“The mere leader of fashion has no genuine claim to supremacy; at least, no abiding assurance of it. He has embroidered his title upon his waistcoat, and carries his worth in his watch chain; and, if he is allowed any real precedence for this it is almost a moral swindle,--a way of obtaining goods under false pretences.” IfsWayRealLeaderMoralWatchesFashionClaimsMereGenuineChainsTitlesCarrieGoodsAssuranceAbidingSupremacyObtainingPretencePrecedence Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're trying to gauge whether you think what they're saying is worth your time. Rushing is no way to bring out what's best in people, and I'm always looking for the best. That's what's ultimately behind my determination to take my time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayTryingLooksBehindsTalkingWatchesDeterminationMy TimeGesturesInsultingRushingGaugesWorth Your Time Author:Frances Hesselbein
“I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV.” WayBookPlayKidsWatchesToo MuchMediaTvsAccessExperimentsComicComic BookNintendo Author:Matt Groening
“My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework, see? Nothing. Our existence she said is the same way. You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6 pm you make the same mistake over and over you stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you'll forget why.” IfsWaySaidMotherLosesForgetExistenceMistakeWatchesExampleTaughtCallingOne DayWake UpTricksRepeatsSunsetOver YouRoutineHomeworkSamenessMonotonySame MistakesPms Author:Phil Kay
“In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.” WayGivingI CanGamesWatchesAdviceTvsDaughterMy Daughter Author:David Hasselhoff
“I would like to do any way possible that Howard Stark can make a return. He's such a fun character to play, and I really believe that he could make quite an exciting character to watch more of. The flawed entrepreneur, the kind of crazy playboy, from that era is an exciting concept.” WayBelieveKindPlayCharacterFunWatchesCrazyReturnConceptsExcitingEntrepreneurErasFlawedStarksPlayboy Author:Dominic Cooper
“What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.” WayTwoDifferentDoneWatchesWonderfulCenturyTalesDifferent WaysFascinatingPassagesTranslations Author:Bill Vaughan
“I do find violence entertaining, but that doesn't make me a bad person. I grew up watching all these action films when I was a kid. My dad would bring back 'Rambo' and whatever, and we'd watch it together. It's not affected me in any way other than I just appreciate the entertainment value of violence on film.” WayPersonsKidsActionTogetherFilmValuesWatchesViolenceGrewDadGrew UpAppreciateMy DadEntertainmentAffectedEntertainingAction FilmsRambo Author:Scott Adkins
“I'm an avid reader, and though it doesn't always work out in terms of relaxation, I've got to keep myself up to date with current affairs. I was a journalism student in college, and I don't feel like I can relax unless I feel informed. When people say they can't watch the news because it's too stressful, I just think, ignorance isn't bliss. It's just another way to procrastinate.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsI CanTermWatchesStudentsIgnoranceCollegeReaderNewsAffairCurrentsWork OutJournalismBlissRelaxRelaxationAnother WayStressfulProcrastinatingAvidUp To DateCurrent Affairs Author:Sophia Bush
“When I got out of baseball, I got all the way out. I might watch a World Series game or something.” WorldWayMightGamesWatchesBaseballSeriesWorld Series Author:Rollie Fingers
“Being a quarterback, the way I believe is there's always so much room to improve. Any little detail. I always cut up the film and try to watch what I can improve on, whatever little detail it is.” WayTryingBelieveLittlesI CanFilmI BelieveRoomsWatchesCuttingDetailsQuarterback Author:Russell Wilson
“Death is a large form of entertainment, probably the largest. Watching death in different ways is entertaining for us, whether it's a high-speed chase and a guy grabs a helicopter and flies away. We know the reality of it is that he wouldn't be physically able to hold onto that helicopter and fall to his death. But it's entertaining to watch.” KnowsWayDifferentRealityAbleFormGuyFallWatchesEntertainmentSpeedDifferent WaysEntertainingHelicoptersFly AwayHigh Speed Author:Curtis Jackson
“What I became a comedian for was to get my art out. To get some of these feelings and things I had on my chest out. I don't care if people believe them, listen to them, change their ways, or think, or any of that kind of crap. I'm interested in showing off. I'm the same kid from sixth grade who stood up and said "watch this."” PeopleIfsThinkingWayBelieveKindArtSaidFeelingsCareKidsWatchesDon't CareComedianI Don't CareGradesChestsCrapShowing OffStood UpSixth Grade Author:George Carlin
“Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.” WayFirstsLittlesDifferentBigsEyeTurnsWatchesHealthyEuropePlantCooksDifferent WaysBasil Author:Frances Mayes
“The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at night. So therefore isn't the real prime time 9 to 5? Playing games at your desk - that's the new prime time, isn't it?” PeopleWayRealNightGamesWatchesTvsPrimeDesksPlaying GamesBroadbandPrime Time Author:Mark Burnett
“Amanda [Bynes] and I are the same age so I grew up watching her and really looking up to her and for me, to see this path that's happening and to watch it, is kind of really affecting me in ways that I didn't think it would. It's weird to be in a situation where you can't help. I obviously don't know her at all but I want to bring her back and I want to make her happy and healthy for some reason and she's not there and we can't do anything to help so it kind of sucks. All we're doing is hurting it.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantKindReasonHelpingAgeHurtSituationWatchesPathGrewHealthyGrew UpHappeningsAmanda Author:Chrissy Teigen
“The gym teacher's name was Mr. Caruso. Mr. Caruso did not speak English. He spoke 'Gym.' One day I was playing basketball and Mr. Caruso told me I would have to get an athletic supporter. He didn't express himself exactly that way, though. He said, 'Hey, you, one day you're gonna go up for a rebound and the family jewels aren't gonna go with ya.' I had no idea what he was talking about. Next day I showed up for practice without my watch and my mezuzah. He said, 'Did ya take care of the family jewels?' I said, 'I left 'em in my locker.' Took us a half hour to revive Mr. Caruso.” WaySaidIdeasCareNextNamesLeftSpeakHoursHalfTalkingWatchesPracticeTeacherOne DayBasketballTake CareHeyNo IdeaEmsSpokesGymSupporterNext DayJewelsAthleticHalf HoursReviveLockersHey YouSpeak EnglishReboundPlaying BasketballGym Teacher Author:Tommy Lasorda
“I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.” PeopleWayI CanShowsUsedWatchesTelevisionInvolvedRidiculousFactorsInstanceRuined Author:John Simm
“To me, real comedy comes out of behavior. It's the choices you make as an actor. It's never about, "I want to do a comedy script." I can't think of it that way. And besides, some of those movies, those comedy movies, I can't even watch them.” ThinkingWayWantI CanRealChoicesActorsWatchesComedyBehaviorScriptsChoices You MakeComedy Movie Author:Robert Duvall
“Greed, desire, ambition, jealousy, possessiveness, domination - you have to watch everything. And they are all interconnected, remember. If greed disappears, then anger will disappear. If anger disappears, jealousy will disappear. If jealousy disappears, violence will disappear. If violence disappears, possessiveness will disappear. They are all intertwined. In fact, they are spokes of the same wheel, and the hub that supports them all is the ego. So watch the ways of the ego.” IfsWayFactsRememberDesireWatchesSupportViolenceEgoAmbitionGreedDisappearJealousyWheelsSpokesDominationInterconnectedIntertwinedPossessivenessHub Author:Rajneesh
“...All the wonders of our universe can in effect be captured by simple rules, yet ... there can be no way to know all the consequences of these rules, except in effect just to watch and see how they unfold.” KnowsWayScienceUniverseSimpleWonderWatchesEffectsConsequenceMathematicsCaptured Author:Stephen Wolfram
“[Kids today] think "Grease" is just one long music video. So they watch it over and over again the way we, when we were kids, we listened to albums.” ThinkingWayLongKidsTodayWatchesAlbumsVideoJust OneGrease Author:Didi Conn
“Horror fans are very passionate people, and they are very much into the 'Saw' thing. So they watch sometimes as carefully as the writers and producers do, in terms of the way the story plays out.” PeopleWaySometimesPlayStoriesTermWatchesSawsFansHorrorPassionateProducersHorror Fans Author:Tobin Bell
“When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.” WaySchoolCertainEnjoyWatchesRebel Author:Douglas Booth
“It becomes pretty crystal clear once you watch that first assembly [movie cut] the things that are just grinding it to a halt, so to speak, or slowing it down, or getting in the way, yeah.” WayFirstsSpeakWatchesClearCuttingYeahCrystalsAssemblyHaltSlowing Author:Todd Phillips
“I know for myself my big, long friendships they don't have the same problems any more, but they also-when you get together you often times just have a drink and watch football together. You're not really talking about everything so much the same way. You just need to be around each other, and yet you can look at each other and so much is said just between those minutiae- it's totally subtle is really what it is. I felt like that, you know, a life that's been so totally dramatic then becomes beauty in the fact that it's just so small.” KnowsWayNeedsLooksLongSaidFactsProblemBigsTogetherFeltTalkingWatchesFootballDrinkDramaticSubtleGet TogetherMinutiaeLong Friendship Author:Josh Lucas
“As a fan, you want to be able to go to a football game, you want to feel secure, you want to be able to just watch the game, root for your team, and that's the way it should be.” WayWantFeelsShouldAbleGamesWatchesTeamFansFootballRootsSecureFootball Game Author:Jerry Rice
“What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and different costumes, every week. people are really mining the ability of storytellers to tell a long form story that goes from A to Z, and to trust that an audience will follow that. If they miss it, over the course of the week, they can watch it online or buy the DVD. There are so many different ways of interacting with it. Storytelling in television is getting more complex and more nuanced.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentStoriesFormCoursesOpportunityGivenAbilityWatchesAudienceWeekMissingTelevisionDramaComplexesStorytellingDifferent WaysOnlineStorytellerCostumesCablesDvdsInteractingMining Author:Sarah Wayne Callies
“I think animation is a very truthful way to express your thoughts, because the process is very direct. That's what I've always liked about animation, particularly abstract animation. You go from the idea to execution, straight from your brain. It's like when you hear someone playing an instrument, and you feel the direct connection between the instrument and his brain, because the instrument becomes an extension of his arms and fingers. It's like a scanner of the brain and thought process that you can watch, or hear.” ThinkingWayFeelsIdeasProcessBrainWatchesArmsDirectConnectionsInstrumentsFingersAbstractTruthfulExecutionExtensionsAnimationThought Process Author:Michel Gondry
“Fear looks both ways but still refuses to cross; fear looks twice and still doesn't leap. ... Fear usually arrives late, inevitably leaves early, and ends up never going out of town at all. Fear is the phantom hand on the back of the neck and the sound of a door opening downstairs when no one is coming home. ... Fear grows poor because it watches others gain wealth but cannot enter the fray; fear grows sick because it eats away at heath even as it fears its diminishment; fear grows old watching others live in ways that seem to threaten-but in reality only enhance-life.” WayLooksStillsEndsHomeHandsRealitySeemsGrowsFearSoundWealthPoorWatchesDoorsLateGainsCrossesSickTownsRefuseOpeningNecksComing HomeLeapGoing OutPhantomsFray Author:Gina Barreca
“We are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for then we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.” WayPayAttentionWatchesFineOughtGratitudeGratefulSurpriseCaughtPay AttentionClock Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn't get sued for making bad investment choices for clients. Henry Ford never diversified, Bill Gates didn't diversify. The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.” WayChoicesWatchesRichProtectBillsInvestmentInvestingEggsGatesClientsGet RichBasketsBrokersDiversificationEggs In One BasketStock Broker Author:Jim Rogers
“Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.” PeopleWayHeartSoulFeelingsResultsWatchesHonestCommunicateBeing HonestHeart And SoulHonest With YourselfBe Honest With Yourself Author:Billy Sheehan
“When you see the flower of happiness on your way, don't take it immediately; sit and watch it and realise how rare it is!” WayHappinessWatchesFlowerRealising Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Once rehearsals are done the writer really doesn't have a function on the set. If the script is stabilized, then the writer becomes a celebrity tourist visiting the set, trying not to get in the way. It's very good for the ego, to go visit a film set if you are the writer, because they give you a special chair, and tell you where you can sit to watch the monitor. They make you feel special, but at the same time, they make it perfectly plain that you are irrelevant!” IfsWayGivingFeelsTryingDoneFilmWatchesSpecialEgoFunctionVery GoodScriptsChairsIrrelevantRehearsalTouristsVisitingFilm Set Author:Tom Stoppard
“One of my fun road trips was [when] a group of guys and I rented a tour bus and we started in Orlando and drove all the way around the country going to baseball games. That was an awesome trip because each night we would go to a new baseball stadium, watch a baseball game, get in the bus, wake up [in] the next city, go to another baseball game. We did this for a little while and it was great. We called that trip the Rats on the Bus and it was a fun trip.” WayLittlesCountryNightGuyNextGamesFunCitiesWatchesGroupsBaseballWake UpBusRatsStadiumsRoad TripBaseball GamesOrlando Author:Alfonso Ribeiro
“The only disadvantage to directing if you've been an actor is how self-conscious you are. When I'm directing, I'm always so aware when I'm speaking to an actor of how easily I could throw them off by saying something careless or not being clear or concise. So it does make you watch your words in a way that sometimes is unhelpful.” IfsWayDoeSelfSometimesActorsWatchesClearConsciousCarelessSelf ConsciousDisadvantagesConcise Author:Sarah Polley
“I embrace technology and I just think that in 1984 when James Cameron wrote about the technology, everyone thought he was totally way out there and it was science fiction. Now it's almost reality what he talked about. The machines have taken over, except they have not become self-aware, like in Terminator. So this is really one thing that we have to watch out for, but I think technology is good.” ThinkingWaySelfRealityFictionWatchesTechnologyTakenOne ThingMachinesScience FictionEmbraceCameron Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I don`t understand a belief that there is an invisible being in the sky who watches over us all the time and keeps score and who throws you in a burning pit. I think that's very limiting, very antihuman. It's the way they devised for helping to control people because if they can make you believe in an invisible man who's going to hurt you later, they can make you believe anything!” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWayBelieveHelpingBeliefHurtWatchesSkyInvisibleBurningScorePits Author:George Carlin
“I think the power of the short film is incredibly underrated. It is way easier to get someone to watch a 15-minute film then a full-length feature. In those 15 minutes you have the opportunity to express your voice as an artist and hopefully connect with your audience. If you are trying to be a first time feature director then a short film that demonstrates you have a grasp on the themes and concepts of the movie you want to direct is a no-brainer. Whether they are collaborators or potential investors, filmmaking is a visual art form so you obviously need visuals to show them!” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsTryingFirstsArtShowsFilmFormArtistOpportunityVoiceWatchesAudienceMinutesEasierDirectorsConceptsFirst TimeDirectHopefullyFeaturesThemeVisualsLengthInvestorsFilmmakingVisual ArtCollaboratorsUnderratedShort FilmsNo Brainer Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how it comes through me. I've worked on it and practiced a lot. I mean, music, I dance to it, and singing is just one way of getting it out of me.” PeopleWayFeelsMeanWatchesSingingSingersOne WayJust OneWatch Me Author:Erykah Badu
“If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black and non-Latino. If you can't cross over, you don't belong on TV. That's not just me saying it. That's just the way it is.” PeopleIfsWayWantShowsCertainBlackWatchesTvsAmountSucceedCrossesOver YouLatino Author:George Lopez
“When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why can't I do that?" Or you watch a film and it's not good, and you think, "Why am I doing this?" So either way, it feels like being at work.” ThinkingWayFeelsTwoHappensFilmWatchesThings HappenTwo Things Author:Steven Knight
“I love having made a film and watching it when it affects audiences in a positive way. It was always fun for me to hide in the back of a theater and watch Tootsie with an audience and hear them laugh. And it's gratifying 20 years later to imagine that they still can find it amusing.” WayYearsMadeStillsFilmFunWatchesAudienceLaughingImagineTheaterImagine ThatAmusing Author:Sydney Pollack
“I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign.” WayHardFilmWatchesAudienceMembersYeahFantasticImpressive Author:Chris Hemsworth
“Before High School Musical, I wanted to be a nitty-gritty actress. And High School Musical came along, and, I was like, "Oh my God, fun!" But the more we did it, the more prude I became.... When I am around kids and they come up to me, of course I am going to act a certain way, but at the end of the day, I'm doing this for myself. I'm going to be doing movies kids can't watch.” WayEndsKidsWantedSchoolCertainCoursesFunWatchesHigh SchoolMusicalCome UpActressesThe End Of The DayPrudesHigh School Musical Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“You sit and you read that, and you have to imagine turning it into a film that people are going to sit and watch. And you have an awful lot of input from a lot of other people. That's the way I work.” PeopleWayFilmWatchesImagineAwfulInput Author:Wolfgang Petersen
“The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it's really fun, and you know we're always going to give you a satisfying ending.” PeopleKnowsWayGivingFunWatchesSatisfyingLegendsUrbanExplosionsUrban Legends Author:Adam Savage
“I put my energy into writing songs. I have to carve out a living somehow doing this, and licensing is one way. It's hard to register what's "too much" for other people. I don't watch TV, so it's tough for me to gauge. I just take it as it comes, and don't put a whole lot of thought into it.” PeopleWayWritingHardWholeSongEnergyWatchesToo MuchTvsToughOne WayRegisterWriting SongsGaugesLicensing Author:Iron & Wine
“I'm not a big fan of violent movies, it's not something I like to watch. And it's not my aim or goal to make a violent movie. My characters are very important, so when I'm trying to depict a certain character in my movie, if my character is violent, it will be expressed that way in the film. You cannot really deny what a character is about. To repeat, my movie end up becoming violent, but I don't start with the intent of making violent movies.” IfsWayTryingImportantEndsCharacterBigsFilmCertainGoalWatchesFansBecomingAimDenyViolentRepeatsViolent Movies Author:Takashi Miike