“The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.” PeopleWorldWayAbleShareStageMusic IsConnectionsAlbumsComplimentBest Experiences Author:Vanessa Mae
“I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I've done. I want to be able to stand by it.” WorldWantChildrenDoneAbleFatherWatchesKnowingOne DayMy Children Author:David Oyelowo
“The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.” WorldYearsAbleLastsArtistGivenNiceCoupleNice Things Author:Brad Paisley
“I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldCountryEyeAbleGrowsGrowing Up Author:Michael Phelps
“When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it's a special thing.” PeopleWorldAbleSpecialSucceedCreatingRealmsSpecial Things Author:David Selby
“There are those who will seek to block you. There are also non-physical forces. To win in the world of enlightenment, it is necessary to be able to will away these forces, to see they're insubstantial.” WorldAbleWinningForceEnlightenmentBlockPhysical Force Author:Frederick Lenz
“In order to pass into other dimensions you need to really understand what is out there. A teacher of mysticism is able to explain how to deal with these other worlds and universes.” WorldNeedsWisdomAbleOrderUniverseDealsTeacherBuddhismDimensionsMysticismOther Worlds Author:Frederick Lenz
“As we go deeper and deeper into the world of meditation, we are able to travel along the luminous bands, just like you travel along a highway or road.” WorldAbleMeditationLike YouBuddhismBandDeeperHighwaysOther WorldsLuminous Author:Frederick Lenz
“The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.” PeopleWorldMayFeelingsAbleFrontsBest Things Author:Tanya Tucker
“Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able to go there as somebody who's a musician and is recognised as one is cool.” WorldAbleWantedMusicianTravel The World Author:Tinie Tempah
“In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the US and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.” WorldAbleResponsibilityMiddleAchieveCapableEuropeEastMiddle EastTaking Responsibility Author:Dominique de Villepin
“Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlour? It grows you any shape it wishes! It is an environment as real as the world. It becomes and is the truth. Books can be beaten down with reason. But with all my knowledge and scepticism, I have never been able to argue with a one-hundred-piece symphony orchestra, full colour, three dimensions, and I being in and part of those incredible parlours.” WorldBookRealReasonPlayMomentsAbleThreeWishGrowsEnvironmentPiecesTvsShapesHundredIncrediblesSeedsArguingColourDimensionsThank GodBeatenTornOrchestraSymphonyClawsScepticismKnowledge And PowerThree DimensionsSymphony Orchestras Author:Ray Bradbury
“If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those around us, you will experience a high that is beyond my ability to express.” IfsWorldInspirationalFeelingsAbleAbilityThis WorldBuddhismSorryBettermentFeeling SorryFeeling Sorry For YourselfStop Feeling Sorry For Yourself Author:Frederick Lenz
“Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in the beginning of that writing session and the ending of that session, I'm aware that I'm writing. I'm aware of my surroundings. It's like shallow sleep on both ends, when you go to bed and when you wake up. But in the middle, the world is gone and I'm able to see better.” IfsWorldWritingEndsDreamHappensAbleSleepMorningGoneMiddleBedFunctionWake UpAwakeShallowSurroundingsSession Author:Stephen King
“The holiday season promotes a heightened sense of community. It draws our chins up and helps us look above and over the limiting fence of our own events, activities and preoccupations. The opportunity for a heroic gesture can tap you quietly on the shoulder in the midst of a holiday bustle. If you are attentive, you will notice the gentle touch and will be able to respond. Remember... There are no small acts of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.” IfsWorldLooksHelpingAbleRememberOpportunityCommunityKindnessEventsActivityQuietDrawsSeasonsShouldersGentleHolidayMidstCompassionateHeroicGesturesFenceChinsPreoccupationActs Of KindnessHoliday SeasonBustleSmall ActsSmall Acts Of KindnessChin UpGentle Touch Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices. You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections - the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?” WorldYearsMightAblePoliticalChoicesSocialLosesCompanyOpinionSharePositionConnectionsMeaningfulPostsConsumersDominantSocial NetworkPolitical Opinions Author:Al Franken
“When I left the University of Iowa and made the decision to come to Rutgers, I said to my athletic director, as both of us stood there crying, 'I wish I could just take Iowa to the East Coast. That would be the best of all worlds.' Of course, I couldn't. I have the best of all worlds now by being at Rutgers, being in this part of the country and being able to embrace and receive the great prestige that is part of the Big Ten.” WorldMadeSaidCountryBigsWould BeAbleCoursesLeftWishDecisionCryDirectorsTenEmbraceUniversityEastBeing The BestCoastAthleticPrestigeIowaEast CoastRutgers Author:C. Vivian Stringer
“Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world is among the very best. I was so pleased he was able to do it, and he absolutely brought the house down. It was brilliant, hysterically funny, and perfectly pitched for the occasion. He made the evening. I'd recommend him unreservedly.” WorldMadeAbleWantedHouseMagicDadMy DadBrilliantReputationEveningOccasionsArcherHysterically Funny Author:Derren Brown
“We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay. I believe we have always done this, used images to stand and understand what otherwise would be intolerable.” WorldBelieveDoneRealityWould BeAbleUsedI BelieveFantasyFantasy WorldsEscape Reality Author:Lynda Barry
“I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeanDoeAbleMovingAsksConsciousnessFiguresCrisisScalesMoving ForwardConclusionEnlightenedExistentialScopeRight QuestionsExistential CrisisKnowledge Of The World Author:Elon Musk
“It is OK to be happy in life. Even through all the strife, maybe especially during times of great pain and suffering. We still have to be able to stay close to that joy because we can't save the world in a bad mood.” WorldStillsAblePainJoySufferingMoodHappy LifeStrifeSave The WorldPain And SufferingBad Mood Author:Andrew W.K.
“When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.” PeopleWorldWayTryingMightKidsAbleChurchMy OwnWifeMy WifeRealizationOutcomesChanging The WorldMy Own Life Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.” PeopleWorldAbleHateGrowsDifferencesMaking A Difference Author:Rodney King
“Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders in al-Qaida. He was able to indulge in his hobbies... He was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes for release to the wider world.” WorldAbleLeaderKeysAreasStrikesMilesVideoTapeHobbiesIndulgeOccasionalBin LadenIndulge InDronesMiles AwayAudio Author:Peter Bergen
“I was disappointed not to be able to sign [for Barcelona] last season. When the best club in the world calls you, then it is something that you want to happen. I have signed for the only club who really wanted me. In no moment did I ever think that Inter was a possibility. Rafa valued me and perhaps that is why people started saying that I could go there but this is the only club that pushed to sign me.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMomentsHappensAbleWantedLastsPossibilitySeasonsClubsDisappointedBarcelona Author:Javier Mascherano
“One of the great problems of the world today is undoubtedly this problem of not being able to talk to scientists, because we don't understand science; they can't talk to us because they don't understand anything else, poor dears.” WorldProblemTodayAblePoorScientistWorld TodayFlanders Author:Michael Flanders
“When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.” WorldYearsAbleStrongFeltNew YorkCoupleMovedVery StrongTouring Author:Marketa Irglova
“The individual point of view is the only point of view from which one is able to look at the world in its truth.” WorldLooksTruthAbleIndividualViewsPoint Of View Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“I feel as though I am trying to describe a three-dimensional experience while living in a two-dimension world. The appropriate words, descriptions, and concepts don't even exist in our current language. I have subsequently read the accounts of other people's near-death experiences and their portrayals of heaven and I am able to see the same limitations in their descriptions and vocabulary that I see in my own.” PeopleWorldFeelsTryingTwoGodAbleChristianThreeLanguageHeavenReligiousMy OwnConceptsAccountsCurrentsLimitationDimensionsAppropriateDescriptionVocabularyNear DeathPortrayalNear Death Experience Author:Mary C. Neal
“Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask moral questions. For example, just because we have the economic muscle to buy up vast amounts of the world's oil, does that give us the right to do so? When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?” WorldGivingHeartDoeRunningAbleSpiritualHumanityAsksWaterSimplePoorCompassionMoralCuttingEconomicExampleBrokenAmountDemandEatingMassIndiaBlameDistanceCancerOilMusclesFarmersConsumerismBleedingPumpsOverconsumptionGasolineGallons Author:Richard J. Foster
“Heaven is the perfect place to raise children. Everything will be just the way it was intended to be in the beginning, a perfect environment without pain and danger, accidents and death and the horrors of this world. Babies won't have to cry. - They'll have everything they need. We'll be able to read their little minds, and we won't have to wonder what they're needing. Just think of all the advantages of rearing children in Heaven. It will be pure pleasure!” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesAblePainHeavenPerfectPleasureWonderEnvironmentCryDangerThis WorldBabyHorrorPureAdvantageRaisesAccidentsHeavenlyWithout PainLittle MindsRearing A Child Author:David Berg
“What exhibit buildings God will have! The historical exhibits, the scientific exhibits, the spiritual exhibits, to be able to see the marvelous wonders of the Spirit World!” WorldAbleSpiritualSpiritWonderBuildingHistoricalGods WillHeavenlyMarvelousExhibitsSpirit World Author:David Berg
“The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be able to solve in the next few years, and it's likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren. We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.” IfsWorldYearsChildrenProblemAbleNextEnergyActingCenturyBalanceDemandResourcesOur ChildrenCrisisSolveSelfishAlternativesDecentOur FutureGrandchildrenOverwhelmedShrinkingChildren And GrandchildrenBeing SelfishEnergy CrisisActing Now Author:Jimmy Carter
“It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment.” WorldFirstsHas BeensEyeAbleEarthSpaceTechnologyEnvironmentSpecialTelevisionCamerasEnvironmentalAwakeningLimitationOur WorldFar AwayBalancedCoincidenceEquipmentGlimpseAstronautOuter SpaceThrough The Eyes Author:Dixie Lee Ray
“It has become very difficult for anyone to argue that observed global warming is natural variability. We have good reason for being able to say that the world will be warmer by about a quarter of a degree in the next decade. It's the same reason we had 10 years ago when we said that the 1990s would be warmer than the 1980s: The planet is out of equilibrium.” WorldYearsSaidReasonWould BeAbleNextDifficultNaturalPlanetsDegreesYears AgoDecadesArguingGlobal WarmingQuartersEquilibriumVariability Author:James Hansen
“The United States is too big and we are too involved with too many people for any president to be able to take actions that will be universally agreed to all day, every day and everywhere in the world.” PeopleWorldStatesBigsAbleActionPresidentUnitedUnited StatesInvolved Author:William J. Clinton
“Five years from now on the Web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will be better than any single university.” WorldYearsAbleFiveUniversityFive YearsLectures Author:Bill Gates