Willing Quotes

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq.

People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.

The Security Council decided to deal with Iran's nuclear intentions. The international community will not be willing to tolerate an Iran with a nuclear capability and an Iran that collaborates with terrorist organizations.

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.

Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers.

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.

If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game.

It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.

I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.

The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

Movies, TV, sports, come and go, but what you stand for is what people remember. Mandela, Martin Luther King, John Kennedy are people who really stood for something and were willing to die for it. You don't see a whole lot of that any more.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.

I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.

'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice.

Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country.

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.

We have to be willing to give up all the injustices of the past that did exist - and that do exist right now. When we become interested in liberation, we then become interested in that which transcends time.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.