When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.
I tend to tell stories that have a lot of momentum; it's not like 'and then months later...' I like things where the momentum of one action rolls into the next one so everything is the sum of that.
Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart.
Momentum is a whole lot in the game of basketball. People dwell on momentum, but that really does matter.
Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.
I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.
People with momentum can get so much done. Momentum is easy to lose and almost impossible to fake.
Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from reality once it has stopped being successful.
With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.
In a good meeting there is a momentum that comes from the spontaneous exchange of fresh ideas and produces extraordinary results. That momentum depends on the freedom permitted the participants.
Having strong momentum is very important for game platform businesses. Once momentum is lost, great power is needed to change that trend.
Twitter has created a certain momentum that is not always fact-based. I worry about that because I still live in a world where you need to have two sources.
We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.
Which brings me to the point: In order to lose momentum, the U.S. economy has to have momentum to begin with. If it had any, I missed it. What we had was a government-prescribed course of amphetamines (to keep it up), antibiotics (to prevent infection) and antidepressants (to make it feel better). It endured regular steroid injections from both monetary and fiscal authorities. And it still has no real muscle.
America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.