“I don't really believe in a creative-writing major as an undergraduate. It's a bad idea, terrible. I've met creative-writing majors from other places and they don't know a goddamn thing. They're the worst students. They just think they're good because they could pass.” ThinkingKnowsWritingBelieveIdeasCreativeWorstStudentsTerribleMetsMajorsCreative WritingBad IdeasUndergraduate Author:Barry Hannah
“Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.” PeopleThinkingRunningMy OwnCompanyTeamWorstFiring Author:Sam Altman
“I hope people leave my show thinking they've had a worthwhile couple of hours. The worst thing you want is for people to think they've wasted their time or didn't get their money's worth.” PeopleThinkingWantShowsHoursWorstCoupleWorthwhileWorst Things Author:Joel Plaskett
“I've been very lucky in my employment over the years. You would think that the worst job I've ever had was as janitor, but it really wasn't, because I was a janitor at my dad's office building when I was younger.” ThinkingYearsJobsWorstBuildingDadLuckyOfficeMy DadEmploymentJanitorOffice Buildings Author:Chris Carmack
“I think history has shown that the worst way to [try to] bring people over and actually change public opinion is by insult and applied degradation of them.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingOpinionWorstInsultPublic OpinionDegradation Author:E. O. Wilson
“The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.” PeopleThinkingBodyPoliticalLibertyWorstJudgingPatrioticPropositionsKeepers Author:John Adams
“I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.” IfsThinkingHappensCreativityFantasyWorstIntuitionFilmmaking Author:Werner Herzog
“I can't stress enough how important it is to write bad songs. There's a lot of people who don't want to finish songs because they don't think they're any good. Well they're not good enough. Write it! I want you to write me the worst songs you could possible write me because you won't write bad songs. You're thinking they're bad so you don't have to finish it. That's what I really think it is. Well it's all right. Well, how do you know? It's not done!” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingWellsI CanImportantDoneEnoughSongWorstStressGood EnoughDo You KnowI Want YouNot Good Enough Author:John Mayer
“Summer is the worst time of all to be alone. The earth is warm and lovely, free to go about in; and always somewhere in the distance there is a place where two people might be happy if only they were together. It is in the spring that one dreams of such places; one thinks of the summer which is coming, and the heart dreams of its friend.” PeopleIfsThinkingHeartTwoDreamMightEarthTogetherWorstSummerSpringDistanceWarmLovelyWorst Times Author:Robert Nathan
“The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.” PeopleThinkingWaySelfCultureWorstConflictDevotionDeceptionBlissSuperstitionsTranscendenceWay Of ThinkingSelf DeceptionAmplify Author:Sam Harris
“I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation -- they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.” ThinkingMenMadeNatureWorstMen And WomenFaultsReputation Book:The Sayings of Lord Byron Source: The Sayings of Lord Byron
“Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice-- The weakness and the wickedness of luxury-- The negligence--the apathy--the evils Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants, Whose delegated cruelty surpasses The worst acts of one energetic master, However harsh and hard in his own bearing.” ThinkingHardEvilBloodWorstProduceMastersThousandTenWeaknessVicesTyrannyCrueltyChainsLuxurySensualTyrantsApathyHarshWickednessEnergeticDespotismSlothNegligence Author:Lord Byron
“If to break loose from the bounds of reason, and to want that restraint of examination and judgment which keeps us from choosing or doing the worst, be liberty, true liberty, madmen and fools are the only freemen: but yet, I think, nobody would choose to be mad for the sake of such liberty, but he that is mad already.” IfsThinkingWantReasonLibertyBreakWorstFoolJudgmentMadBoundsSakeRestraintExaminationMadmenFreeman Author:John Locke
“I'm astonished how little fright I have of my own imagination. It really does baffle me that I don't get more scared because I'm capable of thinking up things that are so awful. On any given day I can imagine the worst.” ThinkingLittlesDoeI CanGivenImaginationMy OwnImagineWorstCapableScaredAwfulFright Author:Robert Reed
“Having to stand in front of an audience and have it be your job to make them laugh, you can't really look to anyone but yourself. It's what you wrote, what you said and how you said it, so it's kind of terrifying, but I liked it. When it goes well, it's the best feeling in the world. When it doesn't go well, it's the worst feeling, but once you get into the rhythm of it, I think it's really fun.” ThinkingWorldWellsLooksKindSaidFeelingsJobsFunAudienceLaughingWorstFrontsRhythm Author:Aubrey Plaza
“I just don't think most of us are aware how much of what we throw away ends up in the ocean, for starters. Plastic bags are among the worst. The US is actually falling behind the curve on that score. China and many other countries have already banned the production and use of thin plastic bags.” ThinkingEndsCountryUseFallBehindsWorstOceanProductionsChinaScoreBagsPlasticOther CountriesCurvesBannedStartersPlastic BagsFalling Behind Author:Edward Norton
“The boring people are the worst. I think it's obvious, I think people have always had phobias about flying for years even before 9/11 and everything like that. It just taps into that and it taps into who you are going to sit next to on the plane.” PeopleThinkingYearsNextWorstWho You AreObviousBoringFlyingPlanesPhobia Author:Cillian Murphy
“I give credence to the worst things somebody writes about me, and if somebody writes something nice, I think they're wrong or false or lying or joking.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingLyingNiceWorstWorst ThingsCredence Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression not one public library closed their doors.” IfsThinkingStillsCultureDoorsWorstInstitutionsLibraryAmerican CultureMcdonaldsMost AmazingPublic Library Author:David McCullough
“I think the worst decision is usually no decision. If you make the wrong decision you can usually course-correct, but if you don't make it, you've already made it, and it's usually the bad one.” IfsThinkingMadeCoursesDecisionWorstMade ItWrong Decision Author:Roger Ailes
“In many developing countries, girls don't go to school. They stay home. They are at the water wells, bringing water back and forth to the village. Or they are doing chores, preparing meals, farming. Some cultures think girls and women shouldn't be educated, and those are very often the places where the treatment of women and girls is the worst.” ThinkingWellsCountryHomeSchoolCultureGirlWaterWorstEducatedDevelopingMealsTreatmentVillagePreparingFarmingBack And ForthChoresDeveloping CountriesCountry Girl Author:Laura Bush
“The worst thing that can happen to an investor is to make money on his first trade; he thinks investing is easy” ThinkingFirstsHappensEasyWorstTradeInvestingMaking MoneyInvestorsWorst Things Author:Mark Skousen
“To be different is not necessarily to be ugly; to have a different idea is not necessarily to be wrong. The worst possible thing is for all of us to begin to look and talk and act and think alike.” ThinkingLooksIdeasDifferentWorstUglyDifferent Ideas Author:Gene Roddenberry
“In this country, intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face ... Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and incovenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban ... At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of iedas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.” PeopleThinkingNeedsIdeasCountryMomentsFactsBodyFacesGivenDarkAcceptingEnemyWorstIntellectualJournalistOfficialsCowardiceOrthodoxyBansWorst Enemy Author:George Orwell
“A lot of people ask questions that they don't want to answer themselves, and if we're honest about the intimacy that we have with our parents, you wish them the best and you wish them the worst more than anybody else in the world. I think everyone has had a moment in their life where they wished a parent ill, and I think it's perhaps a very romantic idea that that doesn't happen.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantIdeasMomentsHappensAsksWishParentAnswersWorstHonestIllIntimacyVery Romantic Author:Alice Sebold
“Historically, things were moving in a pretty good direction until the Reagan presidency. And then it all got reversed. The Mexico City policy was instituted - the idea of wrecking the environment for this generation's profit and forgetting about our gets got firmly embedded. I'm sad to say the Clinton administration didn't turn it around and the Bush administration, well, I think they're the worst administration we've ever had, and I used to be a Republican.” ThinkingWellsIdeasMovingUsedTurnsForgetCitiesEnvironmentGenerationsWorstPolicyRepublicanClintonProfitUsed To BeAdministrationMexicoPresidencyEmbeddedThis GenerationMoving InMexico CityI'm Sad Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“I've broken it down to three basic types of people in gangs. You have the first type, the most dangerous, which are the glory seekers. They just want to be popular, they want to be stars, and they can do that in gangbanging. Then you have the one that I think is the worst, which is the one that's expected to be in the gang. Then you have the ones that were like me; they had to be.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsThreeStarsCan DoWorstDangerousBrokenTypeGloryExpectedLike MeGangSeekers Author:Malik Yusef
“I would sooner want a strong partnership with the United States - even with (US President George W.) Bush, who I think is the worst president in a long, long time. I would sooner want a friendship with Bush than with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.” ThinkingWantLongStatesStrongPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWorstLong TimePartnershipPutinUs PresidentPresident George W Bush Author:Bernard-Henri Levy
“The Stonehenge proposal got a lot of interesting criticism. One of the best - or worst - said something like, "Go home to Las Vegas." I think this project could possibly be realized at a very late part of my career. Right now, I don't have the authority, the budget, the credibility.” ThinkingSaidHomeInterestingCareersWorstRight NowAuthorityProjectsLateCriticismBudgetsCredibilityProposalVegasLas VegasStonehenge Author:Aleksandra Mir
“I think that Texas is forever ruined unless the citizens make a manly, energetic effort to save themselves from anarchy and confusion, which are the worst of all evils. Let us march like a band of brothers.” ThinkingEvilEffortForeverWorstBrotherCitizensBandConfusionMarchTexasAnarchyRuinedEnergeticManly Author:William B. Travis
“People like to think the worst. They like to have hushed gossip sessions and point their fingers at someone's problems that are more obvious than their own.” PeopleThinkingProblemWorstFingersObviousGossipSession Author:Marcia Lynn McClure
“Literature has low enough standards. But we can avoid writing the worst literature if we make ourselves ask ourselves, every two or three sentences we write, 'Is that what I really think?'” IfsThinkingWritingTwoEnoughThreeAsksLiteratureWorstLowsStandardsSentences Author:Carol Bly
“There's no point in making something if you're not falling in love with the people you're filming and you want them to really enjoy you being around. It would be weird if, when you're making a film, you don't think it's going to be the best ever or the worst ever - I guess it goes from one feeling to another.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelingsWould BeFilmFallEnjoyWorstFalling In LoveBeing The BestNo PointBest EverNot Falling In Love Author:Kim Longinotto
“Large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not to be emotionally attached to large profits. I've certainly made some of my worst investments after long periods of winning.” ThinkingLongMadeImportantWinningTermLossWorstEmotionalPeriodsInvestmentProfitInsidious Author:William Eckhardt
“I am not embarrassed to say that when I was at my worst I took anti-depressants because I think people need to hear that. I think if you are in a dark place where you can't pull yourself out, you may need to ask for help.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMayHelpingAsksDarkWorstEmbarrassedDark PlacesDepressants Author:Olivia Newton-John
“You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.” IfsThinkingKnowsMayWorstPositionJudging Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“I don't think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability that we're seeing right now. I think that was one of the worst foreign policy blunders in the modern history of the United States.” ThinkingPersonsStatesLevelsUnitedUnited StatesSeeingModernWorstPolicyRight NowIraqMassiveDisagreeSensibleForeign PolicyInvasionBlundersInstabilityModern History Author:Bernie Sanders
“There are some who ask us to believe that if we want the best of times for ourselves, the fit and the fortunate, then we'll just have to learn to live with the worst of times for millions of other Americans - that we're doomed to be a nation of the lucky and the left-out. I don't believe it. My mother didn't believe it. Your ancestors didn't believe it. And I don't think you should believe it.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBelieveMotherAsksLeftNationsMillionsWorstFitLuckyDon't BelieveFortunateAncestorDoomedLeft Out Author:Mario Cuomo
“The worst thing about this modern world is that people think you get killed on television with zero pain and zero blood. It must enter into kids' heads that it's not very messy to kill somebody, and it doesn't hurt that much. That's a real sickness to me. That's a real sick thing.” PeopleThinkingWorldRealKidsPainHurtBloodModernWorstTelevisionSickSicknessZeroWorst ThingsModern WorldMessy Book:David Lynch: Interviews Source: David Lynch: Interviews
“Whenever I get into a tough situation...I think of growing up, and I say, 'This situation won't be the worst one I've ever been in.” ThinkingSituationGrowing UpGrowingWorstToughTough Situations Author:Billy Wagner
“My twenties were carefree in the worst ways. There's a nice balance now of work ethic and healthy lifestyle and carefree attitude, which is pretty nice. You get to a point where you don't care so much what people think of you and you care more about yourself.” PeopleThinkingWayCareAttitudeNiceWorstBalanceHealthyEthicsTwentiesDon't CareLifestyleAbout YourselfWork EthicHealthy LifestyleThink Of YouCarefree Author:Norman Reedus
“I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock. I was probably 7. That's my least favorite feeling: guilt.” ThinkingFeelingsKidsRememberWorstTerribleGuiltBarsShockCandyCandy Bar Author:Amy Sedaris
“I think it might honestly be time for the Sunshine State to officially change its motto to the Worst State.” ThinkingStatesMightWorstHonestlySunshineMotto Author:John Oliver
“The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst thing you could say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. After all, you know, there are worse things in life than death.” IfsThinkingKnowsImportantTurnsEvilWorstImportant ThingsBitterThings In LifeWorst ThingsEver AfterLove And DeathLove DeathSex And Death Author:Woody Allen
“I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history. We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement - that's the kindest word I can give you - of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war.” ThinkingGivingI CanWarWorstHeavyDefenseSecretaryMismanagement Author:John McCain
“Comedy is like expensive cheese. Well, it's like cheese, in general. Everybody likes what they like, and everything they don't like, they think is the worst.” ThinkingWellsComedyWorstLikesExpensiveCheese Author:W. Kamau Bell
“I think seeing films should be interactive. I'd rather have people see a film that I'm in and either absolutely love it or absolutely hate it, than be like, "Oh, yeah, it was good." That's the worst!” PeopleThinkingShouldFilmHateSeeingWorstYeahInteractive Author:Juno Temple
“Opportunity presents itself sometimes in unusual situations. What you think is the worst thing turns out to be a good thing. Different circumstances challenge people to do things they didn't know they could do, and in those times when the outlook appears the worst, we find new reasons for optimism.” PeopleThinkingKnowsDifferentSometimesReasonTurnsOpportunityChallengesSituationWorstCircumstancesOptimismGood ThingsUnusualWorst ThingsOutlook Author:S. Truett Cathy
“If you know that life is basically going to be horrendously difficult, at best, and all but unlivable at worst, or possibly even unlivable, do you go on? And the choice to go on is the only thing that I think can be called hope. Because if hope isn't forced to encounter the worst possibility, then it's a lie.” IfsThinkingKnowsLife IsLyingChoicesDifficultWorstPossibilityGoes OnEncounters Author:Tony Kushner
“I think the nerves aspect is a bit of a joke. How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another, most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models too, it wouldn't be the end of the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsEndsSometimesHardHappensFallBitsLinesWalksStepsWorstFrontsModelsJokesAspectNervesEnd Of The WorldUp And DownStraight Lines Author:Edie Campbell