Top 1200 Simpler Times Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Putting labels on entire groups of people makes things much simpler. If all New Yorkers are pushy, or all politicians are dishonest, we don't have to do the hard work of figuring out who's who.

Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working for two months. I'm used to that dynamic.

We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape.

In all aspects of our society we overcomplicate things under the guise of making things easier and simpler, when in fact we are doing the opposite.

Children smile 400 times a day on average ... adults 15 times. Children laugh 150 times a day ... adults 6 times per day. Children play between 4-6 hours a day ... adults only 20 minutes a day. What's happened?

Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine

I eat at certain times. I got to leave the house at certain times. I shower at certain times before the game.

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler?

The only things that were available to me were either be a laborer or be a drug dealer. So I became an armed robber. It was a lot simpler.

It’s our generation that is witnessing the end of Western predominance. The average American used to be more than 20 times richer than the average Chinese. Now it’s just five times, and soon it will be 2.5 times.

Even for the very best programmers ah, sometimes you'll see someone else's program or somebody will come along and they'll show you what can be done in a simpler way.

Each reader discovers for himself that, with respect to the simpler features of nature, succeeding poets have done little else than copy his similes.

Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such as understanding the theory of relativity!

The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!

The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

Don't we want to escape our real world and go into something larger than that, simpler than that, more beautiful or darker?

When you start to think about the drives that humans have, I think sometimes we find we are simpler than we thought and more easily manipulated.

I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.

People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.

The faults of advertising are only those common to all human institutions. If advertising speaks to a thousand in order to influence one, so does the church. And if it encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony. Good times, bad times, there will always be advertising. In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times they have to.

Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.

J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.

I just like it when I can understand things, and the simpler it is, the easier it is to understand.

Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.

The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.

There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!

There is so much more to the things that we think we know from afar. The close you get the more complex it is, not the simpler it is to understand.

Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved,it would be much simpler, but much less magical

I feel like people are now praying for some authenticity and some human touch to music. There's no simpler outlet to that than guitar and piano.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.

Because you are beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence

I look at making a record and being in a recording studio as more of a craft; You have to be so much more careful and play simpler.

As you get older, your tastes get simpler. I like a sleek evening dress with a pair of big earrings. That's all.

I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.

Loving consciously does not mean subjecting your relationship to endless analysis. It means something much simpler: paying attention. Noticing. This requires presence.

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

We don't need to complicate all the "reasons" behind our emotions. It's much simpler than that. Two categories .. good feelings, bad feelings.

Having the Stitch character, the villain that becomes a hero, coming from outer space, it took a very difficult and complex story and put it into a simpler, kinder time.

You've got to go through some good times and some bad times, and hopefully you're able to recover from the bad times.

Slack is gratifying to work on in the same way that Flickr was. The mission is to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant, more productive.

Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety. If taxes and debt are made all the people can bear when times are good, there will be certain disaster when times are bad.

Evil has no need to bother with eliminating Good. It's far simpler to let Good fight against itself.

O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.

"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.

We're going to try to do more to communicate the value of activation to customers in addition to making the process simpler and more consistent.

Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing.

I've come to believe that the simpler the title, the better. Whenever I try to get cute with it, it seems to be a problem but if it's just The 40-Year-Old Virgin, people seem to know what they're in for.

The only time you have is the where and when of right now. There will always be good times, bad times, hard times, and complete disasters. However, there is no other option but to be where you are, when you are. That is a universal truth for everyone. The important thing is how you respond, what you decide to do, and when you decide to do it.

I launched my website when many in my fraternity had not even heard of the concept. Then I tried my hand at make-up business which has made life simpler for actors.

With all the mass media concentrated in a few hands, the ancient faith in the competition of ideas in the free market seems like a hollow echo of a much simpler day.

For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round" - 1 Nephi 10:19

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.

It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans.

The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief without the slightest misgiving.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control.

Over the years, I've found myself drawn more and more to simpler meals, to dishes that are focused, and to experiences that strip away the excess.