Usually Quotes

Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out loosely and saying, 'Do you what you want, give it to the editor, and he'll figure it out.' I physically then walk on with the actors and I say, 'Let's walk until you guys feel the space works for you, and tell me when all that happens.'

I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday.

We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

A film set is really delicate and people treat you very very well if you're an actor because they want you to be as comfortable as possible for you to do your work, but it really is just one in a team of many and usually 150 people.

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is to say first draft, then put it aside for 24 hours then more drafts.

My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.

Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down.

Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.

I'll get up in the morning while they've all got hangovers and run my 5 miles. But the women who do run are usually 10 years younger than me and they're really obsessed about running. That's all they do. They're really boring.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week.

I have a little pocket Bible that I have with me all the time in my briefcase, and so usually in the mornings, sometimes on the campaign bus or plane, I always try to catch some time to do that regularly.

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction.

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.