“I love hitting the stage and I don't think I could trade that for sitting in the basement making beats.” ThinkingStageBeatsSittingTradeHittingBasements Author:Kid Ink
“Who wouldn't want to be in Scream? I was sitting on set thinking, "Aren't I supposed to be watching this movie? I don't think I'm supposed to be here." I never could have imagined myself on screen with Neve Campbell, screaming. It just didn't make sense.” ThinkingWantSittingScreensSupposed To BeMake SenseScream Author:Emma Roberts
“People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealityKidsTvsProjectsSittingExcitingScreensGutsHanging OutPersonal LifeToiletsSitting AroundWatching TvRomantic Life Author:Ben Affleck
“I'm clearly not frightened of flying because I fly all the time, but every once in a while I do, as we all do, think, What if this plane goes down? And I think, Well, if I'm holding the hand of the person sitting next to me, then I'm holding everyone's hand.” IfsThinkingWellsPersonsHandsNextSittingDown AndFlyingPlanesWhat IfFrightened Author:Gloria Steinem
“I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do stand-up. I think I actually tried writing jokes just at home, just kind of sitting around. But it seemed like a very real way to step into the world of comedy. I felt I could do it, so why not?” ThinkingWorldWayWritingTryingKindRealHomeFeltParentStepsComedyJokesSittingNotionWhy NotSitting Around Author:Seth Rogen
“I'm enjoying everything in my life, but I think the element of surprise in show business is what makes us really love it, because one day you're sitting by the phone waiting to do something or not doing anything, and the next day you've got the chance of a lifetime. Those little phone calls don't come up so often, but when they come up, it's fantastic.” ThinkingLittlesShowsNextWaitingEnjoyChanceOne DayElementsSittingSurpriseLifetimePhonesCome UpFantasticNext DayShow BusinessPhone CallsElement Of Surprise Author:Elton John
“If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. We go to countries like Germany, where I can't imagine that all of my fans are engaging with the lyrics first and foremost. I think they're catching a vibe, a feeling. I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back and telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsI CanCountryPlayFeelingsSongStuffImagineFansFineSittingGladGermanyImagine ThatEngagingCatchingLyricists Author:John Darnielle
“If you let someone talk for an hour, you're gonna have a pretty good idea of who they are, and I think that's more rewarding than me sitting there going, "That's complete bullshit about health care."” IfsThinkingIdeasCareHoursSittingHealth CareGood IdeasBullshit Author:Marc Maron
“The good thing about being shy though as a child is that you become very observant because you're not really actively participating. You're sitting back watching everyone. I think that's really helped me as an actress because I'm good at observing people and then copying them for comic effect.” PeopleThinkingChildrenEffectsSittingGood ThingsActressesComicShyObservingParticipatingCopyingObservantBeing Shy Author:Rebel Wilson
“It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.” ThinkingFeelsKindLeftQuietSittingLovelyLeft OutSitting Alone Author:Vin Scully
“I don't think I've gone a day in my life without being inspired by Celine Dion. If you would've seen me at her concert in Las Vegas - like, I'm surprised I didn't get kicked out. I was literally sitting at the edge of my seat like the happiest girl in the entire universe.” IfsThinkingGirlUniverseGoneSittingInspiredEdgesSeatsConcertsVegasLas VegasCeline Author:Lea Michele
“I'd much rather be on stage talking to a couple of retards for twenty bucks than sitting at my desk thinking up jokes for...well let's say a few dollars more.” ThinkingWellsTalkingStageCoupleJokesSittingTwentiesDollarsDesksBucksRetard Author:Larry David
“Once you have your character sitting right there in your head, all you really need to do is wind them up, put them down, and simply write down what they do, say, or think.” ThinkingNeedsWritingCharacterWindSittingDown And Author:Terry Pratchett
“I bought a house, it's a two bedroom house, but I think it's up to me to decide how many bedrooms there are. This bedroom has an oven in it. This bedroom has a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is over in that other guy's house.” PeopleThinkingTwoHumorFunnyGuyHouseTvsSittingBedroomOther GuysSitting AroundOvensWatching TvBedroom House Author:Mitch Hedberg
“People think stage school is a little star factory but the truth is kids like me learned about being in a team situation and going out to work earlier than a lot of kids did. I don't know anyone from drama school who's now sitting on their arse doing nothing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesKidsSchoolStarsSituationTeamStageDramaTruth IsSittingLike MeFactoriesGoing OutDoing NothingArses Author:Amy Winehouse
“I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].” PeopleThinkingWantWritingSchoolRememberChoicesWaitingHalfEmotionalHigh SchoolSittingMiserableIronicNostalgicClassmatesWant To See You Author:Sarah Dessen
“I don't know what kind of egomaniac is sitting at home thinking about the impact they have had on the culture. It's not something I actually think about until it comes up.” ThinkingKnowsKindHomeCultureSittingImpactCome UpEgomaniacs Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.” ThinkingMistakeClassTeacherSittingBossSitting Down Author:Philip Pullman
“The range of individuality in children is infinite, but every class of children seemed to have the same groups. And there was a chief girl and a chief boy - a girl that all the other girls of that age looked up to and imitated and a boy that all the boys looked up to and imitated. I realized that if I got them on my side and exclusively taught them for a couple of weeks, maybe for the first full term, then I wouldn't have any trouble. Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenAgeGirlSidesTermMistakeClassBoysTeacherTroubleGroupsWeekTaughtCoupleSittingInfiniteIndividualityI RealizedChiefsRangeBossSitting DownOther Girl Author:Philip Pullman
“I think that's the problem with kids now. Everything is manufactured. And then they're sitting there watching the television, where all the work is done for them. Radio made me use my imagination.” ThinkingMadeDoneUseProblemKidsImaginationTelevisionSittingRadioMy Imagination Author:Terry Gilliam
“Wouldn't it have been weird to go to high school with the Pope? You know, somebody did, someone's sitting at home, watching TV in Poland, they see the Pope, they think, "That guy was a jerk! He was so mean to me and now he's Pope? I got a swirly from the Pope!"” ThinkingKnowsMeanHas BeensHomeHumorSchoolFunnyGuyTvsHigh SchoolSittingPopeThat GuyJerkPolandWatching Tv Author:Jim Gaffigan
“The biggest thing when you're playing live is that you're sitting across from the player and can get a detailed impression of how they're acting, and whether they're expressing strength or weakness. Online, it's much more about betting patterns and you're using a much narrower range of cues to what they're holding and thinking.” ThinkingActingPlayerWeaknessSittingPatternsImpressionRangeOnlineBetting Author:Phil Ivey
“How did we get to the point where we're paying for bottled water? That must have been some weird marketing meeting over in France. Some French guy's sitting there, like, "How dumb do I think the Americans are? I bet you we could sell those idiots water."” ThinkingHas BeensFunnyGuyWaterComedySittingSellsMeetingsMarketingDumbFranceIdiotBottled Water Author:Jim Gaffigan
“My novels are never truly finished, even if they're published and sitting on the shelf. While I may no longer be interested in spending time with that particular set of characters, I can't help but think about all the ways the book could be different, the small, insignificant tweaks that no one but me would ever notice.” IfsThinkingWayMayI CanBookDifferentCharacterHelpingNovelParticularSittingSpendingFinishedShelvesInsignificantSpending TimeTweak Author:Jillian Medoff
“I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it. The only way I know how to efficiently, effectively meditate is by walking in nature.” ThinkingKnowsWayKnow HowMeditationWeekCoupleWalkingSittingTraditional Author:Brett Dennen
“Leading up to a live event you need to do your homework and go to bed early. Sometimes it's very tempting to go out with everybody else, They're all going to a party or going out for a nice meal and you think 'oh well I'd like to go', but sometimes you think 'no, if I'm going to be sitting in front of a camera under a light in everybody's home tomorrow I don't want big bags under my eyes and not really know what I'm talking about'.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsWellsSometimesHomeBigsLightEyePartyTalkingNiceFrontsEventsTomorrowBedSittingCamerasMealsBagsGoing OutHomeworkTemptingOh Well Author:Jill Douglas
“Being blocked, being uncertain, sitting there not knowing, waiting, abiding with it: this is the work. If you don't have the tolerance for that you're in great trouble. If you want to call it a writer's block... that doesn't seem a very useful name for that kind of abiding that I think is the essence of the work.” IfsThinkingWantKindSeemsNamesWaitingKnowingTroubleSittingEssenceToleranceBlockNot KnowingUncertainAbidingBlockedWriter's Block Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Recently I quit caffeine. My doctor seems to think that 17 Diet Cokes per day is too much. In case you ever consider getting off caffeine yourself, let me explain the process. You begin by sitting motionlessly in a desk chair. Then you just keep doing that forever because life has no meaning.” ThinkingSeemsProcessCasesForeverToo MuchSittingDoctorsLet MeCoffeeQuittingDietsChairsDesksCokeI QuitCaffeineDiet CokeLife Has No Meaning Author:Scott Adams
“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?” ThinkingKnowsMenBookEndsFallRealizingCuttingGroupsDangerousRevolutionQuietSittingPaidLibraryAssMessBudgetsDesksFalling ApartLibrarianSubversiveBudget Cuts Author:Michael Moore
“I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayStoriesShowsBeautifulSpeakPositionIndustrySittingPassionateEntertainmentTelling StoriesEntertainment IndustryStory People Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.” ThinkingDifferencesTalkingPromiseSittingDown AndSitting DownLove Relationship Author:Patricia Hewitt
“Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with - so I need to keep racing.” ThinkingNeedsTwoHardWeekFineSittingRacingPoolTwo Weeks Author:Mark Webber
“I think as long as you look like your having a good time, I'm impressed. Because I have a lot of energy, and I like being around it all the time. If you're just sitting in the corner, I probably won't notice you.” IfsThinkingLooksLongEnergyLike YouSittingCornersGood TimesImpressedHaving A Good Time Author:Kate Upton
“I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. And then I think a lot of it sort of comes out sitting down with the people I'm co-writing with and talking to them about what I'm going through and what I want to say. It just sort of happens; every song came about in a completely different yet organic way.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingDifferentHappensSongTalkingSittingAirplaneSitting Down Author:Mandy Moore
“We've lost our way, we have lost our centeredness. We don't have the time, literally, to think during the day. To listen to ourselves think. To think about where we are going, who we are, what's important. I would bet most people don't have thirty minutes in a day where they can just sit down and think. Or maybe they don't have to be sitting, they can be walking.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantLostMinutesWalkingSittingDown AndThirtyWho We AreWhat's ImportantCenteredness Author:Alan Lightman
“I think that one of the many advantages of death accruing over a long period of time is that you do have time to meet a lot of other people who are going through similar situations and one of the great delights of our life actually was sitting around in labs waiting for the results of tests and talking to other people who were waiting to find out whether their cancer numbers were going in the right direction or not.” PeopleThinkingLongWaitingResultsNumbersTalkingSituationOur LivesPeriodsSittingAdvantageTestsCancerDelightLabsRight DirectionSitting AroundLong Periods Of Time Author:Kay Redfield Jamison
“Oh Young Frankenstein - that's right, Body Heat, Raiders Of The Lost Ark. I mean, you know, it - they just keep going on and on and on - Mission: Impossible. And, you know, I think that the writers are having so much fun now with them that, you know, half the time, you know, people are just sitting around saying - trying to think of what's a great movie to copy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMeanBodyYoungLostFunHalfImpossibleSittingMissionsHeatCopiesKeep GoingSitting AroundArkRaidersBody HeatMission Impossible Author:Debra Messing
“I've been hooked on films ever since I can remember renting VHS tapes. But who got me hooked? I think life did. There wasn't a person or a mentor that got me hooked. I think it was the films themselves that influenced me. A specific memory that comes to mind is watching 'Goodfellas' when I was 12 and thought Robert De Niro looked so cool sitting at the bar smoking a cigarette and contemplating his next "move". I actually would copy his faces gestures and try and get into his mind frame. I would borrow mad dad's clothes and pretend I was a Mobster. So I guess I have to thank Robert DeNiro.” ThinkingTryingMindPersonsI CanRememberFilmFacesMovingNextMemoriesDadClothesSittingMadBarsSmokingCopiesGesturesTapeContemplatingMentorCigaretteHookedDe NiroMobsterNext Move Author:Jaime Zevallos
“I really don't see any men sitting in the corner office plotting to keep women out. All the men I know are actively trying to promote women, to get more women involved. These men have wives they care about; they have daughters they desperately care about. So I don't think it's fair to blame men - or I don't think it's accurate to blame men anymore.” ThinkingKnowsMenTryingCareWifeHe ManInvolvedOfficeDaughterSittingFairsBlameCornersAccurateBlame Me Author:Debora Spar
“I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come together, from sitting down and writing the first word, to holding the binding in your hand, we have a deeper sentimental attachment to it than others might.” PeopleThinkingWritingFirstsBookHandsMightTogetherSeeingSittingDown AndDeeperAttachmentSentimentalBindingSitting DownMuch Love Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Maybe I don't think I'm touching people, but I am. Sometimes I'm sitting there at three in the morning, proofreading something, and I'm thinking, Is this really worth it? Or am I doing this only because my mother taught me never to give up? Then you realize, no, even if it doesn't come back to you, you are touching people.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingSometimesMotherThreeRealizingMorningTaughtGiving UpSittingTouchingWorth ItNever Giving Up Author:Micah Lexier
“I was lucky enough to realize my dream. When I was a little kid in Santa Barbara, sitting on the floor in my grandmother's house, dreaming of maybe one day working for Walt Disney, and to have that dream come true, I think that's pretty remarkable.” ThinkingLittlesEnoughDreamKidsHouseRealizingOne DayLuckySittingRemarkableGrandmotherMy GrandmotherDreams Come TrueLittle KidSantaWaltBarbaraMaybe One DaySanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“I wasn't a huge fan of the comic book, but I definitely was of the cartoon series. I wasn't much for sitting around and reading as a kid, I preferred to be outside running around and playing sports, but I was absolutely thrilled to get the role of Colossus. I don't think I realised how popular the character was until I got the role and started doing some research; it was then that I really fell in love with the character of Colossus myself.” ThinkingBookCharacterRunningKidsReadingSportsRolesFansHugeResearchSittingSeriesComicComic BookCartoonRealisedSitting AroundPlaying SportsColossus Author:Daniel Cudmore
“That truth which you swallow from others will not be yours...you have to realize truth and work it our for yourself according to your own nature...All must struggle to be individuals-strong, standing on your own feet, thinking your own thoughts, realizing you own Self. No use swallowing doctrines others pass on-standing up together like soldiers in jail, sitting down together, all eating the same food, all nodding their heads at the same time. Variation is the sign of life. Sameness is the sign of death.” ThinkingSelfUseTogetherIndividualStrongRealizingStruggleFeetEatingSittingStandingSoldierDoctrineWorking ItJailVariationSitting DownSamenessSwallowingNoddingSigns Of Life Author:Swami Vivekananda
“We cannot embrace the New Mind by just sitting around and talking about it. It demands that we alter not just our thinking, but our way of living down to the smallest details.” ThinkingWayMindTalkingDemandSittingEmbraceDetailsSmallestSitting Around Author:Jean Houston
“You go to a restaurant with a friend for lunch and the next table, two people are sitting opposite each other. They don't talk! All they do is look at the screens of their cell phones and show it to the person that they're with. And when people do that to me, they want me to look at pictures on their cell phone? I can't even look at little things like that. I think it is all crazy.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksLittlesPersonsI CanTwoShowsNextCrazySittingOppositesTablesPhonesScreensCellsRestaurantsLittle ThingsLunchWant MeCell Phone Author:Brigid Berlin
“I think people want the intimacy in the engagement of sitting in a theater with people and seeing something happen live and engage in that. I think that could be a very powerful experience.” PeopleThinkingWantHappensPowerfulSeeingSittingTheaterThings HappenIntimacyEngagementVery Powerful Author:Colin Callender
“In the black community when we think of a couselor or sitting down with a therapist there is that taboo attached to people of being psychotic and crazy. Really it's not it's just sitting down having a conversation.” PeopleThinkingBlackCommunityCrazyConversationSittingTabooTherapistsSitting DownPsychoticBlack Community Author:Gabrielle Dennis
“Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious endeavour. It is not introspection. Do not desire to become a buddha; let sitting or lying down drop away. Be moderate in eating and drinking. Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.” ThinkingLyingDesireFireEatingConsciousSittingDrinkingPassingPassingsSavingIntrospectionModeratesInvolvementEndeavourLying DownEating And Drinking Author:Dogen
“I think you have to be schizoid three different ways to be an actor ... You have to be a human being. Then you have to be the character you're playing. And on top of that you've got to be the guy sitting out there in Row 10, watching yourself and judging yourself. That's why most of us are crazy to start with, or go nuts once we get into it.” ThinkingWayHumansDifferentCharacterGuyThreeActorsHuman BeingsCrazyJudgingSittingDifferent WaysNutsSchizoidJudging Yourself Author:George C. Scott