Passionate Quotes

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island.

The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that "spark" yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.

My husband is a former Air Force pilot and my son is an active duty Army surgeon, recently returned from Iraq, so my pride in our military is passionate... and personal.

I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about.

Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about.

I love people who have goals. Somebody who's passionate about life and does their own thing.

When I don't understand things, I become passionate to understand.

I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.

I feel like what I owe my audience is what I'm most passionate about.

So what 'Twilight' does is show how women/girls can drive box office and they can support a tent pole movie. They're an extremely passionate fan base. This coincided with the 13 year old boys starting to stay home and play video games and work on their home media stuff. They're no longer going to theaters in droves.

The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.

As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on.

I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.