“The beautiful thing about podcasting is it's just talking. It can be funny, or it can be terrifying. It can be sweet. It can be obnoxious. It almost has no definitive form. In that sense it's one of the best ways to explore an idea, and certainly much less limiting than trying to express the same idea in stand up comedy. For some ideas stand up is best, but it's really, really nice to have podcasts as well.” WayTryingWellsIdeasBeautifulFormTalkingComedyNiceSweetBest WayBeautiful ThingsReally NiceObnoxiousStand Up ComedyPodcasting Author:Joe Rogan
“I'm not big on trying to label it [my rap] or trying to prove people otherwise. I'm just making records that I like and that I wanna make. I'm just making records that relate to me and that relate to my life. If you listen to what I'm saying I'm not talking about anything that isn't my life. I take pride in having truthful lyrics.” PeopleIfsTryingBigsTalkingRecordsPrideProveRapLabelsRelateTruthfulNot Talking Author:Mike Stud
“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
“My writing has to excite people and depict or include their experiences. That's part of my process - to go out and interact with people. It's very much like an archival process. I understand that the Brothers Grimm would go out and get people talking so they could document folk tales that weren't being documented any other way. I try to offer a little bit of myself - some experience from my life that evokes stories in other people.” PeopleWayWritingTryingLittlesStoriesBitsProcessTalkingBrotherOffersLittle BitFolksTalesDocumentsEvokePeople TalkingGrimmBrothers Grimm Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Intellectual culture seems to separate high art from low art. Low art is horror or pornography or anything that has a physical component to it and engages the reader on a visceral level and evokes a strong sympathetic reaction. High art is people driving in Volvos and talking a lot. I just don't want to keep those things separate. I think you can use visceral physical experiences to illustrate larger ideas, whether they're emotional or spiritual. I'm trying to not exclude high and low art or separate them.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingArtIdeasUseSeemsSpiritualCultureStrongLevelsTalkingEmotionalReaderHorrorIntellectualLowsArt IsDrivingReactionsPornographyComponentsSympatheticEvokeVisceralHighs And LowsHigh ArtVolvo Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie.” ThinkingTryingMindIdeasGivenProcessTalkingHonestBeing Honest Author:Charlie Kaufman
“All my friends are always telling me how hard it is to have kids. 'Oh, David, it's so hard.' That's not hard. I'll tell you what hard is. Try talking your girlfriend into her third consecutive abortion. Yeah, that's hard, that takes finesse. You're just inconvenienced.” TryingHardHumorKidsFunnyTalkingMy FriendsThirdsYeahGirlfriendAbortionYour GirlfriendFinesseConsecutive Author:David Cross
“We have a society that is going through life not talking about what's really hard about life and trying to pretend like everything's great when it's not. As a result, people feel more and more isolated.” PeopleFeelsTryingHardResultsTalkingIsolatedNot Talking Author:Deborah Reber
“I am trying to keep my voice in order. Basically not talking much in the van throughout the day to preserve it, which I'm sure is welcomed by the band.” TryingOrderVoiceTalkingBandPreservesVansNot TalkingTalking Much Author:Dan Mangan
“If you've done your preparation and you know the team of people that you're working with, then it makes life an awful lot easier. I still get nervous all the time. I think the best thing to do is to take a deep breath, make it simple, know what you're talking about, don't try and be fancy, don't try and be clever and just enjoy the experience.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingStillsDoneEnjoySimpleTalkingTeamEasierBreathsCleverNervousAwfulPreparationBest ThingsThings To DoFancyDeep BreathTake A Deep Breath Author:Jill Douglas
“Language is virtually always pathological; hence the solution is to move as fast and far as possible from language to experience, from linguistic to experimental or psychological philosophy. In order to know that we are not in the linguistic maze, we need to determine, according to Berkeley, whether the things we are talking about exist; hence we need to look for the relevant perceptions. For him, this usually means retiring into himself and trying to imagine whether x exists, having formed the best definition possible of x.” KnowsNeedsTryingLooksMeanPhilosophyMovingOrderLanguageTalkingImaginePerceptionSolutionsDefinitionsDeterminePsychologicalRetiringRelevantMazesBerkeley Author:David Berman
“The best talk is artless, the talk of people trying to reassure or comfort themselves, women in the sun, grouped around baby carriages, talking about their weeks in the hospital or the way meat has gone up, or men in saloons, talking to combat the loneliness everyone feels.” PeopleMenWayFeelsTryingTalkingSunGoneWeekLonelinessBabyComfortMeatHospitalsCombatCarriagesSaloons Book:My Ears Are Bent Source: My Ears Are Bent
“My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.” TryingFatherHoursTalkingTelepathyIdolized Author:Patti Smith
“In my personal life, I will do whatever it takes to make a situation comfortable if I sense - if I'm talking to someone [and] I sense there's a silence, I'll try to fill that gap. It makes me very anxious when things get uncomfortable.” IfsTryingSilenceTalkingSituationComfortableUncomfortableGapsAnxiousPersonal LifeWhatever It TakesTalking To Someone Author:Nathan Fielder
“We see films all the time, whether they have access to all kinds of intellectual property or artifacts, and the one thing that they don't get is story. So I think whether you're talking about a biopic or an action film or a science-fiction film that has all the CGI in the world, if you're not trying to connect with an audience, it doesn't really matter.” IfsThinkingWorldTryingKindMatterStoriesActionFilmFictionTalkingAudienceOne ThingIntellectualScience FictionPropertyAccessAll KindsIntellectual PropertyArtifactsAction FilmsCgi Author:John Ridley
“Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingWellsI CanTalkingReaderConversation Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I think it's very important to get this stuff on film, not just the behind-the-scenes of the process, but also the interviews with the women. We're going to try to do some on-the-street filming, getting people's reactions to the work, and seeing if we can get some street harassment happening on film so people can see what we're talking about. It's important to have some type of documentation so people can see what happens when we create this artwork and why I'm creating it.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingImportantHappensFilmStuffProcessBehindsTalkingSeeingStreetsTypeSceneCreatingHappeningsReactionsInterviewsArtworkHarassmentBehind The ScenesDocumentationStreet Harassment Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“In terms of viewing the world in a certain way, when you're talking about monsters and talking about the metaphor that you're trying to create, as Black Americans, you oft times stand apart and you have to look at things from the inside out or the outside in.” WorldWayTryingLooksCertainBlackTermTalkingMetaphorMonsters Author:Kevin Grevioux
“I think one of the dirty little secrets that I try to reveal here is that Washington is not hopelessly divided. It's very interconnected. We're talking about people sort of feeding from the same insider trough, where if you are known as an insider, you are going to get paid and do very, very, very well.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWellsLittlesSecretTalkingKnownPaidDirtyDividedFeedingInterconnectedInsidersTrough Author:Mark Leibovich
“My theory with the auctions has been to try to make them like a party, like a social event. If people are having a good time, talking with their friends, they're much more likely to bid.” PeopleIfsTryingHas BeensSocialPartyTalkingEventsTheoryGood TimesHaving A Good TimeAuctionsSocial Events Author:Paul Brown
“It's definitely a challenge, but it's even more than that. Beyond the basic need to understand what you're saying, a computer needs to understand what you're trying to do. So humans talking to computers present variable challenges.” NeedsTryingHumansChallengesTalkingComputerVariablesBasic Needs Author:Peter P. Mahoney
“I hear a lot of young people talking about the need to network. I think that is true, and I think that building a network makes sense. But I also think that there is another way to approach it, and that is to try to make friends. Just try to make a lot of friends.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsTryingYoungTalkingBuildingApproachMake SenseAnother WayLots Of FriendsPeople Talking Author:Dana Perino
“There's no harm in talking to yourself, but try to avoid telling yourself jokes you've heard before.” TryingTalkingHeardJokesHarmTalking To Yourself Author:Ashleigh Brilliant
“We're talking about the Olympics. We're talking about trying to win the gold medal. All of these things can be overwhelming. But regardless of whether I win a gold medal or never compete again, I just have to trust that God has a plan for my life and I'm called to be His representative through the sport and outside of the sport.” TryingWinningSportsTalkingPlansGoldOverwhelmingRepresentativesOlympicsMedalGold MedalsGod Has A Plan Author:Elana Meyers
“We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third try won't work. But if you stay at it and you're learning, you're talking to others, and you're learning together, eventually you'll break through and see the kind of impact you were hoping for.” IfsNeedsTryingFirstsKindTogetherTalkingBreakRiskThirdsImpactMentalityPhilanthropyRecognizingBreak ThroughTaking Risks Author:Steve Case
“My understanding from talking to a lot of people in the business has been that it used to be that a newspaper was considered a community service. Now they're being run as profit centers, and they're trying to get pretty high profit margins. As a result, investigative reporting has been seen as a problem.” PeopleTryingHas BeensProblemRunningUsedUnderstandingCommunityResultsTalkingProfitNewspapersUsed To BeMarginsCommunity ServiceProfit Margin Author:Craig Newmark
“Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.” PeopleTryingTalkingListening Author:Mardy Grothe
“Everybody is talking and everybody is trying to block things out, but eventually you just yell, "Action!," everybody starts moving, the camera starts going, and you get a take.” TryingActionMovingTalkingCamerasBlock Author:Craig Gillespie
“I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I think, when people talk about nerdiness, what they're really talking about is smart people who who are trying to think hard about the world. And I don't think that's an insult, I think that's a great thing.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingHardTalkingSmartTreatsAffectionGreat ThingsEngagedInsultSmart PeopleNerdiness Author:John Green
“If God does exist, it's in music and in art, I think there's more spiritually in what I do than in a lot of religious groups judging, especially in the way they've treated me in the past couple of years. I've grown tired of talking about religion. It's time for me to move on. I'm trying to redefine the idea of spirituality and make it now such a bad word for myself, because I find that I sound really stupid saying it sometimes” IfsThinkingWayTryingYearsDoeArtIdeasSometimesPastMovingSpiritualitySoundReligiousTalkingGroupsStupidJudgingCoupleTiredTreatedReally StupidBad WordGod Does Exist Author:Marilyn Manson
“No one born in the 1950s took much interest in my generation, and all we've done is try to fix it by talking to the people who came after us. I don't hang out with anyone who is 10 years older than I am, but I hang out with a lot of people who are 10 years younger.” PeopleTryingYearsDoneInterestBornTalkingGenerationsHanging OutMy Generation Author:Liam Gillick
“I feel so fortunate, Because some people think, well you're just relegated to the sideline. But I feel valued there. They trust me. We work very, very hard at making it worthwhile. We are not going to just be down there spewing a bunch of blah. With our halftime talking to the coaches we are really trying to get something meaningful there and something that helps spin the game forward.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingWellsHardHelpingGamesTalkingCoachesMeaningfulBunchFortunateWorthwhileTrust MeSidelinesBlahHalftime Author:Michele Tafoya
“Whenever black women have a point, they're characterized as angry black women, and therefore the thing they're talking about is no longer of importance because they have to deal with them being overly emotional or something. I recognize that people who respond negatively to what I have to say aren't at a place yet where they are able to learn ... And it's exactly what I'm trying to fight.” PeopleTryingAbleFightingBlackDealsTalkingEmotionalImportanceAngryBlack Women Author:Amandla Stenberg
“What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot thereby be undone. For what one has done one must suffer; one must try and do better. The world sympathizes only with the strong and the powerful.” WorldTryingDoneUseSufferingStrongPowerfulMistakeTalkingUndone Book:Complete Works Source: Complete Works
“We were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause, we held them, now you have to hope the phone company still has them, you have to argue with their chief counsel by the time you get access to it, and try to find out who they've been talking to before it's too late.” TryingStillsAbleCausesCompanyTalkingRecordsLatePhonesAccessArguingTerroristChiefsToo LateBefore It's Too Late Author:Barack Obama
“Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band.” IfsTryingPlayTalkingBandSimplicityExcitement Author:Patty Schemel