Starting Quotes

1743 Starting quotes by 1426 unique authors

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith
I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now.… — Ian Somerhalder
I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its… — Sonia Sotomayor
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for… — Ben Stein
Even while starting out I took things very seriously; I wasn't the sort of kid that would do a doll commercial or do a series… — Kristen Stewart
I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to… — Emma Stone
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. — W. Clement Stone
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has… — Igor Stravinsky
You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by… — Meryl Streep
A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I'd grown up fearing the lynch mobs of the Ku Klux Klan; as an adult I was starting to wonder if I'd been afraid of… — Clarence Thomas
The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting… — Helen Thomas
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of… — Leo Tolstoy
I feel like in a way I'm starting over, with everything. — Shania Twain
The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That… — Mark Udall
The thing is, and Americans are starting to realize this now, that while street gangs are violent, the Democrats and Republicans are worse. They are… — Jesse Ventura
I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me. When I was in… — Dwyane Wade
I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along… — Christopher Walken
One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've played a lot of villains and so forth. I think… — Christopher Walken
There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher. — Murray Walker
Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher. — Earl Weaver
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. — Elwyn Brooks White
When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting. — Amy Winehouse
Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile… — Paula Yates

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