“If I were inclined to worry that the United States was veering in a dangerously theocratic direction, here's a short list of things I wouldn't fret about: a reality television program depicting the lives of ordinary Americans; a clause in a contract between parties to a business transaction agreeing that any disputes that arise between them be resolved in compliance with shared religious principles; halal soup; halal turkeys on the Thanksgiving table.” IfsStatesRealityReligiousUnitedPartyPrinciplesWorryUnited StatesTelevisionOrdinaryProgramTablesListsAriseContractsSoupDisputesTurkeysTransactionsComplianceClausesReality TelevisionHalal Author:Sarah Posner
“I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence and misery, I made a more conscious attempt with The Heavenly Table to do that myself.” MadeBookReadingLinesSituationKnownViolenceConsciousTablesMiseryHeavenlyReading Books Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“I don't listen to music, and I don't particularly watch television, so if anyone wants to come over and just hang out with me sitting at the table in silence, you know, eating a dish of rice... I don't get too many takers.” IfsKnowsWantSilenceWatchesTelevisionEatingSittingTablesHanging OutDishesListening To MusicRice Author:Chrissie Hynde
“The option is always on the table. When we [with Bjork] were starting as creative kids in the Eighties, we found each other. I was 19, she was 16 and a friendship was made.” MadeKidsFoundCreativeTablesStartingEighty Author:Sjon
“There are things I don't like, like sitting at the head of the class. It makes me uncomfortable. I'll do it in a seminar if I have to, but with a workshop, I try to put myself in the circle somewhere. Because that hopefully frees up some people by making somebody else sit at the nominal head of the table.” PeopleIfsTryingClassSittingTablesCirclesHopefullyUncomfortableWorkshopsSeminars Author:Paul Beatty
“[My mother] worked at thrift stores and she didn't have a high school education. She sacrificed everything she had for me and my brothers. I never went without. She showed me that she could put food on the table, buy us Jordans, we had the best clothes and she worked two-three odd jobs.” TwoSchoolJobsMotherThreeBrotherClothesHigh SchoolTablesStoresOddMy BrotherJordanThriftSchool EducationOdd Jobs Author:Cory Hardrict
“Everything we do understand about the universe - the periodic table of elements, Einstein's laws, Newton's laws, all of chemistry, all of biology - that's 4 percent of the universe. We got to the moon on the 4 percent we do understand. We landed on Mars on the 4 percent we do understand. So the day we crack the nut of the rest of that 95 percent... Oh my gosh.” LawUniverseMoonElementsPercentTablesBiologyCracksChemistryNutsMarsNewtonOh My GoshPeriodic TableNewton's Laws Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We thought for the longest time we might have a chance to run the table because we're such nice guys and centrist party, etcetera, but not getting into the debates really sort of foreclosed that option.” MightRunningGuyChancePartyNiceTablesDebateNice GuyEtcetera Author:William Weld
“I believe in the platform of the Libertarian party, which is different from that of the other two parties and I believe that it would be good for the country if the Libertarians were - had a seat at the table to speak truth to power of the other two parties, which now have this monopoly in Washington. Having said that, I'm not taking back anything I said about the massive difference between the two establishment party candidates.” IfsBelieveSaidTwoDifferentCountryWould BeSpeakI BelieveDifferencesPartyTablesI Believe InBe GoodLibertarianCandidatesSeatsMassiveEstablishmentPlatformsMonopolySpeak The TruthLibertarian Party Author:William Weld
“Germany had come late to feast at the table of colonialism and did not feel that the division of colonial spoils at that particular moment in time reflected its true strength and its true weight in the imperialist world.” WorldFeelsMomentsParticularLateWeightTablesGermanyDivisionColonialismSpoilMoments In TimeTrue Strength Author:Gerald Horne
“As long as colonialism was allowed to reign and fester in Africa, it was going to be a source of tension, if not war, as was evidenced by World War I itself, which, among other things, featured Germany on one side of the barricades and Britain, which had come earlier to the table of colonial plunder, on the other.” IfsWorldLongWarSidesSourceTablesWar Of The WorldsTensionGermanyBritainWorld War IColonialismReignPlunderBarricades Author:Gerald Horne
“I believe very firmly that dash cams and body cams should be instituted for every single police officer in this country. Admit it, isn't it true that you behave differently when people are watching you? You chew with your mouth closed and you mind your table manners because people are watching. Cops are no different. Dash cams and body cams should be standard operating procedure.” PeopleShouldMindBelieveDifferentCountryBodyI BelieveStandardsMouthsPoliceTablesMannersBehaveOfficersCopProceduresPolice OfficerTable MannersStandard Operating Procedures Author:Nancy Grace
“Put yourself in the position of a person, sort of an ordinary American, "I'm a hard-working, god-fearing Christian. I take care of my family, I go to church, I, you know, do everything 'right'. And I'm getting shafted. For the last thirty years, my income has stagnated, my working hours are going up, my benefits are going down. My wife has to work two [jobs] to, you know, put food on the table. The children, God, there's no care for the children, the schools are rotten, and so on. What did I do wrong? I did everything you're supposed to do, but something's going wrong to me.” KnowsYearsChildrenPersonsTwoHardCareSchoolChristianJobsLastsHoursChurchWifePositionHard WorkBenefitsOrdinaryMy FamilyTablesTake CareMy WifeIncomeThirtyRottenThirty YearsTwo JobsWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Noam Chomsky
“I woke up early one morning a couple of years ago and felt the tenderness of my being alone, the bitter sweetness of it. It has many colors, being alone. I walked out into my living room and I can say honestly that everything was pouring with life - the red sofa, the chairs with their patterns of roses, even the coffee table with its scattering of books. Everything was alive with the presence of being. Seeing the world though those eyes, I realized that I could never really be alone.” WorldYearsI CanBookEyeFeltRoomsMorningAliveSeeingColorCoupleRedYears AgoTablesRosePatternsCoffeeI RealizedHonestlyBitterChairsTendernessSweetnessLiving RoomPouringUp EarlySeeing The WorldSofas Author:Roger Housden
“As they were building that library in that school's gym [in the Breakfast Club], they built a rehearsal space for us. It was really an empty room taped out with the same dimensions of the library. And they had the tables all there. And he had us sitting at the same table. All of us.” SchoolSpaceRoomsBuildingSittingBuiltEmptyTablesLibraryClubsDimensionsBreakfastGymRehearsalEmpty Rooms Author:Judd Nelson
“The most positive policy proposal [Donald] Trump will bring to the table as president is his desire to improve and strengthen relations between the U.S. and Russia, which have deteriorated badly in recent years.” YearsDesirePresidentPolicyTrumpRelationTablesRussiaProposal Author:David Krieger
“If I bring anything to the table, it's the fact that not everybody realizes they're funny. So I just point a finger.” IfsFactsRealizingTablesFingers Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I'm really lucky to have the kind of people I've got around me. I've got such a great group of predominantly young people, but so diverse, and they bring different perspectives to the table. They will tell me exactly what's on their mind.” PeopleMindKindDifferentYoungGroupsPerspectiveLuckyTablesDiverseDifferent Perspective Author:Hillary Clinton
“I want people to feel that I've got their back, that they can count on me, and that the door's open, the table is set for everybody, so that nobody feels like, hey, I'm a lesser person. And it's that place of fear. It does kill dreams. That's exactly what fear does.” PeopleWantFeelsPersonsDoeDreamDoorsTablesHeyCount On Me Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald] Trump not taking [hillary] Clinton probe off the table.” TrumpTablesClinton Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I felt so nourished by the process of making [Moana], of you're always engaged with other artists from different disciplines, and it's about bringing your art form to the table. It's so many art forms mashed together.” ArtDifferentTogetherFormArtistFeltProcessDisciplineTablesEngaged Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“One day I decided I would like to put a record into my system. So I picked up a record that was lying on the table, and put it on. I didn't bother to look at what it was because I didn't care, and it turned out to be Madame Butterfly. So I processed the aria from Madame Butterfly in my system and I played with it.” LooksCareLyingRecordsOne DayDecidedTablesBotherButterflyAria Author:Pauline Oliveros
“You know, [skin] happens at the gravy boat stage - right? - or this happens when you're trying to keep it warm. So the way that I avoid this is I keep my gravy - the second it's done, I put it in a thermos, which will keep it hot and will prevent air from getting to the surface. And I keep it there till the last moment. The last thing that goes out to the table is the gravy, and I pour it out of the thermos and immediately move it in.” KnowsWayTryingDoneMomentsHappensLastsMovingAirStageSkinsHotTablesWarmSurfaceBoatGravyThermos Author:Alton Brown
“I was every Londoner's stereotypical idea of a brash, vulgar American. When I got here, it turned out that London was the Wild West, and New York was like London at the height of the Victorian era, in which everyone was far more obsessed with table manners and status-climbing than they are in London. In London, everyone was just crawling over this blizzard of cocaine. Here, if you have more than a glass of wine with your meal, people refer you to Alcoholics Anonymous.” PeopleIfsIdeasNew YorkTablesWineWestGlassesLondonMannersErasHeightObsessedMealsClimbingVulgarAlcoholicsCocaineVictorianCrawlingAlcoholics AnonymousWine GlassBlizzardVictorian EraWild WestBrashLondonersTable Manners Author:Toby Young
“The culture of chefs is a melting pot, and I always say this - if we could put all the heads of state around a table, each representing their food culture, and then each take one bite of the other's and pass it to the right, and then explain the ideals and culture around those bites, our world problems would be easier to solve.” IfsWorldStatesProblemWould BeCultureEasierIdealsTablesSolveOur WorldPotBitesChefMeltingRepresentingMelting PotHead Of StateWorld ProblemsFood Culture Author:Robert Irvine
“America was built on immigrants, and what they bring 'to the table.'” AmericaBuiltTablesImmigrants Author:Robert Irvine
“If Rudy Giuliani`s offense was that "Wallstreet Journal" did a round table where he openly campaigned for it, and said he didn`t want to be attorney general and that he was better qualified for it, then certainly Senator [Bob] Corker would seem to be, you know, among the best choices.” IfsKnowsWantSaidSeemsChoicesTablesRoundsBe YouBobSenatorsOffenseJournalQualifiedAttorneyRudy Author:Andrea Mitchell
“If you have $300,000 to shoot a cigarette on a table, it's an enormous amount of money. Maybe that's why my movies are the way they are. But it's the only way I can make a living.” IfsWayI CanAmountTablesEnormousCigarette Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“I am saying there are women in the Senate, there are women in governorships, there are women in statewide office, there are women in the House, and I do think we can't ignore the fact that we have had the first woman ever win a nomination of a major party and the first woman ever winning the popular vote. So I think the table is set for a woman in the near future. I really do.” ThinkingFirstsFactsHouseWinningPartyOfficeMajorsVoteTablesSenateNominationsPopular Vote Author:Barbara Boxer
“Most of [ the Negro leaders] who - who, whose existence or whose position of leadership depends upon the - on the subsidy or crumbs for - the crumbs from the white man's table, will only say what that white man wants to hear. When they get behind the door they talk a different language.” MenWantDifferentLanguageWhiteBehindsExistenceLeaderDoorsPositionDependsTablesWhite ManSubsidiesCrumbsDifferent Languages Author:Malcolm X
“A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table - There's nothing wrong with them, but it's hard to stop thinking about it.” ThinkingHardGirlTablesCoffeeLoadedPistolsBikinisLoaded GunLake Wobegon Author:Garrison Keillor
“I think the president [Barack Obama] is right to call for a full investigation. Every federal agency involved should be - should put everything on the table, and the Democratic Party will put everything on the table.” ThinkingShouldPresidentPartyInvolvedTablesDemocraticBarackAgencyInvestigationDemocratic PartyPresident Barack Obama Author:Donna Brazile
“People come to my shows and know that they're going to hear about what's going on in the world - what's happening at the moment. My material is as new as anything on the dinner table.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsShowsMaterialsHappeningsTablesDinnerDinner Table Author:Jackie Mason
“That feels natural to me, singing in a small group of people I just can't do. You'll never hear me sing at a dinner table or anything, but this feels kinda natural. I've done it many, many times. So, and also, the pressure's off me cos I'm not singing on my own. I'm just doing a few harmonies with my stuffed nose.” PeopleFeelsDoneNaturalMy OwnGroupsSingingPressureHarmonyTablesDinnerNosesSmall GroupsDinner Table Author:George Michael
“My parents would frisk me before family events, and find the book, and lock it in the car. And then be disappointed where, somewhere at the event, I would find a book and sit under a table where nobody could get me and go back into book land.” BookParentLandCarEventsTablesDisappointedLocks Author:Neil Gaiman
“When you have difficult issues on the table for discussion, then sometimes for Africa you may have Burundi or Gambia representing them on the Security Council; and then for Latin America you may have a country like Costa Rica, which is a wonderful country but they don't have the same weight as others from the other regions. And sometimes they get bullied. Sometimes their capitals come under lots of pressure to take a position.” MayCountrySometimesAmericaDifficultIssuesWonderfulSecurityPositionWeightPressureTablesDiscussionRegionsLatinCouncilRepresentingLatin AmericaBulliedSecurity CouncilCosta RicaBurundi Author:Kofi Annan
“After [Bill Shawn] was fired, I was going to the YMHA [Young Men's Hebrew Association] on the Upper East Side to do a talk on free speech.I went into a coffee shop to get a piece of pie and a coffee, and I was reading a paper and I hear a voice. And it was -it was not a voice I was familiar with, but I looked across the table and I saw Lilian Ross.And sitting next to her was William Shawn - no tie, needed a shave. His voice was kind of coarse and rather loud. He wasn't drunk, but I was just stunned.” MenKindYoungReadingNextSidesVoiceSawsPiecesNeededSpeechPaperSittingTablesBillsEastCoffeeFamiliarDrunkLoudTiesYoung ManShopsAssociationFree SpeechPieHebrewStunnedCoarseCoffee ShopEast SideUpper East Side Author:Nat Hentoff
“We already have plenty of fundamentalism and fundamental sects like for instance Rabbi Schneerson and Chabad Lubavitch. They feel more secure because they are in the warm, caring/sharing community. This is the difference between community (Gemeinschaft) and what Ferdinand Tönnies called Gesellschaft: a kind of setting in which you have no rights to do anything unless you pay for it, and no right to get anything unless you prove that you are 'credit worthy'. In a Gemeinschaft, however, you have a place at the table guaranteed whatever happens.” FeelsKindHappensCommunityDifferencesPayRightsProveTablesFundamentalsCaringWorthyCreditWarmSettingSettingsInstanceSecurePlentyFundamentalismSectsWhatever HappensRabbi Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“There were no "unemployed" in the impoverished Polish countryside before the Second World War. Not a single unemployed. Every child that was born in the peasant family had his room at the table and his job in the field, stable or pigsty... If there was not enough food, everybody got less. If food was plentiful, everybody ate better. In such a setting, we may say, the problem of security couldn't even arise... One was born with life-long rights; the only thing that one could not do was to change them. A setting good on the side of security, though bad on the side of freedom.” IfsWorldMayChildrenLongWarEnoughProblemJobsSidesBornRoomsRightsSecurityFieldsTablesAriseSettingSettingsWar Of The WorldsStableLong LifePolishPeasantsUnemployedCountrysideSecond World WarPlentiful Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“If Christ would have left Christian ethics codified on the table, then he wouldn't produce moral beings choosing between good and evil, but conformists fulfilling orders. I think the same can be said about the Bible.” IfsThinkingSaidChristianOrderEvilLeftChristMoralProduceEthicsTablesGood And EvilFulfillingConformistChristian Ethics Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“Emotionally, my ambition is not yet sated. Emotionally, I still feel like a kid at the adult's table, yearning for recognition. I'm not sure where this all comes from but it is how I feel.” FeelsStillsKidsAmbitionAdultsTablesRecognitionNot SureYearningMy AmbitionSated Author:Roxane Gay
“When I say I believe in radical truth and radical transparency, all I mean is we take things that ordinarily people would hide, and we put them on the table, particularly mistakes, problems, and weaknesses. We put those on the table, and we look at them together. We don't hide them.” PeopleBelieveLooksMeanProblemTogetherI BelieveMistakeWeaknessTablesI Believe InRadicalTransparency Author:Ray Dalio
“I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.” KnowsBookCharacterStrongNormalWeakHatredTablesComplexesMy FavoriteSpotsMortalsMotivatedCompellingHarry PotterGorgeousPottersSnapeComplex CharactersFavorite Characters Author:Megan Chance
“The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.” FeelsTablesAlbumsStorytellingOur FamilySeatsLineage Author:Solange Knowles
“I just feel so much joy and gratitude that people have connected to it in this way. The biggest reward that I could ever get is seeing women, especially black women, talk about what this album ['A Seat at the Table'] has done, the solace it has given them.” PeopleWayFeelsDoneJoyGivenBlackSeeingGratitudeTablesRewardsAlbumsConnectedSeatsBlack WomenSolaceJoy And Gratitude Author:Solange Knowles
“I mean, on one hand Rex Tillerson is correct, there are no plans to change the One China policy. But certainly that policy is on the table if China doesn't also come to the table and work with us on trade, work with us on the South China Sea on what's happening there.” IfsMeanHandsPlansSeaPolicyHappeningsTablesTradeSouthChina Author:Reince Priebus
“As part of that negotiation [with China], as part of fulfilling that promise, all of these issues are on the table. But at the same time, Rex Tillerson is correct, there's no predetermined path here. But it's something that is going to be discussed and decided down the road.” PathIssuesPromiseDecidedTablesChinaFulfillingNegotiationDown The RoadPredetermined Author:Reince Priebus
“If God was willing to wrap himself in rags and drink from a mother's breast, then all questions about his love for us are off the table.” IfsMotherWillingDrinkTablesBreastsHis LoveWrapsRags Author:Max Lucado
“I would much rather sit on the floor. Very rarely do I find a table and a chair that is comfortable. But the floor is comfortable.” ComfortableTablesChairs Author:Laura Huxley