Doing Quotes · Page 187

Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that…

— Bobby Knight

I spent years doing 'Star Trek' bits and things, and a lot of people loved it, a lot of people mocked it.

— William Shatner

It so happens, in Malaysia, the people who are in a way not doing as well constitute the majority of the people…

— Najib Razak

It's kind of like, I love doing tons of different things. The only thing I hate is not being in ensembles.

— Topher Grace

I prefer doing strong roles irrespective of duration, and it is almost impossible for me to take up a role that has…

— Aishwarya Rajesh

“What I'm trying to say, and not doing a very good job at, is...will you ride the river with me?”

— Charles Martin

Trying is good enough, but doing it is what has to be done. So quit trying and just do it.

— Vincent Nkgoeng

I don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his…

— Joe Torre

As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single…

— Jill Lepore

Economists have put themselves in a position where what they are doing is supposed to be impossible to understand for outsiders, so…

— Thomas Piketty

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but…

— Steve Buscemi

When you're with another actor and doing something very intense, often you pull them over to your side, or they pull you…

— Giancarlo Esposito

I always like to sing barefoot, but when I first started doing these dates with the symphonies, I of course thought I…

— Idina Menzel

Back when Jerry Seinfeld was just another comedian hanging around the clubs, I'd imitate him to amuse myself and the other comics.…

— Gilbert Gottfried

You are actually doing something. You are getting into this process without making sure that what you're doing is okay. Things are…

— Chogyam Trungpa

What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When…

— Alan Alda

I don't really believe in torpedoing someone's career when they've been absolved of doing something.

— Louise Linton

Mourinho is his own man, he has his own way of doing things and you have to respect that.

— Roberto Carlos

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

— Miguel Ferrer

Concentrating on the bad things you are doing will never help you do the good things that you desire to do.

— Anonymous

I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.

— Lemon Andersen

After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and…

— Dave Annable

When I first started doing carpets, my stylist and I would pose in the outfit in the mirror, and we decide what…

— Madelaine Petsch

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what…

— Stedman Graham

I've been doing transcendental meditation every day on the road, and it's one of the best things I've ever done.

— Santigold

Acting is fun, and if you enjoy doing it, you should take it seriously and see what you can do.

— Stephen Colletti

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think…

— Brian Eno

I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no…

— Tom Peters

Buckminster Fuller was one of those world historic geniuses who reminded us of the extraordinary things that are possible, and inspires all…

— Marianne Williamson

Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to…

— Brandon Sanderson

I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.

— Martin Freeman

Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun.

— Jules Shear

I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going…

— Oscar Isaac

People sometimes have a bad image of Islam but that is an image of what people are doing with Islam.

— Demba Ba

I've always been doing some sort of art. I started off, when I was very young, painting.

— Dennis Hopper

I've said that if you're not doing something that you're passionate about, you're compromising yourself every single day.

— Chris Gardner

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

— Eli Broad

I love doing characters that challenge me. I'd love to do something that requires me to change physically or learn a skill.

— Charlotte Riley

I really enjoyed doing Albee's 'The Goat.' It's a powerful piece and a really exciting play to do.

— Bill Pullman

A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms…

— Tracey Ullman