“I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice.” TwoThreeNiceWeekStrangerThree Times Author:Eddie Vedder
“I enjoy hunting, but if I had my choice to go deer hunting or bass fishing, I'd take bass fishing any day of the week. I enjoy both of them, but yeah, I'm a very outdoorsy guy.” IfsGuyChoicesEnjoyWeekYeahFishingHuntingBassDeerDays Of The WeekDeer Hunting Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“I personally think if you're given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way, the play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There's no doubt in my mind about it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMindDifferentPlayGivenDoubtFourWeekMonthsStrongerNo DoubtFulfilling Author:Al Pacino
“Schools of science and physics replacing each other at a faster and faster rate. Just the nature of our world is constant revision, constant...negation of previous beliefs, and so...the whole world is a twist ending. Every week is a twist ending.” WorldWholeSchoolBeliefWeekConstantRatePhysicsWhole WorldFasterOur WorldTwistsRevisionNegation Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“As far as businesses, I was always hustling. I had to pay for my own school. I got 20 bucks every week or 2 from my dad and that was it. So I had a "whatever it took" attitude.” SchoolMy OwnPayAttitudeWeekDadMy DadBucksHustle Author:Mark Cuban
“We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I'm still stunned that people will let me talk to them for thirty minutes about anything I want to. It's a wonderful treasure that we are to steward.” PeopleWantStillsWonderfulWeekMinutesLet MeTreasureThirtyPreacherStunnedStewards Author:Max Lucado
“I write five, six days a week. The thing is capturing the voice. I feel like I've been perfecting one voice - in different iterations, sure, but the Russian-ness has always been the undercurrent.” FeelsWritingDifferentVoiceFiveWeekSix Author:Gary Shteyngart
“I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by its very definition, short. It is something that generally you can turn out in a week to two weeks depending on how well it goes for you. But, at the same time, it gives the same satisfaction of creating a complete world.” WorldGivingWritingWellsTwoStoriesTurnsWeekMetsCreatingDefinitionsSatisfactionLazyShort StoryTwo Weeks Author:Stephen King
“There's nobody who would be willing to do an interview on a regular basis that you can't go and Google and find out what has happened to them in the past week. There's nobody.” Would BePastHappenedWeekWillingBasesInterviewsGoogle Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I go scuba diving. I ski. Watch movies. I take a week of silence every three months in the wilderness. And, besides, I have fun all the time anyway.” ThreeFunSilenceWatchesWeekMonthsHaving FunWildernessThree MonthsSkisDivingWatch MovieScubaScuba Diving Author:Deepak Chopra
“The range of individuality in children is infinite, but every class of children seemed to have the same groups. And there was a chief girl and a chief boy - a girl that all the other girls of that age looked up to and imitated and a boy that all the boys looked up to and imitated. I realized that if I got them on my side and exclusively taught them for a couple of weeks, maybe for the first full term, then I wouldn't have any trouble. Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenAgeGirlSidesTermMistakeClassBoysTeacherTroubleGroupsWeekTaughtCoupleSittingInfiniteIndividualityI RealizedChiefsRangeBossSitting DownOther Girl Author:Philip Pullman
“Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Because history is long term. But today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.” LongTwoTodayPastTermBloodWeekRevolutionEvolutionSpreadLong TermTwo Weeks Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I always try and stay one step ahead of people, not looking like I looked like last week, so I can be as anonymous as possible and part of it is just for me. It is fun to just come up with new and bizarre colors for each area of your body and things like that, but there are some parts of it that I just keep wanting to negate myself. I hate waking up in the morning and recognizing the woman in the bathroom mirror.” PeopleTryingI CanBodyLastsHateFunStepsMorningWeekColorAreasI HateWake UpMirrorsCome UpYour BodyWakingBizarreRecognizingBathroomWaking Up In The Morning Author:Ani DiFranco
“There are a lot of little tricks you can do to inject a bit more time into the day. Most important is limiting yourself to a 40 hour week, not working 50 hours or 60 or 70. It's just crazy. It's actually irresponsible to you and irresponsible to your family and friends. Why should your employer's profits be more important than your own family? You're not even going to get any of the profits - all you get is not losing your job. It's a very negative system.” ShouldLittlesImportantJobsBitsCan DoHoursWeekCrazyLosingNegativeProfitTricksOur FamilyMore TimeFamily And FriendsEmployersIrresponsibleLimiting Yourself Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“When I was a girl, I would make up songs for fun. Then I realized, after making them up, that I could remember how they went a week later - I remember that's when I thought: Maybe I'm gonna be a singer.” RememberSongGirlFunWeekSingersI Realized Author:Lady Saw
“A couple weeks ago I was on the street and I saw an ugly pregnant lady, and I just thought, 'Good for you.'” HumorFunnySawsWeekStreetsCoupleUglyPregnant Author:Demetri Martin
“Can somebody explain to me why Pepsi and Coke advertise? Are we missing something? Seriously, everyone in this room has drank enough Pepsi and Coke in their lifetime they could piss it for a week.” EnoughHumorFunnyRoomsWeekMissingLifetimeDrankCokeMissing SomethingPepsi Author:Lewis Black
“If you don't drink 56 bottles of water a week, scientists say you should take a garden hose at the end of the week and shove it up your ass.” IfsShouldEndsHumorFunnyWaterWeekDrinkGardenScientistAssBottles Author:Lewis Black
“Doctor told me I've got two weeks to live. I said: "Can I have the last week in July and the 1st week in August?"” SaidTwoHumorFunnyLastsWeekDoctorsJulyTwo WeeksAugust Author:Frank Carson
“The only award I've been nominated for is a Scottish BAFTA. A Scottish BAFTA, it's like hearing that the animals have their own Olympics. You hear all this stuff about TV being faked. Of course it's faked. It's all faked. That documentary a couple of weeks ago about tribal warfare among monkeys, that was all filmed in a Yates wine lodge in Dundee. Comic Relief is faked. Everybody in Africa is fine.” HumorFunnyCoursesStuffAnimalWeekTvsFineCoupleWineHearingComicReliefAwardsWarfareOlympicsMonkeysDocumentariesScottishLodgesComic ReliefDundee Author:Frankie Boyle
“I tell ya, I don't get no respect ... Last week, my wife told me that she was going to cut me down to twice a month. But I thought about it, and I figured that it wasn't too bad. I know a couple of guys that she cut out completely.” KnowsHumorFunnyLastsGuyCuttingWifeWeekMonthsCoupleMy WifeNo Respect Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“I had a meal last night. I ordered everything in French, surprised everybody. It was a Chinese restaurant. I said to this Chinese waiter, 'Look, this chicken I got here is cold.' He said, 'It should be, it's been dead two weeks.'” ShouldLooksSaidTwoHumorFunnyLastsNightWeekColdChineseMealsRestaurantsChickensLast NightTwo WeeksWaiter Author:Tommy Cooper
“I backed horse last week at ten to one. It came in at quarter past four.” HumorFunnyLastsPastFourWeekTenHorseQuarters Author:Tommy Cooper
“This week, penny collector Gene Sukie went to the bank and cashed in ten thousand pounds of pennies he had collected over 34 years, which were worth over fourteen thousand dollars. And, of course, I was in line behind him.” YearsHumorFunnyCoursesLinesBehindsWeekDollarsPoundsGenesPenniesCollectors Author:Tina Fey
“People have material needs, but you don't need a deodorant for every different day of the week. You don't need four hundred varieties of mustard. This is what I call too many choices. There are too many choices in America.” PeopleNeedsDifferentAmericaChoicesFourWeekMaterialsHundredVarietyMustardDays Of The WeekDeodorantDifferent Day Author:George Carlin
“Exercise is an absolute must. Period. That doesn't mean I'm a gym junkie - it just means that I have to get a few days doing something physical a week, even just for my mental sanity.” MeanWeekPeriodsExerciseAbsolutesGymSanityJunkie Author:Matthew Hussey
“I didn't speak a single word of English when I was told that I was one of the lucky students been selected to go to study at the Houston Ballet Academy. I knew I had to study hard in every aspect, in both language and dance, which I did. I put my whole heart and soul into each minute of my day while in America and what an experience those six weeks gave me.” HeartSoulHardWholeAmericaSpeakLanguageStudyWeekMinutesStudentsLuckySixAspectBalletAcademyHeart And SoulSelectedHoustonSingle Word Author:Li Cunxin
“I wake up to an email from the writers with the new script, and I always get so excited because I know it'll be better all-around than the script from the week before.” KnowsWeekWake UpScriptsExcitedEmail Author:Bailee Madison
“I'm really just trying to hash out the next two weeks of my life. So, something that is potentially four months down the road is not just a mile down the road for me, it's a million miles down the road.” TryingTwoHumorFunnyNextMillionsFourWeekMonthsMilesTwo WeeksDown The RoadHash Author:Adam Carolla
“I got an E-Trade account. Turns out I can turn $1,000 into $420 in less than a week. Sure, I had to pay some fees.” I CanHumorFunnyTurnsPayWeekAccountsTradeFees Author:Mike Birbiglia
“Yeah? Rock 'n' Roll is fast, you know. If all goes according to plan I could be in rehab next thursday. Tuesday week I'll be living on an island with a small Indian boy.” IfsKnowsHumorFunnyNextBoysPlansWeekRocksYeahIndianIslandsRock N RollLiving OnTuesdayRehabThursdayAccording To Plan Author:Noel Fielding
“You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.” KnowsShouldKnow HowWeekMeetingsReviewsMetrics Author:Sam Altman
“Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner every week, because they are virtually irreplaceable because they are also very culturally specific. So a barrel at one company may not be a barrel at another company. One of the ways, the definition of a barrel is, they can take an idea from conception and take it all the way to shipping and bring people with them.” PeopleWayGivingMayIdeasDifficultCompanyWeekDefinitionsDinnerConceptionEquityBarrelsCuzIrreplaceableShipping Author:Keith Rabois
“My last bedside conversation in the hospital just a few weeks before Allen Ginsberg died was 'please take care of so and so. And the legacy of the Kerouac school.” CareSchoolLastsWeekPleaseConversationDiedTake CareLegacyHospitalsGinsberg Author:Anne Waldman
“Don't say I want to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. Say, you know what I want to lose weight- say 30 pounds in three to six months for instance. But more importantly I want to knock out 20 pushups a day or I want to run a 3K a day and time myself, and try to beat my time every time every week.” KnowsWantTryingRunningThreeLosesWeekMonthsSixBeatsWeightInstanceMy TimePoundsSix MonthsLose Weight Author:Jackie Warner
“After college I picked my races to be one race every two weeks. That gave me time to recover. I raced just as fast as my legs would carry me. At the end of every race there was nothing left. I walked off the track completely spent!” TwoEndsLeftRaceWeekCollegeTrackLegsTwo Weeks Author:Gerry Lindgren
“Ideally I would start by racing my athletes once every two weeks. But, such a program has to be flexible because some runners improve better with weekly races or even bi-weekly races. A coach has to adjust to what is best for the runner.” TwoRaceWeekProgramAthleteCoachesRacingRunnersFlexibleTwo Weeks Author:Gerry Lindgren
“When I first came into international running, most runners did about 60-70 miles or running a week. I guess that is still the standard except for Kenya and Ethiopia. I was doing 150-250 a week and some weeks as high as 350. It was unheard of! But, because I did not have access to what was possible and standard, I had to set my own possibilities and standards. I was just lucky enough to be out of the loop and not know.” KnowsFirstsStillsEnoughRunningMy OwnWeekPossibilityLuckyStandardsInternationalAccessMilesRunnersKenyaLoopsUnheardEthiopia Author:Gerry Lindgren
“Unfortunately I think the Internet knows more about me than I do. I usually look it up to see what I'm going to be doing that next week.” ThinkingKnowsLooksNextWeekInternetNext Week Author:Travis Pastrana
“In a perfect world, I would do 3 weeks on 3 weeks off; so that I could always take a breather and come back to music with a fresh mind.” WorldMindPerfectWeekA Perfect World Author:Tristan Prettyman
“I'm pretty down to earth, I always have been and though I am on a much different path than most 25 year olds, I feel like I have a bit of a double life. We will go on tour for weeks at a time, but when I come home, I feel like I am picking up where I left off.” FeelsYearsHas BeensDifferentHomeEarthLeftBitsPathWeekGoes OnComing HomeDown To EarthDifferent PathsDouble Life Author:Tristan Prettyman
“I remember how difficult it was to perform certain operations on gelatine prints. A few weeks ago I asked my gelatine printer at Picto, "Can you make just the shadows a little bit brighter?" He gave me a very strange look because in Photoshop you just turn a button, and we're used to that now, but it is totally impossible in gelatine silver printing.” LooksLittlesRememberUsedCertainTurnsBitsDifficultImpossibleWeekStrangeLittle BitShadowOperationsSilverPrintButtonsBrighterPrintingPrinterPhotoshop Author:Peter Lindbergh
“I knew that I wanted to be an illustrator since I was in kindergarten. I can remember the exact day. The art teacher usually came to our classroom once a week, but she was absent that day. Instead, our regular teacher gave us each a huge piece of paper and crayons, and we could do whatever we wanted.” ArtI CanWantedRememberTeacherPiecesWeekHugePaperClassroomAbsentKindergartenCrayonIllustratorsArt Teacher Author:Jan Brett
“That's how I digest it, 'cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I'm gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.” KnowsI CanShowsChoicesActorsCausesWeekPressesButtons Author:Viola Davis
“I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I work six days a week in the studio, and I've never been happier.” ThinkingTryingArtistWeekSixPaidStudios Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games in same week.” IfsFirstsTwoFunnyGamesComedyWeekBeatsFirst TimeNflPatriotCardinalsTexan Author:Norman Chad
“She, uh, came out of the closet recently, my niece. Um... She announced to the family that she's a lesbian and... She's seven, did I mention that? And, uh, I don't even know if she knows what a lesbian is, but I support her completely. And, uh... I'll tell you what's heartbreaking. My sister punished her for it. Can you believe that? No pussy for a week. Which to us may not sound like... But when you're seven, you know, a week is a long time.” IfsKnowsBelieveMayLongFunnySoundSupportComedyWeekLong TimeSevenMy SisterClosetsHeartbreakingPussyNieceMy Niece Author:Sarah Silverman
“If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or some index cards or a highlighter. Not to write down stuff so you can forget it later, but to create marching orders. It's simple: if three weeks go by and you haven't taken action on what you've written down, you wasted your time.” IfsWritingTwoUseActionOrderThreeStuffSimpleForgetBusinessTakenWrittenWeekHavensValuableCardsProductiveAssetsForget It Author:Seth Godin
“I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of the week sufficient to prepare for their ministry, though they employ all the rest of the week in other studies. But your business is to trade with your spiritual abilities. ... A man may preach a very good sermon, who is otherwise himself; but he will never make a good minister of Jesus Christ, whose mind and heart are not always in the work. Spiritual gifts will require continual ruminating on the things of the Gospel in our minds.” MenMindHeartMayHas BeensLastsSpiritualJesusChristAbilityBusinessKnownStudyWeekJesus ChristTradeVery GoodMinistersSufficientGood ManMinistryHeart And MindSermonsLast DayDays Of The WeekSpiritual Gifts Author:John Owen