“Your interest is in the bloody loam but what I'm after is the finished product.” — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I let her alone and when she got that finished she left me alone. We trusted each other. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, 'That's a pretty little thing,' after… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Once I finish a film, I don't ever see it again. Never ever. I have never seen any of my films since… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
But when you are focused on your job, if you know you have given your very best, no matter where you finished,… — Rubens Barrichello Copy Share Image
Don't start the day until you have it finished. Don't start the week until you have it finished. Don't start the month… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground,… — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image
You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who… — Ernst Lubitsch Copy Share Image
A lot of people wonder how a 21-year-old with average power (I finished 89th in driving distance) can be so successful. The… — Jordan Spieth Copy Share Image
I don't want to put out something I'm not psyched on just because I finished it. That's the stupidest reason to do… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I'm not out trying to prove anything. I'm sort of finished with that, so I get to play in other sandboxes and… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There… — Cesar Pelli Copy Share Image
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
In the summer after kindergarten, a friend introduced me to the joys of building plastic model airplanes and warships. By the fourth… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I have just finished my sketch of my species theory. If as I believe that my theory is true & if it… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I don't have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film. I usually don't have the time. So… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I remember Paul [Dano] had said at one point that when he finished this film [Swiss Army Man] was the strongest he'd… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I write incredibly slowly. And, on top of that, I spent my entire youth and twenties working like a dog, so one… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Also, after Examined Life was finished I found myself thinking about the way creative opportunities and distribution channels were shifting. Should I… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
I have been asked this question over and over again: 'Dr. Jeremiah, do you think God is finished with America?' But that… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
I have been much afflicted again lately by visitors . . . and they gave me to understand that if they had… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Best to say that once a poem is finished I trust it to make its way, and I trust readers will find… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Jigsaw Lady is the working title of a science fiction novel I've had in my head for darn near 15 years. I… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the… — Amelie Mauresmo Copy Share Image
A show is like having a climax. It's like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it's all finished, and you… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention -… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I'm still playing 'GTA;' the online multiplayer is just fantastic. 'Titanfall,' if you can actually get on, is really good, and I… — Troy Baker Copy Share Image
I pretty much started the lyrics and I hit a roadblock and I think Kerry finished them up. Then I came back… — Jeff Hanneman Copy Share Image
Kicking leaves you momentarily on one foot, and for that moment you are in a very weak position. If you were to… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're… — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
I've finished fights from my feet, I've finished fights with my ground-and-pound, and I've finished fights from my back with a submission,… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
The best thing that's ever happened to me is my daughter. To be a Mom is the best thing in the world.… — Marilyn Chambers Copy Share Image
I stuck with my education, you know, I really did that for my grandma. It meant a lot to her that I… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image