“An idea that will translate really well musically should work visually. I try to write music that you can feel if you were to close your eyes you can see what I am talking about.” IfsFeelsShouldWritingTryingWellsIdeasEyeTalkingTranslate Author:Ne-Yo
“Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they're either homages or satiric riffs, and are not intended to be taken too seriously as works in their own right. Otherwise I should be talking to a copyright lawyer.” ShouldArtistTalkingTakenDoubtDevelopmentAimAssumingLawyerArtisticImitationHomageCopyright Author:Bill Watterson
“On a crowded bus in Israel, a mother was speaking to her son in Yiddish. An Israeli woman reprimanded her. "You should be speaking Hebrew. Why are you talking to him in Yiddish?" The mother answered, "I don't want he should forget he's a Jew."” WantShouldHumorFunnyMotherForgetTalkingSonJewIsraelBusIsraeliCrowdedHebrewYiddishTalking To Him Author:Kirk Douglas
“It doesn't matter if you're talking to a communist or a fascist if you say, do you want a good future for your kids? Well they're all going to say yes. Well do you think that money should be spent efficiently? Yes. Al of these things, everyone agrees on them but the way that we discuss them and the language that we use we hold different definitions for.” IfsThinkingWayWantShouldWellsDifferentMatterUseKidsLanguageTalkingAgreeDefinitionsAlsCommunistFascistsGood Future Author:Dan Mangan
“I think I have always wanted to tell stories. My mother was the real catalyst. I kept talking about it and so she pulled out a story I wrote (and illustrated) back in elementary school. She used that as proof that I should be writing and had been doing so unconsciously for years.” ThinkingShouldWritingYearsRealStoriesWantedSchoolUsedMotherTalkingProofCatalystElementary School Author:Kim Smith
“I know if you talk faster and use more ten-dollar words than everyone around you, you convince half of them that they should shut up because you know what you're talking about.” IfsKnowsShouldUseHalfTalkingTenDollarsFasterConvinceShut Up Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“I'm a chronic ad-libber. So whoever hires me, often to their chagrin, should know that I will be talking a bunch of smack.” KnowsShouldTalkingBunchAdsSmackChagrin Author:Jay Baruchel
“Diplomacy should always be our first option. Most politicians only talk, not fight. I’ve fought; talking is far better than fighting.” ShouldFirstsFightingTalkingPoliticianDiplomacy Author:Seth Moulton
“It is time to stop talking so much about what kind of leaders we want, to give less lip service to what Washington or Wall Street or Hollywood should do, and to act a lot more like citizens who actually deserve freedom.” WantGivingShouldKindTalkingLeaderStreetsWallCitizensDeserveHollywoodLipsLip Service Author:Oliver DeMille
“The main thing is, and of course this is a pedant talking, we should start our education on these issues in kindergarten. Instead of saying, "See Spot run," we ought to say, "See the plant grow in the sun." We ought to explain what runs the weather in the third or fourth grade to start out with.” ShouldRunningCoursesGrowsTalkingSunIssuesOughtThirdsPlantWeatherSpotsGradesFourthKindergartenPedantsFourth Grade Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“Some remain great cities, but they shouldn't stand still. They should move in the direction of a knowledge-oriented society. Most cities have to do something to draw attention to themselves and make their particular assets visible on the international radar. I'm not talking about developing countries, but about the United States and Europe.” ShouldStillsCountryStatesMovingUnitedCitiesAttentionTalkingUnited StatesParticularDrawsEuropeInternationalDevelopingVisibleAssetsNot TalkingRadarGreat CitiesDeveloping Countries Author:Charles Landry
“You should never use the word Karma when talking about someone else, it's only a concept you should apply to yourself as a matter of investigation.” ShouldMatterUseTalkingConceptsKarmaInvestigationTalking About Someone Author:Sharon Salzberg
“I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time, even I can't understand what the fu*k I'm talking about.” ThinkingShouldI CanHalfTalkingMtvSubtitles Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“If Christianity should happen to be true - that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe - then defending it may mean talking about anything and everything.” IfsShouldMayMeanRealHappensUniverseTalkingChristianityBeing TrueAnything And Everything Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The concept of God as a loving, all-powerful person, who created us, who has a plan for us, who issues commandments, and who is ready to receive us into Heaven, is a substantial concept, rich in meaning and significance for human life. But if we take away all this, and leave only the idea of an original cause, it is questionable whether the same word should even be used. By keeping the original word, we delude ourselves into thinking that we are talking about the same thing.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansPersonsIdeasUsedHeavenCausesPowerfulTalkingIssuesRichPlansReadyConceptsOriginalsHuman LifeSignificanceCommandmentsQuestionablePowerful Person Book:Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism Source: Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism
“People are already talking about the next presidential election. There's stories all over about who might run. At a recent speech, a prominent Democrat said that Hillary Clinton should not run because she can't win. Immediately after the speech, Hillary told her husband to shut up.” PeopleShouldSaidStoriesMightRunningNextWinningTalkingHusbandSpeechElectionClintonDemocratPresidentialShut UpProminentCan't WinPresidential Election Author:Conan O'Brien
“You shouldn't speak until you know what you're talking about. That's why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a f***ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I'm here for entertainment, basically, when you whittle everything away. I'm a grown man who puts on makeup.” ThinkingKnowsMenFeelsShouldHandsCareActorsAsksSpeakTalkingScriptsEntertainmentChinaAsk MeUncomfortableInterviewsMakeupReportersWho CaresTibetGrown Man Author:Brad Pitt
“Tonight, the news debated the intelligence of a bear. And it got my wondering why humanity rewards itself for passing tests that we create. And that got me wondering why we care. I've studied enough wars to know that the intelligence of the target isn't on the mind of the person with the gun. Maybe we should stop talking about intelligence and start discussing our grades in compassion.” KnowsShouldMindPersonsWarEnoughCareHumanityTalkingCompassionWonderBearsNewsGunTestsRewardsPassingPassingsGradesTonightTargetDiscussingPassing A Test Author:Paige
“I think it's kind of awkward when everyone knows you're gay but you don't say it. I had been thinking about coming out for almost a year before I did. I thought about it seriously on the plane ride home from the World Cup, while I was casually talking to my friend Lori Lindsey. She said, "Dude, you should just come out." She was right. Everyone in my life already knew. If you want to stand up and fight for equal rights but then won't even stand up for yourself and say "I'm gay" - that just started to feel weird.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsShouldYearsKindSaidHomeFightingTalkingRightsGayEqualMy FriendsCupsPlanesComing OutAwkwardEqual RightsWorld CupStand Up For YourselfPlane Rides Author:Megan Rapinoe
“Spouses should spend at least one full hour each day talking together about subjects that have nothing to do with their work or business. Children need at least ten minutes of face-to-face contact with their parents each day.” NeedsShouldChildrenTogetherFacesParentHoursTalkingMinutesSubjectsTenContactEach DaySpouseFace To Face Author:Brian Tracy
“The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of things - and see no reason why their opinions should not be taken as seriously as the views of people who actually know what they are talking about.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldHas BeensSelfReasonSchoolViewsTalkingOpinionSuccessfulTakenSelf EsteemEsteemReason WhyNo ReasonPromotion Book:Controversial Essays Source: Controversial Essays
“I don't want to sell credit to people who are going to hurt themselves with it. You should only sell products that are good for the people who use them. Some disagree with this, but I know I'm right. That is to say, you're talking to a Republican who admires Elizabeth Warren.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldUseHurtTalkingProductsRepublicanSellsCreditAdmireDisagree Author:Charlie Munger