Doing Something Quotes

1106 quotes by 924 authors

My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark glasses and head… — Russell Baker
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing. — William Barclay
In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. — Joseph Addison
You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all… — Halle Berry
If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. — Jeff Bezos
I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that crap. I think it's a healthy outlet… — Lewis Black
Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is. — Bono
The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know,… — Bono
The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're nurturing them, you're… — Anthony Bourdain
Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before. — Eli Broad
I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can… — Alan Alda
My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and… — Jason Aldean
I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with… — Vince Cable
For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life… — Nicolas Cage
I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box.… — Nicolas Cage
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you. — Dave Chappelle
Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. — Luc de Clapiers
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. — Frank A. Clark
If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right. — Woody Allen

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