Finishing Quotes

249 quotes by 233 authors

Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything. — Mario Batali
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. — Truman Capote
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or… — Marc Chagall
The only thing worse than finishing second is to be lying on the desert alone with your back broken. Either way, nobody ever finds out… — Henry Russell Sanders
As a group I thought we played connected. I feel like we had a lot of great shots, some great opportunities, and for us it… — Jennifer Botterill
We painted a beautiful picture, but we just didn't finish it. Finishing is the difference between a beautiful picture and a masterpiece. — Don Meyer
Once, after finishing a picture, I thought I would stop for awhile, take a trip, do things-the next time I thought of this, I found… — Willem de Kooning
Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his… — Abraham Lincoln
Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I have three nieces… — Diana Lopez
The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon. — Hal Higdon
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace and a smile… — Jenn Shelton
One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen. — Johannes Brahms
If you're going to start something-if it's worth starting-then it's worth finishing. That's what I live by. — Marshall Faulk
Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework that first draft… — Kent Haruf
You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the last three years. — Gerard Houllier
Al Gore announced he is finishing up a new book about global warming and the environment. Yeah, the first chapter talks about how you shouldn't… — Conan O'Brien
How many more years I shall be able to work on the problem I do not know; I hope, as long as I live. There… — Robert H. Goddard
There's nothing worse than finishing your last take on a movie and thinking, 'God! I finally nailed who this guy was! — Jamie Campbell Bower
I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused… — Taryn Manning

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