“I'm trying to buy a house and set some sense of roots because otherwise you're constantly chasing one job after another, and you look back and you've had all these very extraordinary experiences with extraordinary people, but there's not a line of continuity to it.” PeopleTryingLooksJobsHouseLinesRootsExtraordinaryChasingOrdinary PeopleContinuity Author:Eddie Redmayne
“What I have now are good problems of trying to decide and what I really want to do is good work next. My phone's ringing a lot more and I've got nine lines so when it doesn't ring, it's very frustrating.” WantTryingProblemNextLinesPhonesRingsNineGood WorkFrustrating Author:Bob Saget
“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.” TryingSometimesLinesMy OwnClearCaughtWorriedCaught Up Author:Chris Ware
“I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition, I love getting on the same stage for more than a month and reciting the same lines, trying to make a small or large step towards an improvement in my acting.” TryingLinesActingStepsAudienceEffectsStageMonthsPerformancesTheaterImprovementRepetitionReciting Author:Alfred Molina
“I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.” TryingHateSoundLinesI HateRepeatsCliche Author:Gary McCord
“You have to lead your life according to your ideas. Spend all your money and live life in line with what you are fighting for. I hate it when rich people try to be Communists. I think that’s obscene.” PeopleThinkingTryingIdeasHateFightingLinesRichI HateLive LifeCommunistRich PeopleObscene Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“Indeed, while Nature is wonderfully inventive of new structures, her conservatism in holding on to old ones is still more remarkable. In the ascending line of development she tries an experiment once exceedingly thorough, and then the question is solved for all time. For she always takes time enough to try the experiment exhaustively. It took ages to find how to build a spinal column or brain, but when the experiment was finished she had reason to be, and was, satisfied.” TryingStillsReasonEnoughAgeScienceNatureLinesBrainDevelopmentSolutionsStructureFinishedExperimentsSatisfiedAll TimeRemarkableTake TimeConservatismHolding OnColumnsThoroughAscending Author:John M. Tyler
“When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice.” TryingLinesPracticeSittingBottomAccustomedBottom LineMeditating Author:Frederick Lenz
“I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I said 'What play was that?' and he said 'It was your line, you said it about a hundred and fifty times in The Vertical Hour.'” TryingSaidPlayHoursLinesConversationHundredFiftyHaresVertical Author:Bill Nighy
“The painter doesn't try to reproduce the scene before him... he simplifies and eliminates until he knows exactly what stirred him, sets this down in color and line as simply and as powerfully as possible and so translates his impression into an aesthetic emotion.” KnowsTryingLinesEmotionColorSceneImpressionPainterAestheticTranslateSimplify Author:David Milne
“Dreams last so long Even after you're gone I know you love me And soon you will see You were meant for me And I was meant for you Go about my business, I'm doing fine Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line Same old story, not much to say Hearts are broken every day I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead I try to tell myself it'll be all right I just shouldn't think anymore tonight” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsTryingHeartLongStoriesDreamLastsSongLinesHalfGoneAliveBrokenFineTonightI Know You Love Me Author:Jewel
“There's this line between propriety and how we really speak and how we really think. And I'm just trying to have fun with that stuff.” ThinkingTryingSpeakFunStuffLinesHaving FunPropriety Author:Paul Beatty
“If I go back to the beginning, I could start it over again. I could go line by line; try and find a shorter way. I could try to make it... better.” IfsWayTryingLines Author:David Auburn
“I would never design anything. I just think that's kind of wack. I hated every rapper fashion line that ever came out, you know what I'm saying? I would never try.” ThinkingKnowsTryingKindLinesFashionDesignHatedRapper Author:Danny Brown
“If a painting contains no abstraction nor impressionistic elements, it is a kite that will never fly. But if the painting completely breaks the connection between human feeling and the object portrayed, the kite string has been broken. I try to keep the line unbroken.” IfsTryingHumansHas BeensFeelingsLinesBreakObjectsPaintingBrokenElementsConnectionsStringsAbstractionUnbrokenKites Author:Wu Guanzhong
“I didn't invent the rainy day, man. I just own the best umbrella. That’s one of my favorite lines of all time. It’s from a movie called Almost Famous. I think what it means is that life is going to throw all kinds of stuff at you, good and bad. But all you can do is get out there and try to stay dry.” ThinkingMenTryingKindMeanLife IsStuffCan DoLinesMy FavoriteAll KindsAll TimeDryGood And BadRainyUmbrellaRainy Day Author:Valerie Thomas
“I try to look nice. I comb my hair, I tie my tie, I put on a jacket, but I draw the line when it comes to trimming my eyebrows. You work with what you got.” TryingLooksLinesNiceHairDrawsTiesEyebrowsJacketsCombsTrimming Author:Andy Rooney
“That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.” KnowsTryingBigsLinesKnow HowComfortPreparedDepthHopefullyZoneComfort Zone Author:Al Yankovic
“There are all sorts of theories and ideas about what constitutes a good opening line. It's tricky thing, and tough to talk about because I don't think conceptually while I work on a first draft -- I just write. To get scientific about it is a little like trying to catch moonbeams in a jar. But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.” ThinkingKnowsWantShouldWritingTryingFirstsLittlesIdeasStoriesLinesOne ThingTheoryReaderToughOpeningInvitesTrickyJarsMoonbeams Author:Stephen King
“Advocates for a single line of progress encounter their greatest stumbling block when they try to find a smooth link between the apparently disparate designs of the invertebrates and vertebrates.” TryingLinesProgressDesignBlockEncountersLinksSmoothStumblingStumbling BlocksSingle LineVertebratesInvertebrates Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?” KnowsMenTryingLinesVirtueProudDrawsWeaknessIntentionHumbleProud ManHumble Man Book:Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker