“It's better not to argue with women... When people push boundaries too far, it's not because they are strong but because they are weak. But maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman.” PeopleStrongQualityWorstWeaknessWeakArguingBoundaries Author:Vladimir Putin
“If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you can do, because people are so sensitive to short-term losses. If you count your money every day, you'll be miserable.” PeopleIfsLongIdeasTermCan DoLossWorstProjectsFollowingMiserableSensitiveLong TermShort TermBad Ideas Author:Daniel Kahneman
“For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.” PeopleWayWould BeSufferingWorstPolicyMinorsConvenientStraightforwardCommuting Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.” PeoplePassionWorstShameDareEnvyVain Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It's one of the worst nightmare situations we could create for a young character, having the people who are supposed to believe in you keep telling you you're nothing.” PeopleBelieveCharacterYoungSituationWorstNightmareBelieve In YouWorst Nightmares Author:Scott Snyder
“Actually, my worst nightmare is losing my best friend, as I imagine most people's are.” PeopleImagineWorstLosingNightmareMy Best FriendWorst Nightmares Author:Phoebe Waller-Bridge
“I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsMindWellsDoeEndsHardWholeJoyGuyWatchesViolenceSeeingWorstHappeningsPerformancesShameValleysFoolishnessThis GuyBravado Author:Ti West
“We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.” PeopleTryingWorstAbsolutesAssumingMotivePatriot Author:Barack Obama
“Because of my experience in Occupy, instead of asking the question, "Who will benefit from this system I'm implementing with the data?" I started to ask the question, "What will happen to the most vulnerable?" Or "Who is going to lose under this system? How will this affect the worst-off person?" Which is a very different question from "How does this improve certain people's lives?"” PeoplePersonsDoeDifferentHappensCertainAsksLosesWorstBenefitsAskingVulnerableDataImplementing Author:Cathy O'Neil
“Everyday Americans really having the power here. People may remember, or you may have heard if you weren't there during the [Richard] Nixon years, we had one of the worst Presidents ever on record but we the American people have the sense of our own power. We were in the driver's seat.” PeopleIfsYearsMayRememberPresidentRecordsHeardWorstEverydaySeatsDrivers Author:Jill Stein
“We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic Party of war and Wall Street.” PeopleWarPartyStreetsWorstWallRepublicanDemocraticRepublican PartyDemocratic Party Author:Ralph Nader
“The worst thing in the world is to feel like people turn on the TV and say, oh god, it's that guy again. I'm trying to avoid that.” PeopleWorldFeelsTryingGuyTurnsWorstTvsWorst ThingsTurn-onThat Guy Author:Joe Buck
“I even have some stories of people telling me how that song has changed their life, how it got them through hard times, how it saved their life when they were on the verge of thinking of doing the worst. That just really amazes me, that that movie [Romeo + Juliet] and that part in the movie are still having a huge effect on people's lives today.” PeopleThinkingStillsHardStoriesTodaySongWorstEffectsChangedHugeSavedHard TimesLive For TodayVergeJulietRomeo JulietThrough Hard Times Author:Quindon Tarver
“HIV criminalization is a global trend, but surprisingly Canada has some of the worst HIV laws in the world - they have incarcerated 200 people to date who have not infected anyone, and half of them are black. This is emotional manipulation that began as an anti-immigrant measure and has devolved into an exploitation of sexual anxiety. It's a crisis of meaning.” PeopleWorldLawBlackHalfWorstEmotionalAnxietyCrisisCanadaImmigrantsManipulationTrendsExploitationHiv Author:Sarah Schulman
“The economy working - the economy growing, corporations growing and hiring people and wage increases occurring - is the worst thing that can happen politically for the Democrat Party.” PeopleHappensPartyEconomyGrowingWorstIncreaseDemocratCorporationsWorst ThingsHiring Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Since the white people collectively have practiced the worst form of hatred against Negroes in America and they know that they are guilty of it, now when The Honorable Elijah Muhammad comes along and begins to list the historic deed - the historic attitude, the historic behavior of the white man in this country toward the black people in this country, again, the white people are so guilty and they can't stop doing these things to make Mr. Muhammad appear to be wrong, so they hide their wrong by saying "he is teaching hatred."” PeopleKnowsMenCountryAmericaFormBlackWhiteAttitudeTeachingWorstBehaviorHatredDeedsListsGuiltyBlack PeopleHonorableWhite ManHistoricMuhammadTry AgainElijahElijah MuhammadHonorable Elijah Muhammad Author:Malcolm X
“it's a weird thing with acting and it happens to a lot of actors, not just myself - it's like you're giving off an I really need to be loved today vibe. My worst moment recently is I fell asleep on the tube in London on the Victoria line 8:30 in the morning and I woke up and there were about five people with iPhones taking pictures.” PeopleNeedsGivingMomentsHappensTodayActorsLinesActingMorningFiveWorstLike YouLondonTubesIphoneWeird ThingsVictoriaTaking PicturesWorst Moments Author:Andy Serkis
“Keep in mind that, when I came in, we had had a crisis that was the worst we've seen since the 1930s, and working with people like Chancellor Merkel, working with the G-20 and other institutions internationally, we were able to stabilize the financial system, stabilize the US economy and return to growth.” PeopleMindAbleGrowthEconomyWorstReturnCrisisInstitutionsFinancial1930sFinancial System Author:Barack Obama
“Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.” PeopleThinkingWantHandsKidsCasesWorstSafeAgreeSorryScenariosBeing A KidWorst Case Scenario Author:Raheem Jarbo
“I think the worst professional advice I received was this kind of unspoken message of "sit back and wait your turn," or "sit back and wait and let other people do things."” PeopleThinkingKindTurnsWaitingWorstAdviceMessagesUnspoken Author:Jim Gaffigan
“You know, some people say that Cannes is the worst place in the world to see cinema. It's a paradox. They have the new films , lots of interesting films premiering there for the first time. At the same time it's such a mess and a confusion. You have to run from one screening to another.” PeopleKnowsWorldFirstsRunningFilmInterestingWorstFirst TimeConfusionMessCinemaParadoxPlaces In The WorldScreeningCannes Author:Miguel Gomes
“Ninety-plus percent of police/community relations is simply wonderful - where people obey the law, don't resist arrest, don't attack cops and don't threaten lives, everyone gets along just fine. When the president [Barack Obama] constantly sides with the worst thugs out there and with the Black Lives Matter terrorists, and the media lies constantly, we the people better get to the truth ASAP.” PeopleMatterLawLyingSidesBlackPresidentCommunityWonderfulWorstMediaFinePercentRelationPoliceTerroristBarackPlusCopNinetyBlack Lives MatterPresident Barack ObamaThugBlack Lives Author:Ted Nugent
“It is almost impossible to open a newspaper without reading something about the London housing market. House prices are rising at such a rate that the vast majority of Londoners can't afford to buy, are being forced out of the boroughs they grew up in, or in the worst cases, are being made homeless. If nothing is done, people will continue to be driven out of the city and London will cease to be a hub for creativity and entrepreneurship.” PeopleIfsMadeDoneReadingHouseCitiesCreativityCasesImpossibleWorstGrewGrew UpMajorityRateLondonDrivenNewspapersCeaseEntrepreneurshipRisingHomelessHousingHubLondonersHousing MarketHouse Prices Author:David Lammy
“I am in the position of judging people by the best they've ever done rather than the worst.” PeopleDoneWorstPositionJudgingJudging People Author:Toni Morrison
“Sometimes I feel as though I'm trying to take a hit for the team so that other people then can move forward. I'm like, "Look, I just laid out all of my stuff, so what's the worst that can happen?".” PeopleFeelsTryingLooksSometimesHappensMovingStuffTeamWorstMoving Forward Author:Morgan Parker
“It is the Muslim community that has the best chance of stopping and checking and pushing back on people who are trying to politicize their own faith. So this attack on Islam is an attack on a great faith. It undermines the people who are trying to rescue this faith from these horrible people. It endangers every human being on earth because it accelerates the radicalization of some and emboldens the worst elements of that faith. So this fight is a fight I think that we have to take on.” PeopleThinkingTryingHumansEarthFightingCommunityChanceHuman BeingsWorstElementsIslamHorriblePushingRescueStoppingAccelerateGreat FaithMuslim CommunityPushing Back Author:Van Jones
“What is the worst, is that you will have the meltdown of Zimbabwe that the IMF is talking about. And indeed what you will have is growing unemployment in Zimbabwe, growing impoverishment among the people, growing social conflict. And I think that is the worst sort of outcome, that collapse of Zimbabwe certainly would have a much, much worse effect on the region than mere image.” PeopleThinkingSocialTalkingGrowingWorstEffectsConflictMereOutcomesRegionsCollapseUnemploymentZimbabweImfMeltdowns Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I went to Catholic school my entire life. Elementary school was probably my worst time - those are the years when you're figurin' out who you are, and then you've got the added pressure of being on the light-skinned side of things. I've been around - excuse me saying - predominantly white people in Catholic school, who sit around and just talk about black people because they thought they were in the presence of themselves, and they used to talk cool. I felt firsthand the racial prejudice that is still alive today.” PeopleYearsStillsLightTodaySchoolUsedFeltSidesBlackWhiteAliveWorstPrejudicePressureCatholicWho You AreExcuseBlack PeopleLive For TodayExcuse MeElementary SchoolRacial PrejudiceCatholic SchoolWorst Times Author:Kevin michael
“Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.” PeopleTalkingWorstCarFrontsNervousDamn Author:Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
“I read one thing, and 100 people can say good things then you read one bad thing that says you're the worst and you believe them.” PeopleBelieveOne ThingWorstGood ThingsBad Things Author:Gigi Hadid
“Like many people, I think I'm my own worst critic. And I think I take a lot out in an internally abusive way, looking at how I measure up, which usually was never enough. I never, never was as good as someone else.” PeopleThinkingWayEnoughMy OwnWorstCriticsAbusive Author:Demi Moore
“Why did the people think [Vietnam war] was fundamentally wrong and immoral? The guys who ran the polls, John E. Rielly, a professor at the University of Chicago, a liberal professor, he said what that means is that people thought too many Americans had being killed. Another possibility is they didn't like the fact that we were carrying out the worst crime since the Second World War. But that's so inconceivable that wasn't even offered as a possible reason.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanSaidWarReasonFactsGuyWorstCrimePossibilityUniversityRanWar Of The WorldsChicagoProfessorsVietnamImmoralPollsVietnam WarSecond World War Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think being mediocre and in the middle would be the worst. It's more interesting to get strong reactions, and to have the mixture of people who get it and the people who don't get it. And to invite a dialogue.” PeopleThinkingWould BeStrongInterestingMiddleWorstReactionsDialogueInvitesMediocreMixturesBeing Me Author:Sofia Coppola
“I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its worst traditions. But all the more reason, therefore, to resist their aggression and take it seriously.” PeopleKnowsBelieveReasonWorstTraditionRussiaAggressionDoomed Author:Daniel Fried
“I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst of all governments until you consider all the other ones.” PeopleThinkingWellsGovernmentLinesDemocracyWorstEducatedWell Educated Author:Reid Hoffman
“While I think in principle people should not have irrational beliefs, I should say that as a matter of fact, it is people who hold what I regard as completely irrational beliefs who are among the most effective moral actors in the world, in many respects. They're among the worst, but also among the best, even though the moral beliefs are ostensibly the same.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldMatterFactsActorsBeliefMoralPrinciplesWorstRegardIrrationalMatter Of FactIrrational BeliefsMoral Beliefs Author:Noam Chomsky
“Syria is bad enough, it's a pretty terrible atrocity. But there are much worse ones in the world. So for example, the worst atrocities in the past decade have been in the Congo, the Eastern Congo, where maybe 5 million people have been killed.” PeopleWorldHas BeensEnoughPastMillionsWorstExampleTerribleDecadesSyriaEasternCongoAtrocities Author:Noam Chomsky
“It is the worst atrocity underway [in Rwanda]. But it's barely in the media, and people just don't know about it. And that's quite generally true.” PeopleKnowsWorstMediaAtrocitiesRwanda Author:Noam Chomsky
“I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public schools in Baltimore, with kids most people would write off because of their backgrounds. But, when I set high expectations, at the end of the day, these kids went from scoring at the bottom on standardized tests, to scoring at the top, despite their unfortunate circumstances.” PeopleWritingYearsEndsFactsKidsSchoolThreeWorstCircumstancesExpectationsTestsBottomBackgroundsDespiteThe End Of The DayThree YearsUnfortunateGroundedPublic SchoolBaltimoreUnshakableHigh ExpectationsUnshakable FaithUnfortunate Circumstances Author:Michelle Rhee
“I don't want to fool people. If I wanted to do that, I would be working with virtual reality. I want to operate on the other level, the other end of the illusion spectrum. I want to create the worst possible illusions so it doesn't really fool people, but instead give people a measure of their own belief. It makes them aware of how much they need to be fooled in order to understand the world around them.” PeopleIfsWorldWantNeedsGivingEndsRealityWould BeWantedOrderBeliefLevelsWorstFoolIllusionSpectrumFooledVirtual Reality Author:Vik Muniz
“The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world.” PeopleWorldWantDifferentRealityWalksWorstPerspectiveComputerTheaterThings To DoWorst ThingsAnimatedDifferent WorldsMovie Theater Author:Genndy Tartakovsky