“I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but I go to the movies and then wonder - I asked myself the same question, and I watch HBO and some of the comedy stuff, and I'm constantly asking myself, why have we gone there? It seems like it's unfortunate. It's so cheap.” MatterFactsSeemsEasyStuffWatchesGoneComedyAirAskingUnfortunateMatter Of FactSwearingHboPrudes Author:Brian Lamb
“I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindDoeFactsStuffIndustryAll KindsVanityGenreObliviousGenres Of Music Author:Keith Urban
“Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you're certain it's as good as your finite powers can enable it to be.” WritingFirstsFactsCertainStuffSatisfiedFinite Author:Rose Tremain
“What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or YA is in fact crossover and is equally valid for anyone who likes to read fantasy.” IfsThinkingWritingChildrenFactsStuffFantasyLikesLabelsCrossover Author:Robin McKinley
“Well, in fact everybody - everybody - in the entire nation has enough stuff in their life to write about that's interesting that they could write their autobiography. And in the end that's why I find people interesting.” PeopleWritingWellsEndsEnoughFactsNationsStuffInterestingAutobiography Author:Jane Smiley
“Reality' is a movie generated by our brains. Because we don't realize this, we are far too confident that the stuff appearing in the movie is actually 'out there' in the world when, in fact, it's not.” WorldFactsRealityStuffRealizingBrainAppearing Author:Daniel Gilbert
“The fact of the matter is, if you're not putting out stuff that people are feeling, then your record label doesn't mean a goddamn thing.” PeopleIfsMeanMatterFactsFeelingsStuffRecordsLabelsRecord Labels Author:El-P
“I really comprehend the fact that some of what I have to say sounds a little weird. But the more and more I purge myself of the stuff that had my focus so turned away from God, the more I shred myself, the more I have a greater connection to God. And what I know now that I didn't know then is that's why I'm here.” KnowsLittlesFactsStuffSoundGreaterFocusConnections Author:Stephen Baldwin
“I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.” ThinkingFactsWould BeStuffStageProudMusicianAthleteBeing TrueInjury Author:Paul Stanley
“A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that no matter how excited we are, there's no substitute for professional writing, no substitute for professional editing, and no substitute for professional fact-checking.” PeopleWritingMatterFactsStuffCitizensExcitedJournalismSubstitutesEditingBloggingProfessional WritingCitizen Journalism Author:Craig Newmark
“The truth is that art does not teach; it makes you feel, and any teaching that may arise from the feeling is an extra, and must not be stressed too much. In the modern world, and in Canada as much as anywhere, we are obsessed with the notion that to think is the highest achievement of mankind, but we neglect the fact that thought untouched by feeling is thin, delusive, treacherous stuff.” ThinkingWorldFeelsMayDoeArtFactsFeelingsStuffTeachToo MuchTeachingModernMankindTruth IsAchievementHighestNotionAriseObsessedExtrasCanadaNeglectModern WorldStressedTreacherous Book:Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast Source: Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast
“Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple of car chases or shooting and stuff like that. They're forgetting the fact that there's a basic structure to a story that is essential to making it really broad and appealing.” GivingWellsFactsStoriesSeemsActionFilmStuffForgetViolenceCarCoupleSceneEssentialsHollywoodGive MeStructureShootingBroadsFadsAction Films Author:Clint Eastwood
“Before computers were everywhere I used record books, the old-fashioned way. I loved to cram, and I still love to cram, anything I write with extra facts, stuff I picked up. At the same time, especially in this day and age, you've got to make it sound like, or read like, you've not just been Googling because that's not fair, that's not right!” WayWritingStillsBookFactsAgeUsedStuffSoundRecordsLike YouComputerFairsExtrasThis DayOld FashionedNot Fair Author:Steve Bunce
“The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.” WantFactsStuffPositionBigger Author:Kevin Hart
“New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.” FirstsEnoughWholeFactsStuffHappenedNew YorkInspireAlbumsArchitectureLandscapeInterpretation Author:Lana Del Rey
“No longer can we afford to stuff the brains of the young with facts. The time is too short, the necessity for results too pressing. The new education must be based on the elimination of facts except as they illustrate principles. How to use facts, not how to accumulate them, is the purpose of true education.” FactsUseYoungPurposeStuffResultsBrainEducationPrinciplesToo ShortEliminationTrue Education Author:Pearl S. Buck
“Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was hot, I turned down a lot of stuff because I didn't think I wanted to watch it.” ThinkingFactsWantedStuffWatchesHotArroganceGood MovieTurned Down Author:Ali MacGraw
“Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin, because you got to persevere despite the fact that people tell you you shouldn't do this or you shouldn't do that or you're not good enough or your style's too different. I've heard all of that stuff.” PeopleIfsWritingKindDifferentEnoughFactsSongStuffHeardStyleDeterminationSkinsDespiteGood EnoughThickPersevereNot Good EnoughThick Skin Author:John Legend
“I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for three or four years - if you have not passed on most of the stuff you know in that time, then you are not doing a good job.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldYearsFactsJobsLawThreeGivenStuffFourCoachesFour YearsGood JobRecogniseUnspokenGood Coaches Author:Daley Thompson
“More and more, the things we do in real life will end up as Facebook posts. And while we may be consoled by the fact that most of this stuff is being posted just to our friends, it only takes one friend to share that information with his or her friends to start a viral chain.” MayRealEndsFactsStuffShareInformationReal LifeChainsPostsViralOne Friend Author:Ben Parr
“We're into tech stuff, gadgets, phones, video games. We'll treat a video game premiere like a movie premiere. I'm just going to be honest with what I like and what I do. What I enjoy. We're not going to hide the fact that people are on the Internet all day. I think a lot of shows don't really mention that.” PeopleThinkingFactsShowsGamesStuffEnjoyHonestInternetTreatsPhonesVideoBeing HonestGadgetsPremieres Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Most kids come home from school. They don't go to their TVs first. They go to the Internet. They check their emails, or some blogs, or some sites. Then they go watch TV. Other people are at work all day 9-5 in front of a computer. They see certain clips. We're not going to hide the fact that people use the Internet. We're going to try to be as interactive as possible with our fans. I'm currently on Twitter and Facebook and Flicker and Dig. I'm on all that stuff.” PeopleTryingFirstsFactsUseHomeKidsSchoolCertainStuffWatchesFansFrontsTvsInternetComputerChecksComing HomeSiteEmailBlogsClipFlickerInteractiveTwitter And Facebook Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.” HumansFactsStuffExistenceRightsFundamentalsDemocraticHuman RightsScaryEvolveTotalitarianismDemocratic SocietyScary Stuff Author:Stephen Harper
“Of course, you don't have to have a degree to be rich. You just have to have ideas. Maybe having a degree sets you back, for it stuffs you into tick-tock [the daily grind of work], and perhaps that stifles your creative mind. But the fact is that many millionaires have few educational qualifications of any kind at all. However, they still have knowledge. The difference is, they have knowledge they can sell, and others have the "common knowledge" of tick-tock, which isn't worth as much, if anything at all.” IfsMindKindStillsIdeasFactsCoursesStuffDifferencesCommonKnowledgeCreativeRichDegreesSellsEducationalMillionaireGrindQualificationsTickCreative MindCommon KnowledgeDaily GrindTockTick Tock Author:Stuart Wilde
“In fact, when they wake up in the morning, they're Jack Nicholson or Robert De Niro or Josh Brolin. And it's built-in, but they think it's all this other stuff. But it's not. They'd be great if they didn't think about their part or if they did think about it.” IfsThinkingFactsStuffMorningBuiltWake UpJoshNicholsonDe Niro Author:Woody Allen
“I'm finding that everything sells. I've been toying with the fact that I have this big giant glass jar with the metal screw lid on it that's full of ribbons and memorabilia from conventions and stuff. I've got buttons and I have all of my Walt Disney Mickey Mouse credit cards. I'm wondering in my old age if anyone would pay for a credit card with Mickey Mouse on it issued to me. I wonder if anyone would pay anything for that?” IfsFactsBigsAgeStuffPayWonderFindingsSellsGlassesCreditOld AgeCardsGiantsMetalsConventionsButtonsMiceScrewsCredit CardJarsWaltRibbonsMickeyMemorabilia Author:Mike Royer
“I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the stuff he's turning out.” MayFactsStuffIntellectualLabelsNot Interested Author:Jorge Luis Borges
“I'm not against art fairs, in fact this last one I even made money, but the concept is really disgusting. If you're that rich to be able to hang out for two or three days, you're certainly rich enough to get on a plane and go to Munich or Düsseldorf or wherever and see somebody's real show instead of this stuff just stacked around.” IfsArtMadeTwoRealEnoughFactsShowsAbleLastsThreeStuffRichConceptsFairsPlanesHanging OutDisgustingMunich Author:Lawrence Weiner
“I really don't want somebody writing something positive about me if they don't believe in it. I'd rather somebody write something real mean. I like reading bad stuff, it gets me excited. In fact, the only reviews I keep are the bad ones 'cause I think they're the cool ones.” IfsThinkingWantWritingBelieveMeanRealFactsReadingCausesStuffDon't BelieveExcitedReviewsSomething RealBad Stuff Author:Patti Smith