Making Quotes

But if you really want to get involved in making a difference, you can stay at home with your family and have a job and make a reasonable living without having to be on an airplane all of the time, then you ought to go back home and run for School Board.

That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.

Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

I never liked making albums.

I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.

Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it.

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

I think because people are passing - people that we are aware of are passing at - I don't say a great pace, but it seems like people are dropping, and I think it's just making - there's a consciousness and there's sensitivity to it.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.

To remain relevant though, I think making great records is the key.

You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way.

I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.'

In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before. Why is that?

When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.

The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.

I think movies are great and I have a great time making them but they're not what keeps you warm at night, or what's ultimately the most important thing in anyone's life journey.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you "don't have the time".

The hardest part of anything is making a dish consistently great - you order it seven years later, if it's still on the menu, and it's still as good as what you remember.

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.

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.