Practicing Quotes

455 quotes by 383 authors

Contrary to vulgar legend the lives of great ballerinas are not entirely given up to a few minutes of graceful movement every night followed by… — Gore Vidal
It was probably very difficult to go from Chinese and then suddenly go to kindergarten and start speaking English; it's very hard to transition back… — Lucy Liu
If I were somebody else looking at my character, I'd be like, "She's beautiful." I'm practicing. I'm not succeeding. — Sarah Silverman
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are… — Martha Graham
My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area. — David Guterson
I was raised in the environment where it really wasn't about sittin' around dreaming all the time, it was about practicing and workin' really hard… — Harry Connick, Jr.
I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year,… — Harry Connick, Jr.
You know, things kind of happen organically and, you know, Broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing and - which happened out… — Harry Connick, Jr.
We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying… — Mitch Daniels
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. — Albert Ellis
While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect… — Harvey Fierstein
Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha. — Nhat Hanh
All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance. — Theodore Hesburgh
When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better. — Allen Iverson
I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the… — Scott Ian
I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that… — Penn Jillette
I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which… — Leo Kottke
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the… — Yo-Yo Ma
I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never… — Wynton Marsalis
When I was 15, I had a crush on this guy who was really good at magic, and so I learned to juggle, thinking it… — Danica McKellar

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