Top 1200 Get It Done Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.

I get most of my reading done whenever I'm in the airport waiting on a flight, have some time to kill, and I have a book with me.

Matthew Vaughn phoned me up and he said, "Hey, listen, the movie has just done gangbusters. We've got to do the second one." And I was like, "Matthew, I have no second book. Dave and I haven't done it," and he's like, "You're kidding!" He said, "This movie's just made $420 million!" I was like, "...We've got nothing." So the amazing thing was, because we own the rights, we still get paid and everything, which is fantastic.

I've proven that I'm not a complete failure. Every film has done well. It's like, "So, okay, when do I get my deal at Warner Bros?

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

I kinda like Florida. It's hot as hell, but we moved to Tallahassee, which is so close to Georgia. It really wasn't Florida the way people think of Florida. It wasn't south Florida. But you could still easily drive to Panama City Beach and get a little bit of Redneck Riviera if you want that. Get some airbrushed T-shirts on, and you're done.

I want to be a director - and you need to get out there and do it, you can't wait 'til it comes to you... I'd give anything to be able to do what Ron Howard's done.

Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."

If I'm stuck, I get up from my chair and I wash windows. Or... clean the bathroom. Or vacuum the attic. There's always something to be done.

Simply put; I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.

I don't believe that many things are impossible to achieve so long as you put your mind to it and take the time to get it done.

I always said if a man would have done half the records that I've done, we would know about it. But we don't know all the records I've done for other artists.

When people look at all the things I do, they say it's overwhelming, but I don't feel overwhelmed. I get it done. I'm very organized, and it's all tied together.

I probably need to get a few more hobbies besides sports because that's pretty much what I've done my whole life.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice because you see what the end goal is. When you have a dream and you want to get it done, you can't wait on other people.

We get to design what we want to see in the world rather than doing what other people think should be done.

It's important to refresh the way of thinking and doing things musically. You can get so stuck in what you've done in the past that you can't move on into the future.

There are a lot of other movies I've done multiple times, like Werewolf Of Washington, where I really get tired of watching it.

I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

Family comes first so I only have this specific window of time available to me and because of that I actually get more done.

I have a romantic comedy I'd love to make, but I can't get the money for it. It's hard to get people to give you money for an arty romantic comedy when you've done a horror movie. So I can just sit there and keep complaining about that, or I can go make another horror movie this year. People will get behind me on that, because I'm relatively bankable. As long as I can do my own thing with it, I'll keep doing it.

If you say actors have a social responsibility to do things, you are right, in a way. It's a wishful decision. But if it's done out of force, I don't think it will accomplish anything. Everybody starts counting how much work they have done and see if they have done their due for the week. That is not social service. You need to go way beyond that.

They've got a great team, I really like them. They're a young team, and they've done what the Twins did in that division a few years ago. This is what happens when you get a core group of guys and let them play with each other for three, four years. You get a special bunch. They're having fun you can see it.

It doesn't sound that cool to say it, but I still get nervous for any show. But it's different degrees - playing a small basement of a club versus playing a festival like Firefly or Bonnaroo. The feeling is, 'Crap, I'm about to be blasted in the face,' and once you get started, then it's like, 'OK, I've done this before. I know what I'm doing.'

You take wins where you can get them because they're not easy to come by. You win at the major-league level, and you've done something.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home.

When you get to a point where you're not beholden to a record company, then it's up to you to say, 'OK, enough knob-turning. We're done.'

The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.

I think the average voter wants somebody who has the right philosophy and can combine that with the ability to get something done in Washington.

I said I'll need to get my nose straightened one day so that I can breathe properly and that was translated by the press into me having it done.

Once it gets to two strikes, it's time to battle, put something in play, and try to get the job done.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.

I came to Washington understanding what the Senate is capable of accomplishing and knowing that I'd have myriad opportunities as a senator to get things done.

You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

I always think you've just got to move on. If you keep wallowing in the thing that you've done for a while you get a bit stale.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're actually trying to do.

If you develop a product that gets what the customer is trying to get done, you don't have to advertise; people will just pull it into their lives.

I wash my face and put moisturiser on; I've never had a facial, and I don't get my hair or my nails done. I just do it all myself.

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

I feel like if you compare yourself to other successful musicians you will never be successful, because there will always be someone above you who has done something more or done something first or done something better.

Exxon have done a very good job for us. Their difficulty and frustration has also been that as a customer we get very limited dyno time. But they were able to come up with a fuel that made the C-spec work, and we've managed to get that in the car and run that successfully, when the works team haven't been able to do that.

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

Everyone could relate to that feeling of when, even if you've done nothing wrong and you see the police behind you, you get nervous.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.

Highly-adaptive, informal networks move diagonally and eliptically, skipping entire functions to get things done.

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when youre in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. Its a great trick.

My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or do you get it done?

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

You have to look back on everything that you've done and critique yourself and find the holes in your game that you can continue to get better.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

On one hand, I kind of feel like I have unlimited options right now, and obviously that's not technically true, but when you're at this place where you're just kind of dreaming up stuff, your imagination is your limit. That's where I'm at, which is great, but ultimately I think you have to make these decisions to close off some options to yourself. I think things only get done when you say, "This is the one thing I'm doing," and you kind of kill the other ones in the meantime. So I haven't done that yet, I've got to figure that out.

It took me a long time to get to a position where I can feel that, with my art, I'm capable of saying what I need to say, and once I finish it, I can sit back and say, "It's done, and I'm okay with that. People can judge it good or bad, and it doesn't matter. I'm okay with it because I said something I needed to say." That's a really hard place to get, as an artist.

For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'

I'm just working hard because I know that's the way you can get things done. That's how I've been able to be successful.