“Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.” YearsWarSometimesJobsGuySituationFourDangerousSeriousFlowerAccidentsInjuryFour YearsExplosionsStrideTechnicians Author:Vic Morrow
“To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.” GuyBitsSituationEnvironmentNiceMilitaryPoliceMalesHard ThingsNice GuyCrassBlowhards Author:Dean Norris
“Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensGuySituationGroupsMaterialsSilentSingle Women Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.” WorldGuyWinningSidesHoursSituationSanityGood Guy Author:James MacArthur
“I was a door-to-door window salesmen in what feels like a cheap, creepy pedophile situation. And I can say that because we were a bunch of kids driving around in the back of some old guy's van and it was creepy. Now that I look back on it I get chills of creepiness.” FeelsLooksI CanKidsGuySituationDoorsWindowDrivingBunchChillVansCreepySalesmanOld Guys Author:Joseph Bruce
“Each situation has to be handled as a unique situation. But I think if you want your guys to stay in school and graduate and one of these opportunities comes along, you have to be willing to work with him, you have to give a little.” IfsThinkingWantGivingLittlesSchoolGuyOpportunitySituationWillingUniqueGraduatesUniquenessStay In School Author:Charlie Weis
“The qualifying system helps the top guys like Sergio Garcia, who play most of their golf in the U.S. They can rely on the world rankings and just play their four extra events [with the four majors and three World Golf Championship events counting as seven European events]. But for the other guys it's tough, and I don't know if that can be changed. It is a tricky situation.” IfsKnowsWorldPlayHelpingGuyThreeSituationFourEventsChangedMajorsToughGolfSevenRelyExtrasChampionshipCountingTrickyOther GuysRankingQualifying Author:Luke Donald
“My best advice for mental training is simply to create good habits, in order to build a sense of security and calm around you. Also, you could try to distance yourself emotionally from the whole situation. In my case, I just look at it objectively: We are two guys going inside a cage to work. That's it. Try to de-escalate the pressure. Take a couple of deep breaths. Don't hype things up. And stay positive, even if you're fighting for your life.” IfsTryingLooksTwoWholeGuyOrderFightingSituationCasesAdviceSecurityCoupleHabitTrainingPressureBreathsDistanceCalmMmaCagesHypeStay PositiveDeep BreathBest AdviceGood HabitsTwo Guys Author:Alexander Gustafsson
“I'm usually not the straight guy. I'm sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation.” SometimesGuySituationFunny Guy Author:John Kapelos
“Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to get the bus out of the ditch, and that's not easy to do, although you probably should fire the driver.” ShouldWarGuyEasySituationFireIraqDriversBusIraq War Author:Barack Obama
“Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.” MayGuyResultsSituationProfitFundMediocrityEquityRapidsHedge FundPrivate EquityRapid Change Author:Austin Ligon
“In more than 20 years of opening beers with guys, I have NEVER seen the Swedish Bikini Team show up. Almost always, the teams that show up in beer drinking situations consist of guys who have been playing league softball and smell like bus seats.” YearsHas BeensShowsGuySituationTeamDrinkingSmellOpeningBeerLeagueSeatsBusSoftballBeer DrinkingBikinisSwedish Author:Dave Barry
“I moved to New York and was told, "Go back home. We don't need you. Go pump gas. You're from Vermont. We've got no use for you. You're not drawing guys in tights." So, I learned how to draw guys in tights, and I put them in as many crime situations as I could.” NeedsUseHomeGuySituationCrimeNew YorkDrawsMovedDrawingGasNeed YouBack HomePumpsVermontTightsDon't Need You Author:Frank Miller
“I was 23, and I was in L.A. while on hiatus [as an understudy] from Biloxi Blues on Broadway. The guy that I'd been studying with had been fired for horsing around on stage with Matthew Broderick, and they were really anxious to get me back into the play. So I was in a great situation, and at the time, I definitely wasn't thinking about television” ThinkingPlayGuySituationStudyStageTelevisionAnxiousBroadwayMatthewHiatusUnderstudiesHorsing Around Author:David Lee
“I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.” ThinkingYearsMeanMadeLastsGuyFightingOpportunityWalksSituationRolesTeamCoupleUnderstoodSpotsLast YearOlder Guys Author:Tony Bennett
“I'm in a great situation because I know what kind of player I want to be, I know where I'm going to be, and I know what I have to do to get there and I'm around the right guys.” KnowsWantKindGuySituationPlayerRight Guy Author:La'el Collins
“(J)ust to clarify: If you go into every situation saying there's absolutely nothing worth fighting over, you will inevitably end up on a cot sleeping next to a guy named Tiny, bringing him breakfast in his cell every morning, and spending your afternoons ironing his boxers. Or, in the case of the French, you might spend your afternoon rounding up Jews to send to Germany, but you get the point.” IfsEndsMightGuyFightingNextSleepSituationMorningCasesJewSpendingTinyCellsGermanyOver YouBreakfastAfternoonEvery MorningAbsolutely NothingBoxersUst Author:Jonah Goldberg
“I would rather have come to Baltimore than the Yankees. You look at their situation, they're the kingpin and you want to be that underdog that knocks them off the top. That's pretty much the situation I've been in my whole career. It just makes for a better season when you knock the big guys off the top.” WantLooksWholeBigsGuySituationCareersSeasonsYankeesUnderdogBaltimoreBig Guys Author:Albert Belle
“The best thing wrestling ever taught me was how to network with people, how to talk to people, how to deal with a lot of different kinds of people in different situations and being a good guy and a bad guy teaches you how to be able to have a thick skin.” PeopleKindDifferentAbleGuyDealsSituationTeachTaughtSkinsBest ThingsWrestlingDifferent KindsThickBad GuysGood GuyThick Skin Author:Ric Savage
“Directing is a big responsibility to take on. I think I'm only good at doing things I know very well. I don't direct movies because I get offered the new vampire movie or science fiction movie. I don't get offered those, anyway, but if I did, I would just tell 'em, "Look, I'm the wrong guy." I only do things about people and situations, and I do the ones that I think I'm the best guy for the job on, which is usually something I generate myself.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWellsLooksBigsJobsGuyFictionResponsibilitySituationDirectScience FictionVampireEmsVampire MovieScience Fiction MovieBig ResponsibilityWrong Guy Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“It's always really cool when you get to play with someone who you like and they go out of their way to be nice to you; it's not just a 'oh I played with them but I didn't meet them' sort of situation, so shout out to those guys for being awesome.” WayPlayGuySituationNiceBeing NiceReally CoolShout OutBeing Awesome Author:Hoodie Allen
“Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the long race, and you have other guys that block for other people, that are called supporting and character actors. It's all the same kind of situation.” PeopleWorldKindLongCharacterGuyActorsActingRaceSituationFrontsBlockRacingRunnersOther GuysCharacter Actors Author:Sylvester Stallone
“Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But fashion photographers have to create what they're going to photograph. We have to go into the thought and build it up, get a girl, get a guy, get a situation, get the house, get the decor. It's the meaning of the word photography: "writing with light."” WritingLightGuyGirlHouseSituationFashionPhotographyPhotographerPhotographDocumentsDecorGet A Girl Author:Mario Testino
“The funny thing is, when a Harley-Davidson guy full of tattoos comes out with a Maltese, they're trying to soften themselves out. When a very soft, single lady with a tailored look comes out with a Rottweiler, she’s looking for protection, for strength. Society automatically views the guy as too strong so he brings a Maltese. It's just a natural way to balance your situation. It really depends.” WayTryingLooksGuyStrongNaturalViewsSituationDependsBalanceProtectionTattooFunny ThingsTailoredHarleySingle LadiesHarley DavidsonRottweilers Author:Cesar Millan
“When faced with a situation, the confidence you stand up to that situation with usually pushes the other person to back down because the guy that is trying to start the fight doesn't really want to fight. He just wants a scene.” WantTryingPersonsGuyFightingSituationScene Author:Sean Faris
“I'm not one of those guys that sits and studies all the stages to see what's gonna be my sort of thing. I sort of play in the moment. Everything is split-second decisions, and I try and make the best out of every possible situation.” TryingPlayMomentsGuyDecisionSituationStudyStageSplits Author:Magnus Backstedt
“We've found that the biggest thing as far as the danger is simply pressure.When we work with explosives, we've got bomb technicians there, bomb-squad guys who go into unknown situations all the time, and they've dealt with it safely.” GuyFoundSituationDangerPressureBombsExplosivesSquadTechnicians Author:Jamie Hyneman
“Dieter Dengler was an amazing man. Who knows what he would've been had he not ever been tested in this way? It's a question that I certainly have myself. What would I be able to do in certain situations? He came out, obviously, looking like a true hero, but he didn't go in looking like that. He was not your typical image of somebody that you would think would be the tough guy who was able to endure. His lighthearted attitude, this sort of dorkiness, and naivete; it ended up being the finest tool for his survival.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayWould BeAbleGuyCertainAttitudeSituationHeroSurvivalToughToolsEndureTypicalFinestTestedTough GuyNaiveteTrue HeroAmazing Man Author:Christian Bale
“It's competition. It's putting them in environments, in situations where I want to see who the fighters are and who they guys are that are going to compete. And there will be rewards at the end of the day. Gatorade if you win. You drink out of a water hose if you lose and do some running. And that includes the coaching staff.” IfsWantEndsRunningGuyWinningWaterLosesSituationEnvironmentDrinkCompetitionRewardsFighterCoachingThe End Of The DayStaffGatoradeCoaching Staff Author:Urban Meyer
“I liked that you have to sometimes get into a situation that might not be a comfortable one - so, overcome your fear and good things will happen - if you want someone to know something, or you have to really take charge and do it yourself and go for it. With the Boxtrolls, they want people to know they're not mean guys, but they're too scared to show anyone. They have to eventually work up the courage to show that and gain the confidence.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantMeanSometimesShowsMightHappensGuySituationComfortableGainsOvercomingGood ThingsScaredDo It YourselfMean Guy Author:Elle Fanning
“We find ourselves in that situation where we want to believe, we want to think we're the exception, we want to think we can change someone or tame a lion or make a bad guy good or something like that but 9 times out of 10 we end up looking back going, "Oh, shame on me, should've seen that one coming!"” ThinkingWantShouldBelieveEndsGuySituationShameExceptionLionsLooking BackBad GuysShame On Me Author:Taylor Swift
“You're already using your imagination because you're watching fiction and then you're trying to believe that this girl who weighs 100 lbs, soaking wet, could actually beat up a guy. Which works in a lot of situations but in a lot of situations you look at it and you're like, "Come on. Could you please get someone in there who actually has biceps and not just because they don't eat?"” TryingBelieveLooksGuyGirlImaginationFictionSituationPleaseBeatsWetThis GirlSoakingBiceps Author:Katee Sackhoff
“I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable. In some ways, we have similarities, but in other ways, we're completely different. It's hard to say because I'm an actor living in a world where we're all pretty privileged, and this guy is fighting for his life. They're very different circumstances. Within those circumstances, there are probably ways that we react to certain situations that are similar.” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentHardCharacterGuyCertainFightingActorsSituationPiecesCircumstancesInevitablePrivilegedThis GuySimilarity Author:Dustin Clare