Be Focused Quotes

GE is falling under the same cloud of the market as a whole. Investors are not focused on the positives that are occurring like corporate profitability.

What I'm really focused on is the majesty of the best films I see are films that don't panhandle for an extra laugh later, but actually deliver the goods. And when the screen goes black, you go, Yes.

The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.

When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast.

I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

I admire John Boehner greatly. He's a great public servant. I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he's a person that is focused on solving problems.

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

It's about the production of the work. I need my workers to stay focused.

You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.

CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.

Gym is a center of capitalist breakdown, and everything is focused on the individual.

I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money.

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

My goal in signing these [gun control ] bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible and focused manner, while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.

You are truly focused when you're so focused that you don't know you're focused.

President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.

Instead of focusing on men and focusing on what we can do to prop them up, people seem really incredibly focused on the fact that women are doing well and maybe that's not such a good thing.

I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours.

Bernie Sanders talked about except he focused mainly on infrastructure. We are talking about energy and food as part of that and public transportation as part of that infrastructure.

At the expansion stage, it's really easy to lose focus and chase the shiny object, instead of staying focused on what you're good at and the customers that are already successful.

I have my team focused on the front end, working on the user experience, and making sure we have all the wiki-like tools people need to work on the site. We're just cranking away.

You have to stay focused out there and you can't get caught up in your emotions.

I eat very clean, healthy food at all times because I'm very focused about keeping myself in shape.

Where I have problems is when I am in the midst of doing something that I am completely focused on, and then I am asked to buy shoes or something.

To start to look more focused on the good that's been done and can be done.

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives for national crime legislation, foreign policy issues.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

Well, TV does a better job. In film, the justification has been that movies focused on stories or featuring people of color don't make money.

I feel like when I stay focused on encouraging people, and giving them hope, and helping them live their everyday life, I think that's where I can have the most impact.

What I try to do is create an energy, create an excitement, but at the same time keep everybody focused and realize it's still just a game, that we have to move the football.

The CIA’s resources should be focused on monitoring terrorists in caves – not polar bears on icebergs.

He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening.

Apple is so focused on its vision that it does things in a very careful, deliberate way.

I hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it too much, though. I'm more focused in the present.

Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

Trump is what Obama critics think Obama is: Someone who's focused on symbolism rather than substance.

I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you have to be really focused on it if you really want to do it.

I'm really focused on my research almost 100 percent. That, and my family and kids.

Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing.

Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused.

I like to work and am a focused person.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on the acting path.

I'm more focused or try to be more focused on my acting and writing and comedy and let the other stuff fall where it may.

Kink isn't a crime; conspiring with a foreign power to commit espionage, fix election is. Stay focused.

The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.

I try to keep myself in what I'm doing and focused on character stuff, as opposed to getting wrapped up in worrying or being nervous. It won't benefit me, in any way, to focus on that.

Never give up your dreams and stay focused on your passions.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.