Starting Quotes

I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction.

I'm starting to think my narrators' sentences are getting too big for them, and they are getting to sound a bit samey and, more disturbingly, a bit too much like me.

A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.

When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.

I'm starting to get a following on Twitter. That's a really awesome power to have. It gives me the opportunity to make any kind of art I want.

I'm really happy to see Filipino cuisine starting to really take hold outside of the Pinoy community.

I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren't able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre. It's really tough on young actors now.

I'm not the type of person to eat big hunks of meat. I think people are starting to realize that great things come in small batches.

I wasn't the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn't starting at zero.

My goal is more youth oriented. I'm super big on education, I was in school to be an elementary education teacher so I'm starting to build schools, getting supplies in schools in Nicaragua.

I think for a lot of people that are in performing arts, it's easy to fall into the trap of starting to confuse what's real life and what's not, because to your body it's all real.

I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.

We're starting to make some progress. But there's still gonna be some pain out there. If I don't have this done in three years, then there's gonna be a one-term proposition.

Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.

Pay attention to your passions. They are the key to starting and finishing the book you are meant to write. I don't believe in talent. I believe in passion.

I don't know what I was thinking when I was starting out. I was hoping I'd get paid to draw realistic pictures of hockey players. I still hold that hope alive.

I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that’s when things changed as far as going to the NFL.

I’m really starting to like all this spy work,” Vee said. “When my normal life gets boring, all I have to do is sidle up next to you.

So we [Americans] have a history a taking care of each other. Now, for some strange reason starting sort of in the 20's with Woodrow Wilson, the government started getting involved in everything.

I regret starting drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and joining Facebook.

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

In the countryside, litter doesn't have a friend. It doesn't have anybody who's saying, 'Wait a minute, this is really starting to get out of control.'

Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.

Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.

I see the progress typical in some of my poems as starting with something simple and moving into something more demanding. This is certainly the pattern of weird poetry.

We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band that I was starting.

Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good! I'm starting to learn guitar.

I think acting for sure takes a lot of dedication, especially when you're starting out, because it's so much rejection and it's so important to really study and know your craft.

Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

There's a starting place. And that starting place for everyone is ambition. We're all scared of that word today because they made it bad in the late '80s. As if desire is not a good thing.

There is a sort of convergence starting to happen between the computer and musical instruments, but it's still quite a long way off.

France must be an example to the world in the quality of its food, starting with its children.

I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

Young players are starting to come up as well and they will see me as one of the older, experienced ones.

It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.

A young bride can put on makeup at 6 in the morning and look fabulous at midnight. I have about a 15-minute window where I actually look good, and then I have to wash my face and start over.

It never really was difficult for me not starting because I understood the circumstances.

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not enough to get you where you need to be.

I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified.

I had an appreciation for clothes and style starting at a young age, my mom was always very fashionable and I loved playing dress up in her closet. So I think my passion for design was always there.

I'm doing a collaborative project with another artist, Mary Hamill. My project is to gather the oral history of war widows, starting with the women of my village, Kop Nymit.

Kids are starting to dress the same, listen to the same music. I look at their Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

I'd ask myself, 'What do I think is really unjust?' That should be a starting point for how you engage with the world.

Initially, in starting to pick the songs for the live show, it was really a matter of picking songs that I loved over the years. As far as the album goes, it happened very naturally.

The only way to train for a startup is by starting.

I'm under strict instructions to write a happy ending. Rule number ninety-seven: You're not allowed to make a dragon cry." "Right," Said Sophie, starting the engine. "Tears might quench their fire.

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.