“On Sharon Stone (Quick and the Dead): 'She was instrumental about me getting my first American job. Absolutely, without her support, it would not have happened. At the same time, however, was it really about me or her wanting to flex her producerial muscles? I don't want to sound ungallant about the situation. But I didn't find that in working with her, that we clicked on any other level.” WantFirstsJobsSoundLevelsSituationSupportHappenedStonesMusclesSharonAmerican Jobs Author:Russell Crowe
“What actually happened was that Rolling Stone paid me fifteen hundred dollars for the use of all the drawings - about twenty four of them - and then offered to buy the originals from me, which my agent urged 'was a good move!'. He sold the whole damn treasure trove to Jann Wenner for the princely sum of sixty dollars per drawing. I rue the day I let him convince me.” WholeUseMovingFourHappenedHundredStonesPaidTwentiesOriginalsDollarsDrawingTreasureAgentsDamnConvinceSixtyFifteenRollingRolling StonesRue Author:Ralph Steadman
“I've always wanted to be an actor. I didn't get into this game to be the best improviser in the world. I didn't choose improv as a stepping stone, it just happened to become one.” WorldWantedActorsGamesHappenedStonesBeing The BestStepping Stones Author:Rob Corddry
“The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the same studio.” FirstsHappenedStonesStudiosAccidentsWanderSessionHallways Author:Bobby Keys
“I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were so big that the amount of heat required was prohibitively expensive and wasteful.” BigsHappenedAmountStonesScalesHeatExpensiveRealised Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“Cremation has become the most popular form of burial in the United States... People used to want a big, thick granite stone, their names carved into with a chisel. I was here dammit! Cremation is like you're trying to cover up a crime. Burn the body. Scatter the ashes around. As far as anyone's concerned this whole thing never happened.” PeopleWantTryingStatesWholeBodyBigsFormUsedNamesUnitedUnited StatesHappenedCrimeLike YouConcernedStonesThickAshesCover UpsBurialGraniteChiselsCremation Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“One of the things I did during my 17 years as a psychiatric social worker was go around and find people with mental crutches, and every time I found one, I kicked those goddamn crutches until they flew. You know what happened? Every single one of those people has been able to walk without the crutches better, in fact. Were they giving up anything intrinsically valuable? Just their irrational reliance upon superstitions and supernatural nonsense. Perhaps this sort of claptrap was good for the Stone Age, when people actually believed that if they prayed for rain they would get it.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingYearsHas BeensFactsAgeAbleFoundSocialWalksHappenedGiving UpRainStonesWorkersValuableNonsenseSuperstitionsIrrationalRelianceFlewSocial WorkerCrutchesPsychiatricStone Age Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess if you can die without ever understanding how it happened then you can also live without a complete understanding of how. And in a way that's kind of relaxing.” IfsWayLifeKindLittlesDiesUnderstandingHappenedStonesTinyRemoveHighwaysHingesCarnageAvalanches Author:Miriam Toews
“Qhuinn's eyes shifted away from his buddy--and just happened to measure the distance down to the stone patio below. Hmm . . . doing a swan dive onto all that slate might just get the images of those two out of his head... of course, it would also turn his brain into scrambled eggs, but really, was that such a bad thing?” TwoMightEyeTurnsCoursesBrainHappenedStonesDistanceEggsBroken HeartBad ThingsBuddySwansSlateHmmScrambled Eggs Book:Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood Source: Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
“But there would be no confrontation the next day. And for Tommy Williams, there would be no school, either. Because the moment he walked through the gap in the stones to leave the circle, something quiet unexpected happened. Tommy, holding tightly on to his rock, took the step that divided the inside of the circle from the outside - and disappeared. The woods suddenly felt colder than usual. The darkness hung more heavily. The amber was gone - and now nothing would ever be the same.” MomentsWould BeSchoolNextFeltStepsDarknessGoneHappenedRocksQuietStonesWoodsCirclesUnexpectedGapsDividedUsualHungNext DayConfrontationAmber Author:Liz Kessler
“At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like stone, leaves, fire. It falls cold into my body, waking the bones. I hear them deep inside me, whispering oh what is that beautiful thing that just happened?” LongBodyHandsBeautifulNightFallWaterFireHappenedColdDrinkTasteLong TimeRainStonesBonesWakingBeautiful ThingsWhisperingPondsDeep InsideDip Book:New and Selected Poems, Volume One Source: New and Selected Poems, Volume One
“You were first-string running back last year. What happened?” – Coach “Stone’s mouth happened. It needed to be closed, and I was a little too obliging to shut it.” – Nick” YearsFirstsLittlesRunningLastsHappenedNeededMouthsStonesCoachesStringsLast YearRunning Back Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon