Making Quotes

My interest in well-being evolved from my interest in decision making - from raising the question of whether people know what they will want in the future and whether the things that people want for themselves will make them happy.

We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.

It's cool when fans spend so much time making things for me. It means a lot.

Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.

One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks.

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest.

Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film. It's important that they feel protected and are confident they won't be betrayed. When you create that atmosphere of trust, it's in the bag - the actors will do everything to satisfy you.

I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I think that's the key and that's the magic, it's making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they're on the dance floor.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive.

If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers.

I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.

Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

Even the simplest things, I'm guilty of making really bad decisions a lot of the time.

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.