“I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.” ThinkingWayTryingYearsWellsBigsMy OwnCrazyBalanceOvercomingProfessionMy WayInsecurityMidstHurdle Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“As far as expense, I think if 'Twilight' does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels. I mean, we have to have werewolves, there's no way around it. They have to be there.” IfsThinkingWayShouldWellsMeanDoeEnoughBigsAbleStuffExpensiveExpensesTwilightWerewolfSequels Author:Stephenie Meyer
“We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.” PeopleKnowsGivingWellsProblemBigsKidsHumanityIssuesDietsBig ThingsObesityFast Food Author:Chris Noth
“I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindLittlesHas BeensBigsComedyDramaActressesComedianPerceiveComedicMisperception Author:Octavia Spencer
“There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.” WorldWellsPlayBigsWeaknessOrchestra Author:Leonard Slatkin
“I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well.” WantWellsBigsInfluenceAlbumsPopsBallads Author:Pia Toscano
“Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.” IfsWellsMayBigsAgeNumbersHavensHollywoodNotionAges Is Just A Number Author:Kate Walsh
“I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.” WellsFactsBigsSchoolDifferencesStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolBe GoodPhysicsPhysicistHigh School Students Author:Timothy Simons
“I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some remote watershed and then hauled halfway round the world bothers me. Drinking bottled water relieves people of their concern about ecological threats to the river they live by or to the basins of groundwater they live over. It's the same kind of thinking that leads some to the complacent conclusion that if things on earth get bad enough, well, we'll just blast off to a space station somewhere else.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsKindIdeasEnoughBigsEarthWaterSpaceConcernRiversThreatDrinkingEnvironmentalRoundsConclusionBotherOver ItLive ByStationsSomewhere ElseHalfwayBlastEcologicalComplacentDrinking WaterPurchasingWatershedsBottled WaterTap WaterGroundwater Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.” WritingWellsLittlesBookFactsBigsKidsUsedLostMy OwnSpaceFansDrawsSeriesComicComic BookLittle Kid Author:Bill Mumy
“George W. Bush was a very bad president. The Iraq war was a big mistake. The U.S.A. needed a political change. I hoped Barack Obama could be a good president, but I'm disappointed. He hasn't done well.” WellsWarDoneBigsPoliticalPresidentMistakeNeededIraqBarackDisappointedIraq WarBig MistakePolitical ChangeInvading Iraq Author:Marc Rich
“Sometimes all that saves me is being willing to make mistakes. There are projects that strike me as so beautiful, important, complicated, or just plain big, that they convince me of my own inadequacy. This awful state of reverence leads to paralyzing brain freeze. At times like that the only way out is for me to decide, 'To hell with it. I can't do it right, so I'll do it wrong. I can't do it well, but I can do it badly.' Sometimes, with luck, while I'm sweating to do it wrong, I stumble on a right way.” WayWellsI CanImportantSometimesStatesBigsBeautifulCan DoMy OwnMistakeBrainHellWillingProjectsLuckComplicatedStrikesAwfulConvinceMaking MistakesReverenceRight WayFreezeI Can Do ItSave MeInadequacySweating Author:Katherine Dunn
“I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have doubts about whether Hillary Clinton or whether any Republican candidate out there is prepared to take on the big money interests who control so much of our economy and as a result of Citizens United, our political process as well.” IfsThinkingWellsBigsPoliticalFightingProcessInterestUnitedResultsClassEconomyDoubtMiddleCitizensRepublicanPreparedClintonCandidatesMiddle ClassCitizens United Author:Lindsey Graham
“To get a big hit single you've got to go a bit dance. You've got to go a bit Britney. I don't think I can do that - well, I could but it wouldn't look very seemly!.” ThinkingWellsLooksI CanBigsBitsCan DoDance Author:Paul McCartney
“I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart. Hope is the feeling that life and work have a meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you. Life without hope is an empty, boring, and useless life. I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me. I am thankful to God for this gift. It is as big as life itself.” IfsWorldWellsHeartEndsStatesFeelingsBigsHopeImagineMy HeartEmptyStriveBoringUselessNot SureSurroundImagine ThatOptimistPessimistWithout HopeI Am ThankfulThankful To GodUseless Life Author:Vaclav Havel
“I dream of big things. I work for the small things. If you're going to dream, you might as well dream big. A lot of that came from my mother. She was adamant about the work ethic---about how you can't just dream things.” IfsWellsDreamBigsMightMotherEthicsWork EthicBig ThingsSmall ThingsAdamant Author:Kevin Costner
“These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well they are weak and soft. Priorities have changed in football and they are being dictated to by their wives.” PeopleWellsBigsStarsWifeChangedFootballWeakPrioritiesSupposed To Be Author:Roy Keane
“The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard, because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt.” WellsSaidBigsHappensPastRememberNamesPartyTalkingPositionRepublicanMajorityCongressAverageCorruptionVotersCynicalGraveyardWhistlingIndictment Author:Larry Sabato
“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“Public relations, in this country, is the art of adapting big business to a democracy so that the people have confidence that they are being well served and at the same time the business has freedom to serve them well.” PeopleWellsArtCountryBigsFreedomBusinessDemocracyRelationHave ConfidencePublic RelationsBig BusinessAdapting Author:Arthur W. Page
“We've got to fight against bigness. If a school gets too large, you lose an intimacy with the students; they begin to feel they're just part of a big complex. I don't think you can create too well in a big plant. That's why I always tried to avoid bigness in the studio.” IfsThinkingFeelsWellsBigsSchoolFightingLosesStudentsPlantComplexesStudiosIntimacy Author:Walt Disney
“I really wanted to work with Luc Besson. I'm a big fan of his. Did you ever see 'The Professional.' It was very violent. But a fabulous story, a fabulous movie, very well done. So that and two or three other projects of his that I've seen, I just thought if I had a shot to work with him I wanted to do it.” IfsWellsTwoDoneStoriesBigsWantedThreeFansProjectsShotsViolentFabulousWell Done Author:Morgan Freeman
“In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.” WorldWantGivingWellsSelfBigsMightGuyFightingOpportunityChanceClassFansFamePercentSkinsFortuneStriveAthleteSeekingBackgroundsFighterNarrativeBoxingMmaDimesBest SelfLower Class Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“I hate the concept of the clog! It's fake, it's ugly, and it's not even comfortable! And I hate the whole concept of comfort! It's like when people say, 'Well, we're not really in love, but we're in a comfortable relationship.' You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you are too into comfort. 'Comfy'-that's one of the worst words! I just picture a woman feeling bad, with a big bottle of alcohol, really puffy. It's really depressing, but she likes her life because she has comfortable clogs.” PeopleWellsIdeasWholeFeelingsBigsHateWorstComfortComfortableConceptsI HateUglyAlcoholLikesFakeBottlesDepressingFeeling BadReally Depressing Author:Christian Louboutin
“My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, and he produced Janis Joplin's album [1967's Big Brother & the Holding Company]. He always owned small labels as well - he had a label called Mainstream Records in the 70s.” WellsBigsCompanyRecordsBrotherJazzAlbumsProducersLabelsMainstreamBobGrandfatherMy GrandfatherCharlieLegendaryJazz And Blues Author:Judd Apatow
“Well, I think we are seeing some shifts in manufacturing. China, when you go in and you talk to the big manufacturers there, the biggest problems in mainland China are recruiting and retention. There isn't an endless supply of cheap labor anymore in China. And it's now true that the labor rates in Mexico are lower than in China.” ThinkingWellsProblemBigsSeeingLaborRateChinaEndlessMexicoManufacturingRetentionCheap Labor Author:Rodney Brooks
“The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.” WellsMayBigsEarthHappinessWaterWorryRichDoubtTroubleRegretGardenAnd LoveDisappointmentSeedsHolesContentmentHarvestRecipesGatheringDisillusionCourage StrengthPatience And LoveFruitfulnessDoubt And FearHope Courage Book:Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World: Daily Hope for the Daily Grind Source: Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World: Daily Hope for the Daily Grind