“I don't write fiction but I do write narrative; I write memoirs that I treat like stories, so whenever I'm using somebody I actually know as a model, I am submitting them to the agenda of a storyteller, and I feel free to do what I want.” KnowsWantFeelsWritingStoriesFictionModelsTreatsMemoirNarrativeAgendasStoryteller Author:Vivian Gornick
“This is America, and you have the right to remain sick. If you choose to treat yourself and your family, that is within your rights, and is necessarily your sole decision based on what you know to be best.” IfsKnowsAmericaDecisionRightsTreatsSickOur FamilyYou ChooseSoleTreat Yourself Author:Andrew Saul
“He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease.” KnowsWorldWellsPlayAbilityTreatsEaseContemptBalancedCricketCricketersBowlersPlaying Cricket Author:Greg Chappell
“I travel as much as I do. It isn't the life I expected. I don't know what dust of pollen will come back with me from these travels.But I must trust that I will not treat frivolously the glimpses I've been given into other places and others' lives.” KnowsGivenTreatsExpectedDustGlimpsePollen Author:Jane Hirshfield
“Science fiction - and the correct shortcut is 'sf' - uses actual scientific facts or theories for the source ideas or framework of the story. It has some scientific content, however speculative. If it breaks a law of physics, it knows it's doing so and follows up the consequences. If it invents a society of aliens, it does so with some respect for and knowledge of the social sciences and what you might call social probabilities. And some of it is literarily self-aware enough to treat its metaphors as metaphors.” IfsKnowsDoeIdeasSelfEnoughFactsStoriesUseMightLawSocialFictionBreakTheorySourceConsequenceTreatsScience FictionMetaphorPhysicsAliensProbabilityFrameworkShortcutsSocial ScienceLaws Of PhysicsScientific FactsFollow Up Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“I treat myself like I would my daughter. I brusher her hair, was her laundry, tuck her in goodnight. Most importantly, I feed her. I do not punish her. I do not berate her, leave tears staining her face. I do not leave her alone. I know she deserves more. I know I deserve more.” KnowsFacesTearsHairDaughterDeserveTreatsMy DaughterLaundryDeserve More Author:K.Michelle
“I love it when I come across a word I don't know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren't smart enough to come along with me.” KnowsEnoughAudienceSmartTreats Author:Aisha Tyler
“Humans treat time as a map and always know where they are located on it and respond with the appropriate emotion.” KnowsHumansEmotionTreatsAppropriateMaps Author:Russell Baker
“No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.” KnowsMenShouldChildrenPhilosophyPayAttentionEnemyWifeLife PhilosophyTreatsNeighborPay AttentionSermonsLecturesSubordinatesDelivering Author:Sydney J. Harris
“If you wish to know how civilized a culture is, look at how they treat it's women.” IfsKnowsLooksCultureWishKnow HowTreatsCivilized Author:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
“If someone already knows you from being in the trenches with you on this TV schedules, and then you have a little bit more time, it's a treat for them, as well, because they can give you more.” IfsKnowsGivingWellsLittlesBitsTvsLittle BitTreatsMore TimeSchedulesTrenches Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“Over the long term, the eclipse rate of great civilizations being overtaken is 100%. So you know how it's going to end. (Laughter) I'm more optimistic about the staying power of what's good in this country. But just because you have a wonderful spouse doesn't mean you should treat her badly. You have the feeling that some of the old virtues [that made this country great] are lessening. But there's so much good and so much strength left that I would not expect this country to suddenly founder.” KnowsShouldMeanLongMadeEndsCountryFeelingsLeftTermKnow HowVirtueWonderfulCivilizationLaughterTreatsRateOptimisticLong TermStayingFoundersSpouseEclipseStaying Power Author:Charlie Munger
“To me, the most important thing was to treat people the way you want to be treated. Some people say that I'm a mean person. Well, you know what? The person that's saying that is probably a dipshit and I put them in their place! I have a knack for doing that.” PeopleKnowsWayWantWellsMeanPersonsImportantTreatsImportant ThingsTreatedKnackMean Person Author:Dave Mustaine
“None of the cartoons that I ever did are basically, if they're about sex, they're about sex in sort of this, you know, this ironic way, or the way that people actually treat it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWaySexTreatsIronicCartoon Author:Robert Mankoff
“It took me quite a long time to realise that my maleness was cutting off certain areas for Yoko [Ono]. She's a red hot liberationistand was quick to show me where I was going wrong, even though it seemed to me that I was just acting naturally. That's why I'm always interested to know how people who claim to be radical treat women.” PeopleKnowsLongShowsCertainActingKnow HowCuttingLong TimeRedAreasTreatsClaimsHotRadicalRealisingShow MeCutting OffRed HotMaleness Author:John Lennon
“You never know what life can hand you, but YOU have the choice and power to give back love and kindness in all you do and how you treat others.” KnowsGivingHandsChoicesKindnessTreatsGiving BackLove And KindnessBack Love Author:Angela Rockwood
“Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show.” IfsKnowsWayShowsTreatsTreatedComicTonight Author:Buddy Hackett
“You try not to have a favorite when you have sons or kids. Can't have a favorite. Can't let them know know if you do. I don't. I treat my main son and the other two exactly the same way.” IfsKnowsWayTryingTwoKidsSonTreats Author:Greg Giraldo
“We're on this rock and we can choose to treat each other well or we can choose to kill each other and be uncivilized. I don't know. It's very tragic. It's a very tragic thing to think about.” ThinkingKnowsWellsRocksTreatsTragicUncivilized Author:Rachel Weisz
“The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehicles of national pride, and assume that their people will be most interested in their own athletes. So anybody who was saving up to write an angry letter, blog post, or op-ed about NBC's chauvinistic coverage: don't bother! They're actually more above-the-fray than most. Also, their coverage is not shown anywhere except America - I know, it's because I can't get it that I'm watching Women's Air Pistol - so can't ruffle feathers elsewhere.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingI CanCountryAmericaGamesAirYouthPrideLettersTreatsAngryAssumingSurpriseAthleteSavingPostsBotherOrganizedVehicleElsewhereFeathersBlogsBecause I CanCoveragePistolsOlympic GamesFrayNbcRufflesNational PrideSaving Up Author:James Fallows
“I don't have the faith now. I certainly believe in Jesus - you know, that he existed and he was a very nice man. And who can disagree with a simple philosophy of treat other people like you'd like to be treated yourself? It's absolutely - nothing I can disagree with that.” PeopleKnowsMenBelieveI CanPhilosophyJesusSimpleNiceLike YouTreatsTreatedDisagreeVery NiceAbsolutely NothingNice Man Author:Nick Lowe
“If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll.” PeopleIfsKnowsShowsComedyRocksTreatsComedianRock N RollFestivalsGeek Author:Rhys Darby
“There are decent people that I know who don't know how to treat their partner. It's been built up so hard and so high that people are afraid.” PeopleKnowsHardKnow HowBuiltTreatsPartnersDecent Author:Justin Vernon
“There are some patients who just have insomnia and they've had it since they were a kid and we don't quite know why. So when we look at the cause, we definitely want to treat whatever else is going on, but insomnia often because it becomes its own diagnosis and that requires its own treatment.” KnowsWantLooksKidsCausesTreatsPatientTreatmentInsomniaDiagnosis Author:Shelby Harris
“I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'” KnowsSaidRememberNightWatchesWeekTvsMomTreatsMy MomSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Rashida Jones
“There was this point about, you know, the basic point there as well - this statute treats some parts of the country different from others, and what's the justification for that? Well, you know, I had eight million things to say about that, but he put it in such a sharp, excruciating way that it was just very hard to handle it effectively.” KnowsWayWellsDifferentCountryHardMillionsTreatsEightHandleJustificationStatutesHard To Handle Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Everywhere I go, I meet people ready for change. People who are fed up with the exhaustion that comes from devoting one's life to the work-watch-spend treadmill. People who know in their hearts that it's wrong to treat the planet and whole groups of people as disposable. People who are challenging the bogus stories we've been fed for years and are writing their own about hope and love and working together to build a better future for everyone.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsHeartWholeStoriesTogetherChallengesWatchesGroupsPlanetsReadyAnd LoveTreatsWorking TogetherFedsExhaustionFed UpBetter FutureDisposableTreadmillsHope And LoveReady For Change Author:Annie Leonard
“You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food, even if you're poor - you can't go out and buy a Sara Lee cake. You buy the big bag of cookies, those chocolate and vanilla ones with the icing. That has a lot of trans fat in it, but it goes a long way with a lot of people.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLongBigsPoorSweetTreatsNineFatsBagsChocolateCakeLong WayCookiesTransVanillaIcing Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Mom used to walk with me for something like two or three miles to get to the day-old bakery. They had those machines where you buy doughnuts, those vending machines with the long johns and doughnuts. We would buy those bagels and pastries because that was our treat. And come back with shopping bags of these sweets, and who knows what was in it? That was what we could afford that could feed that many people.” PeopleKnowsLongTwoUsedThreeWalksSweetMomMachinesTreatsMilesBagsShoppingPastriesDoughnutBagelsBakeriesWalk With MeVending Machines Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Think about how many great works of art or game-changing ideas were ahead of their time - their creator's talent underappreciated until many years later. That's how we need to treat our young people - because who knows where the next great idea will come from?” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsArtIdeasYoungNextGamesTalentTreatsCreatorWorks Of ArtGreat WorkGreat Idea Author:Ashley Bryan
“I think what Donald Trump is reflecting is - and I know the media always discounts this because you don't like to get criticized. But you don't treat us the same way that you treat Democrats. Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama , they get the benefit of the doubt.” ThinkingKnowsWayDoubtMediaTrumpBenefitsTreatsBillsClintonDemocratBarackReflectingDiscountsBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Treat [Williams] and I have remained sort of like war buddies. He's a good guy. It doesn't matter who is the wingman, you just know that you work good together.” KnowsWarMatterTogetherGuyTreatsBuddyGood GuyWingman Author:George Hamilton
“Where we get into problems, typically, is when our personal religious faith, or the community of faith that we participate in, tips into a sort of fundamentalist extremism, in which it's not enough for us to believe what we believe, but we start feeling obligated to, you know, hit you over the head because you don't believe the same thing. Or to treat you as somebody who's less than I am.” KnowsBelieveEnoughFeelingsProblemCommunityReligiousTreatsDon't BelieveReligious FaithExtremismFundamentalist Author:Barack Obama
“It's probably unprecedented for a filmmaker simply to take the writers' script and treat it as the instructions on the package. What really happens is you pretty much suppress your own instincts - and your own views on the matter - and write things the way filmmakers would like to have them, though the filmmakers often don't know what they want. They can only find out by reading what you do.” KnowsWayWantWritingMatterHappensReadingViewsTreatsInstinctScriptsFilmmakerInstructionPackagesUnprecedented Author:Tom Stoppard
“When people come to my shows they know there is a distinct beginning and end. It's difficult for me to play for much more than an hour, so people kind of come out and treat it like a rock show. They're fiending and ready to dance.” PeopleKnowsKindEndsPlayShowsDifficultHoursRocksReadyTreatsBeginnings And Ends Author:Girl Talk
“[The Office] is incredible. It's slightly overwhelming because you don't think that anything you do....having anybody enjoy what you do is such a treat and so I know I've said this a hundred times but we owe it all to our writers.” ThinkingKnowsSaidEnjoyOfficeHundredTreatsIncrediblesOverwhelming Author:John Krasinski
“"You're really not that old." You know, the old grandpa thing - Grandpa Rossy with KB [Kris Bryant] and Rizz [Anthony Rizzo]. That's how everyone treats me.” KnowsTreatsGrandpaOld You Author:David Ross
“Fortunately, we know more about the problems that we have than in all preceding history. We know now the consequences of the things that we put into the air, into the water - of the way we treat life on Earth.” KnowsWayProblemEarthWaterAirConsequenceTreats Author:Sylvia Earle
“It's just hard to look at yourself and guess how you're going to be perceived by other people sometimes. I do my best to let people know that I'm approachable, but I'm a human being just like anybody else. Sometimes people forget that. They forget that you're a person and they treat you like this celebrity thing. But I have to be patient with that, and I try to be.” PeopleKnowsTryingHumansLooksPersonsSometimesHardHuman BeingsForgetTreatsPatientBe PatientLook At Yourself Author:Joan Jett
“In a way, my father [Pablo Escobar] reached a certain degree of sincerity that I became to know and I would even say appreciate because I would have rather had my father treat me like this rather than as an idiot that would never have any idea about what was happening around us.” KnowsWayIdeasCertainFatherDegreesHappeningsAppreciateTreatsIdiotSincerityPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I know that women in the music industry get treated a lot differently than men. I've seen it firsthand with somebody in particular, where it's almost that men like to treat women in the music industry like they can't make their own decisions.” KnowsMenDecisionParticularIndustryTreatsTreatedMusic Industry Author:Patrick Carney
“[My kids] are, sweet, kind, funny, smart, respectful people, and they treat everybody with respect. That's not just the biases of a parent. We feel pretty good when we hear back from friends, cause they still have sleepovers and they go to other folks houses and when the parents say, oh you know, Malia, she's just so sweet, or Sasha helped to pick up the dishes.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindStillsKidsHouseCausesParentSweetSmartPicksTreatsFolksDishesRespectfulSleepovers Author:Barack Obama
“I keep waiting for the roof to cave in. I was raised to follow the Golden Rule, you know, treat people the way you wish to be treated. That's kind of the way I live my life. Maybe someone up there likes me for that.” PeopleKnowsWayKindWishWaitingTreatsRaisedLikesTreatedGoldenRoofLiving My LifeCavesGolden RuleI Live My Life Author:Matt LeBlanc
“If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.” IfsKnowsWantInspirationalLittlesGirlTalkingKnow HowBrotherTreatsMy BrotherMy SisterWeddingBrothers And SistersSiblingJust ListenYour BrotherMy SiblingsBrotherlyBrotherly LoveLittle BrotherBrother SisterSiblings SistersCute SiblingSiblings BrothersSiblings Sisters And BrothersMy Little BrotherFunny Brother And SisterFunny Brother SisterCute Brother And SisterFunny SiblingCute Brother SisterFunny BrotherBrother LoveCute BrotherLove My BrotherInspirational Brother And SisterSibling InspirationalBeloved Brother Author:Sam Levenson
“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.” PeopleKnowsMenWantTryingBelievePoliticalI BelieveFriendshipKnow HowReturnWasteDiversityRacismTreatsSocial JusticeDon't BelieveI Believe InMy TimeTreatmentBrotherhoodWasting My TimeBrotherhood Of ManTreat Me Right Author:Malcolm X
“Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.” KnowsMenLooksMayMeanPersonsImportantJudgingEqualTreatsEvery ManFancyDressed UpImportant Person Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantHardValuesHard WorkLike YouDignityTreatsAgreeRaisedWhat You WantBarackDignity And Respect Author:Michelle Obama
“I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right.” PeopleKnowsPersonsHateWishTreatsHatefulGood PersonDon't Hate Author:Curt Schilling
“If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you'll need their help. And two, because it's a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsTwoHelpingRememberLeaderTreatsAll TimeGreat LeaderRespect People Author:Simon Sinek
“Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.” PeopleKnowsHappensLife IsDecisionTreatsTrialsDramaticTribulationTrials And Tribulations Author:Mary J. Blige