Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Posehn

Whenever you see riot footage on TV - you know, someone throwing a brick in Pakistan or somebody throwing a fiery piece of pooh through a Starbucks window up in Seattle - you ever see anybody throwing anything underhand? I think it just takes all the aggression out of the act.

Brian Posehn

I do think certain kinds of music can make you violent. Like, when I listen to Nickelback, it makes me want to kill Nickelback.

Brian Reynolds Myers

I think the West needs to get away from the habit of regarding the regime's nuclear tests and ballistic launches as isolated provocations timed to generate maximum attention.

Brian Reynolds Myers

People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as unimportant, are unlikely to think carefully about anything else.

Brian Regan

I just tend to think about everyday things for my onstage act. Actually you know what I like to talk about just the absolute most - the more mundane the subject matter, the more interesting it is to me.

Brian Regan

I think comedy is a good way to deal with anything. I hear about people in the hospital who are ill, and they use humor to help them through it. I think it's a great remedy for many things.

Brian Regan

I think the serving size of ice cream is when you hear the spoon hit the bottom of the container.

Brendan Sexton III

I think Ewen Bremner is incredible.

Brendon Urie

I think anything you listen to is going to be different.

Brendan Gleeson

I think most people are decent people. I don't know if they could stand the pressure he's under, but most people aspire to be decent people.

Brendon Burchard

I think we can all recognize in some way or another that we as a human species, have been granted an incredible gift of intentionality and of consciousness. Perhaps this gift is a hint to how we should conduct our lives.

It was scary. But it was so liberating. I thought, This is not predetermined - I get to choose. There are some days where I have to choose five times in a day. I had to make a choice when you called and the phone rang, whether I'm going to show up and be me, or whether I'm going to say what I think I'm supposed to say and get off the phone.

Someone asked me very recently why I have 8 million views on TED - "your work resonates, what are you doing?" What I think my contribution is, what I do well, is I name experiences that are very universal that no one really talks about. That's the researcher in me; that's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have. That's the researcher part.

I can't even think of the right word, but it's not "help." It's more like a prerequisite. I think connection is why we're here, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and belonging is in our DNA. And so "tribe" and "belonging" are irreducible needs, like love.

I think that shame is a universal, paralyzing, painful emotion.

I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing.

Think about what’s pleasurable, not just what’s possible.

Shame: We all have it. It's that gremlin that says 'I'm not enough.' Or, if you're feeling pretty confident,...'ooh, who do you think you are?' Shame always has a seat.

But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?

When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.

Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.

Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process.

I think a lot of us are multiple things that don't always fit together neatly in a bio box.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about this and that, I think you've got this wrong" - then not only do I invite that, I freaking love that. I love that. I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve", Perfectionism is other-focused:"What will they think

Bruce Springsteen

Think of it this way: performing is like sprinting while screaming for three, four minutes. And then you do it again. And then you do it again. And then you walk a little, shouting the whole time. And so on. Your adrenaline quickly overwhelms your conditioning.

Bruce Springsteen

I think politics come out of psychology.

Bruce Springsteen

But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.

Brian Urlacher

You want to be the best at your position. And if people think of me as one of the best ever, that's the ultimate compliment.

Brian Schmidt

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

Brian Sandoval

I don't think it's any secret I've never been an advocate for the Affordable Care Act.

Brian Setzer

I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be described as rock's cornerstone. He was the original cool.