“I was in the De Witt Clinton Hight School marching band. One of the worst bands ever formed. When we played the national anthem, people from every country stood - except Americans.” PeopleCountrySchoolWorstBandClintonAnthemNational AnthemMarching Band Author:Robert Klein
“Somewhere within the concept of justice, the worst of the guilty must always be removed. I cannot divorce this, not completely. The people must have justice and so I want to reinstate and enshrine the blessed and holy guillotine!” PeopleWantJusticeWorstHolyConceptsBlessedDivorceGuiltyGuillotine Author:Roseanne Barr
“I live in California, the worst place in the world for fat people. There are three of us. They have us on eight-hour shifts, so it works out.” PeopleWorldThreeHoursWorstWork OutEightFatsCaliforniaPlaces In The WorldFat People Author:Louie Anderson
“If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.” PeopleIfsLooksSufferingSituationGroupsWorstInjusticeWorst Situation Author:Salma Hayek
“After the Ankara bombings on October 10, people were asked to hold a minute of silence, but many refused. Our society can't even unite in grief to honor the victims. We've lost our empathy. That's maybe the worst.” PeopleLostGriefSilenceMinutesWorstHonorEmpathyVictimOur SocietyOctoberBombingAnkara Author:Elif Safak
“Everybody's a racist. It's the one human trait that makes us all exactly the same. Deep down, we only like people who are exactly like us. And it doesn't matter. White. Black. Red. Yellow. Purple, uh oh, the purple people, are the worst. Man. All prejudiced and birth marky. But, we've got to learn to get past our differences. I learned that at the museum of tolerance. After my dad beat the crap out of a guy over a parking spot.” PeopleMenHumansMatterPastGuyBlackDifferencesWhiteWorstBirthDadBeatsRacismRedMy DadToleranceSpotsRacistMuseumsYellowTraitsCrapPurpleDeep DownParkingParking Spots Author:Christopher Titus
“Of all the ways people save time, I think racism is the worst.” PeopleThinkingWayWorstRacism Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every time. If it pains them to make a choice - if the choice looks like a 'sacrifice' - you can be sure that it is no nobler than the discomfort caused by greediness... the necessity of deciding between two things you want when you can't have both.” PeopleIfsWorldWantLooksTwoPainChoicesSacrificeWorstConceptsTwo ThingsNonsenseAltruismTwistsDiscomfortGreediness Book:Stranger in a Strange Land Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“I am the representative of all the sick people and what they are doing to me is only the worst case right now, but there will be others. I am living on borrowed time anyway. I owe this part of my life to luck and modern medical science. But I can't imagine what the rest of it will be like if they won't let me use medical marijuana.” PeopleIfsI CanUseCasesImagineModernWorstRight NowSickLet MeLuckMedicalMarijuanaRepresentativesBorrowedLiving OnUsing MeMedical MarijuanaMedical ScienceBorrowed Time Author:Peter McWilliams
“My worst vice is also my best vice. It's my empathy and my love for people-it can wear me out. I rarely can turn a person in need down or because I love people, I love energy.” PeopleNeedsPersonsTurnsEnergyWorstEmpathyVices Author:Meredith Brooks
“When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far I had to go. It took years, while I was at Juilliard I worked different weekends with different people.” PeopleYearsDifferentPlayerWorstNew YorkTownsWeekendDifferent PeoplesJuilliard Author:Paul Bley
“There's nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you're not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I'm the worst. I'm the worst at that.” PeopleSituationLaughingWorstCryFuneralBreaking DownMake Me Laugh Author:Tom Waits
“The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.” PeopleIfsMotherUnderstandingCommunityCommonShareWorstConditionsIsolationIsolatedWorst Things Author:Annie Lennox
“We are women. We believe in love and goodness and the kindness of others above all things. We are hard-wired to blame ourselves for things that other people do, even the bad, evil ones. That's why we're so good at compassion. It's also why we're our own worst enemies sometimes.” PeopleBelieveSometimesHardEvilCompassionEnemyKindnessWorstGoodnessAll ThingsBlameWorst EnemyBelieve In Love Author:Elle Casey
“The worst crime I could think of would be to pull people off by faking it, pretending as if I'm having 100% fun.” PeopleIfsThinkingWould BeFunWorstCrimePretendingFaking It Author:Kurt Cobain
“I laugh when I end up on the worst-dressed lists. I'm not trying to be fashionable. I know I'm kind of a cartoon character. Do people honestly think I'm wearing a kafkan in order to be fashionable?” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingKindEndsCharacterOrderLaughingWorstListsHonestlyCartoonFashionableCartoon Character Author:Pamela Anderson
“Year after year after year, people write books about managing innovation or about leadership, for example, without ever going through the pain of saying, "This kind of leadership will cause this result in these circumstances and a very different result in those circumstances." This is academic malpractice of the worst kind.” PeopleWritingYearsKindBookDifferentPainCausesResultsWorstExampleCircumstancesInnovationAcademicMalpractice Author:Clayton Christensen
“My best business decision was going into business for myself and owning the box my pretty face was on instead of just being the pretty face on the box. And my worst was letting other people run my business.” PeopleRunningFacesDecisionWorstBoxesJust BeingBest BusinessPretty FaceBusiness Decisions Author:Kam Williams
“Whether or not, you know, people think that Martin Shkreli is the worst person in the world, the reality is that he is the symptom or a larger problem in an pharmacology industry.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldPersonsProblemRealityWorstIndustrySymptomsPharmacologyWorst Person Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“I think the worst thing we can do is to concede to fanaticism its devotion, say. Well, you have to understand, these people are really fanatics, so we should back down from them. I think if journalists start doing that then they won't be practicing journalism. If satirists start doing that then they won't be practicing satire.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldWellsCan DoWorstDevotionJournalismJournalistSatireWorst ThingsFanaticsFanaticismSatirist Author:Adam Gopnik
“Speaking specifically about the memoir, I know that's a criticism that people can have about my work. When I look at the young men's lives, if they're reduced to the worst thing they've done, then it's easy for them to become a stereotype. I keep running into that with newspaper articles that are very short.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenLooksDoneRunningYoungEasyWorstCriticismNewspapersMemoirYoung ManArticlesWorst ThingsStereotypeKeep Running Author:Jesmyn Ward
“I think one of the worst things people can do is try and fight the people they've agreed to work with.” PeopleThinkingTryingFightingCan DoWorstWorst Things Author:George Ezra
“You don't know how people are going to respond. But I would add to that, that getting your heart broken is not the worst thing and it's actually quite unavoidable. I think in some ways I had to break my father's heart and then face that in order to have a real relationship with him.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayHeartRealFacesOrderFatherBreakKnow HowWorstBrokenAddWorst ThingsHeart BrokeReal Relationship Author:Melissa Febos
“That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.” PeopleWorldEndsWould BeAblePovertyWorstShameHungryGlobal Poverty Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“I mean the business is just so rough man, people always think the business is easy, and the business is very rough. This is probably the worst business that you can get in, as far as, business-wise.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanEasyWiseWorstRough Author:Ginuwine
“Over 80% of the poor are people who have small plots of land and grow their own food and they don't grow enough to sell much into the marketplace. So they will be hit hard by the worst in climate. They really get hit hard starting in the 20-year time frame and thereafter.” PeopleYearsHardEnoughGrowsPoorLandWorstSellsClimateStartingPlotMarketplace Author:Bill Gates
“What's the worst, is when people clearly haven't researched you. One time an interviewer asked me if I do a lot of plays. I'm like, yeah. Have you Googled me? There's this thing called Google, and you can ask Google that question. Then you could come to me with informed questions that didn't make me feel like I am brand new to the world.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsPlayAsksWorstHavensYeahBrandsOne TimeGoogleBrand NewInterviewers Author:Laura Benanti
“AI systems will enable doctors to diagnose diseases and treat people better, so blocking that progress is probably one of the worst things you can do for making the world better.” PeopleWorldCan DoProgressWorstDiseaseDoctorsTreatsBlockWorst Things Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Holman's world is a worst case scenario but it's healthy to examine extreme possibilities. If the technology that is used for genetic enrichment in Genus had been distributed equitably, across society, it could have been nirvana, a great world where people don't fear the diseases that we die from. The problems that arrive are more to do with resource hording than technology itself.” PeopleIfsWorldHas BeensProblemUsedDiesCasesTechnologyWorstPossibilityHealthyDiseaseResourcesExtremesCould Have BeenScenariosEnrichmentWorst Case Scenario Author:Jonathan Trigell
“If Broadway musicals were as popular as they were in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, then people like Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine would be writing for Broadway, which would be amazing. As it stands, it's the worst stuff that's mired in pop music.” PeopleIfsWritingWould BeStuffWorstWinePopsIronBroadwayPop MusicBroadway Musical Author:Colin Meloy
“I think that what people abroad want from French film, inside French film becomes our worst fear, "Oh, another film about love!"” PeopleThinkingWantFilmWorstWorst Fear Author:Louis Garrel
“The housing crisis may not be the worst thing that's happened to New York City because it was becoming impossible for some of the young doctors, for some of the young artists, for some of the people that make the city so special to be able to live here.” PeopleMayAbleYoungArtistCitiesImpossibleHappenedWorstSpecialNew YorkBecomingDoctorsCrisisNew York CityWorst ThingsHousingYoung ArtistsHousing Crisis Author:Juan Enriquez
“It's not fear that keeps me up. I mean, every generation has thought, this is the worst generation; the world's going to hell in a hand basket. The reality is, people are living longer, and they're living better.” PeopleWorldMeanHandsRealityHellGenerationsWorstBasketsLiving Better Author:Juan Enriquez
“People have always said since TV was invented what a cultural wasteland it is but I think it is the worst and the best. It is the golden age of television.” PeopleThinkingSaidAgeWorstTelevisionTvsGoldenGolden AgeWasteland Author:Joel McHale
“There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.” PeopleSometimesCharacterWorstPrisonCriminalsCharming Author:Taryn Manning
“Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'” PeopleWayNeedsWritingSongChoicesTermLinesFocusWorstDialogueSugarBowlsAntiquesSweetheartMunich Author:Jincy Willett
“The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a well-cared-for herd animal. Thinking people become the tyrants' worst enemies.” PeopleThinkingMenWellsStatesAnimalEnemyWorstHe ManCitizensIdealsSilentObedienceTyrantsBowsHerdsWorst Enemy Author:Claire Wolfe
“I understand that the worst people in England at a time were ran to America, for some reason. Then slavery came and calls of aggression. But we've been there 600 years and there ain't no peace between black and whites because the cultures are different - like the Chinese and Mexicans cannot integrate: the music is different, the eating is different.” PeopleYearsDifferentReasonAmericaCultureBlackWorstEatingMusic IsEnglandSlaveryChineseRanAggressionBlack And WhiteIntegrating Author:Muhammad Ali
“All of this is happening because there has still been no reckoning post the financial crisis. So governments have fallen, one bloke has been to prison, the banks have gone pretty well back to status quo, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. And it's fuelling anger. And somehow [Donald] Trump, who represents the worst aspects of capitalism, has persuaded people he can deal with that.” PeopleWellsHas BeensStillsGovernmentPoorDealsGoneRichWorstTrumpHappeningsCapitalismAspectCrisisPrisonFinancialPostsFallenStatus QuoGet RichFinancial CrisisReckoningBlokes Author:Alastair Campbell
“I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around.” PeopleThinkingGivingEnoughCan DoWorstApproachArrogantWorst ThingsWraps Author:Tyrese Gibson
“Donald Trump is an unstable charlatan who is appealing to the worst instincts in people, and I believe ultimately the American people are going to reject that.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveWorstTrumpInstinctRejectsUnstableCharlatans Author:Martin O'Malley
“It was a time of turmoil at colleges and universities. And I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly. And I couldn't help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on the campus and the good sense and the decency of the people back in my own community.” PeopleHelpingCommunityMy OwnSawsWorstCollegeSmartUniversityContrastPrivilegedDecencyGood SenseTurmoilCampusSmart PeopleVery SmartColleges And Universities Author:Samuel Alito
“I think probably anyone would say, the worst and the hardest things to deal with is when people say things that aren't true. Or that are kind of true but exaggerated.” PeopleThinkingKindDealsWorstHardestHardest ThingExaggerated Author:Carmen Electra
“If you live in poor neighborhoods - I know from living in several poor neighborhoods - the worst supermarkets in the city are in the poorest neighborhoods, where people don't have cars.” PeopleIfsKnowsPoorCitiesWorstCarNeighborhoodPoorestSupermarketsPoor Neighborhoods Author:Sandra Cisneros
“When they say [Donald Trump] is not "presidential": I asked myself what does it mean to be "presidential"? You wear a suit; you talk to the American people like you possess the character and the dignity of one who seeks the highest office in the land, and behind the door you're the worst criminal on the planet, plotting the overthrow of nations and governments, and regime change, and sending drones to kill people you don't like? That's presidential.” PeopleMeanDoeCharacterGovernmentNationsBehindsDoorsLandWorstPlanetsLike YouTrumpOfficeHighestDignityCriminalsSuitsPresidentialRegimesDronesSuits YouRegime Change Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I did one of the worst shows for that kind of thing in Northampton, Massachusetts, which is one of the most liberal spots on the planet. There were numerous people who walked out, somebody had thrown a beer, I had people yelling and screaming.” PeopleKindShowsWorstPlanetsSpotsBeerThrownYellingMassachusettsYelling And Screaming Author:David Cross
“I think it was there before, but - because of social media, too - there are these people who fancy themselves as tolerant, and don't see the hypocrisy and double standard of how they're not tolerant at all, and they're just strident and they don't listen. There's no dialogue anymore. That's maybe, truly, the worst part of Trump's legacy is just people yelling at each other.” PeopleThinkingSocialWorstMediaTrumpStandardsSocial MediaDialogueLegacyFancyHypocrisyYellingDouble Standard Author:David Cross
“Every day, no matter what is happening around me, I consciously try to discipline my own feelings and my mind about what I have to be grateful for, because by any stretch of the imagination - even during the worst times when people are accusing me of things and doing all that they do - I'm a very lucky person.” PeopleTryingMindPersonsMatterFeelingsImaginationMy OwnWorstDisciplineLuckyHappeningsNo Matter WhatGratefulBe GratefulAccusingWorst TimesLucky PersonAccusing Me Author:Hillary Clinton
“The loss of a loved one is by far the worst thing most people ever go through. Does anyone ever get over the death of someone close? Doubtful. The best anyone can do is come to terms with the loss, find peace and comfort, and maybe eventually inspiration in having known the loved one.” PeopleInspirationalDoeInspirationTermCan DoLossKnownWorstComfortLoved OnesWorst ThingsGet OverFinding PeaceDoubtfulLoss Of A Loved One Author:Randi Reisfeld