Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sarah Brightman

Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

Tullian Tchividjian

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

Moby

We live in this culture where there are so many things that want us to pretend that we're not truly human. That we can be exempt from the human condition, either through intelligence or accomplishment or success or humor. But biologically we're all the same. We all get sad, we all get happy, and we all die. Anyone who pretends that that's not the case is either a sociopath or utterly delusional.

Pau Gasol

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

Patrick Lussier

I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.

Martin Filler

When Oscar Niemeyer died on December 5, 2012, ten days before his 105th birthday, he was universally regarded as the very last of the twentieth century's major architectural masters, an astonishing survivor whose most famous accomplishment, Brasilia, was the climactic episode of utopian High Modern urbanism.

Lesley Visser

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.

John C. Maxwell

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

Mickey Kaus

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

Kanye West

If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic ...

Damian Lewis

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

Ray Lewis

I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.

Marcus Giles

I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

Marlo Thomas

What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

Jack Nicklaus

I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as talented of a golfer as anyone who's ever played.

George Hamilton

I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.

Dave Bautista

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

Stephen Chbosky

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me.

Rebecca Hall

You either are a good director or you're not.

Norman Lear

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

Orson Welles

A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.

Oliver Stone

I love films. I love fiction films, too. I do. I love making them, but it has to be the right one. Hopefully, I'll never become a director for hire. It's horrible to make a film that you're not really interested in.

Mike Figgis

I had no plans to be a director.

Scarlett Johansson

Every director is themselves; [they're] not playing a part.

Shirley Booth

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine.