsAdvantageOkayCompetitionNineHeightDozenAuditionsGorgeousDimesGoofyBad Hair Author:Tom Hanks
“We shot every scene of mine in the entire movie in five days. All my coverage, everything. I left. They went back and shot everybody else around me. Insane. The part [Billie in Crazy Six] called for a handsome, coiffed cool guy romantic lead, and I showed up like you see him in the movie. And they let me do it.” GuyLeftFiveCrazyMinesLike YouSceneSixShotsLet MeInsaneHandsomeCoverageCool Guy Author:Rob Lowe
“I think I've had my taste.I got to work with Sam [L.Jackson]. I can say I did it. I had my shot. I'd love to do something with [Robert] De Niro or Dustin Hoffman or Al Pacino. Those are guys I grew up watching. That would be wonderful. Now that I've gotten a taste working with a bona fide movie star, I think I'd be more prepared to go head to head with some of the big boys.” ThinkingI CanBigsWould BeGuyStarsBoysWonderfulGrewTasteGrew UpShotsPreparedAlsMovie StarDe Niro Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!'” MenWantCharacterHelpingGuyGamesShotsDiedBusyViolentVideoHeyPerformingHospitalsSurgeryThis GuyLeaving MeMe AloneLeave Me AloneComputer GamesPlaying Video GamesJust Leave Me AloneViolent Video Games Author:Demetri Martin
“I know some of these guys who are in that stalkerazzi world, and you really have to separate them from the paparazzi in our industry. This is another breed. And they have their heroes who got the big scandalous shot, and which just promotes more of that.” KnowsWorldBigsGuyIndustryHeroShotsPaparazziScandalous Author:Brad Pitt
“A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service.” GuyShotsProducersCraftsExecutives Author:Ryan Reynolds