Do Other Things Quotes

#1. With the Cauldron, you could do other things than raise the dead. You could destroy the wall.

Sarah J. Maas

#2. In his play "Long Day's Journey into Night, " Eugene O'Neill has one of his characters utter a powerful statement toward the end of her life: "None of us can help the things life has done to us. They are done before you realize it and once they are done, they make you do other things, until at

Ravi Zacharias

#3. Usually I get up early every morning and from 6:00 to 10:00 I write. The rest of the time I study and prepare my work or I do other things. But four hours a day are exclusively devoted to writing.

Elie Wiesel

#4. Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that.

James Spader

#5. I wish I could pull shorts off. My wife tells me that I just can't. But that's okay. I'm tall, I can do other things, like change light bulbs.

Adam Driver

#6. Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well ... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

Dhani Harrison

#7. One of the reasons I don't have a TV is, if I have a TV, then I don't do other things. At least for me, I'd rather just download the programs I want to watch and watch them, or I can buy them on DVD.

Tim Gane

#8. People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.

Kassie DePaiva

#9. I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things.

LeBron James

#10. You definitely have to do other things when you know your shot isn't falling. You can't just depend on knocking down the three-ball.

Chris Copeland

#11. I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach.

Bailey Chase

#12. I want to do other things like more fashion campaigns.

Katie Price

#13. I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.

Rene Redzepi

#14. I loved working with 'The Avengers' cast and we had a great time, but it was a job, and they had other commitments during that job, so they would go off and do other things.

Joss Whedon

#15. I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.

Barbra Streisand

#16. The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.

Beck

#17. You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

LeBron James

#18. We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family.

Stone Gossard

#19. Being an actor is wonderful and it's a lot of fun, but eventually you look old and you can't fit this or that. It's important to have other skills, be able to do other things, and to really learn how this business works and what it thrives on.

Gabourey Sidibe

#20. You can fight it or you accept it. The only difference is, if you accept it, you can get to do other things. If you fight it, you're stuck in the same spot forever

David Wroblewski

#21. The cartooning was always just an abstraction. It was an income. It was making me famous. It was allowing me to go and do other things that I'd wanted to do.

Berkeley Breathed

#22. I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

Laila Ali

#23. I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.

Vivienne Westwood

#24. If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies, the difficulty with it is that you will not be moving towards enlightenment.

Frederick Lenz

#25. When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. All right, you're a stand-up comedian, can you write us a script? That's not fair. That's like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I'm a really good cook, they'd say, "OK, you're a cook. Can you farm?"

Mitch Hedberg

#26. I tend to write three to four hours a day, depending - oftentimes very late at night. When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter and be like, 'Hey, what's up? Yogurt's delicious.'

Roxane Gay

#27. People always call me a comedian. And I don't really see myself like that. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. But who wants to do other things as well.

Kristen Wiig

#28. The thing is, the studio then forget that you're an actor and that you can do other things, and so since they pay you for that, they don't want you to do anything else.

Charles S. Dutton

#29. It's difficult for me to understand how it was possible to live under the Bush regime for eight years and then just roll over and do other things.

Aleksandar Hemon

#30. I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.

Viggo Mortensen

#31. When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

Bjorn Borg

#32. The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.

Dan Castellaneta

#33. When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

Jacques Audiard

#34. We are also fortunate in being in quite a sheltered environment, in terms of people moving on to do other things, because there are relatively few companies in Scotland that are looking for the skill set that we've developed.

David Milne

#35. I was so honored to be on 'Entourage' for eight years but I want to show people that I can do other things.

Jerry Ferrara

#36. The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.

Gary Zukav

#37. I want to be blessed so I can build orphanages. Blessed so I can build hospitals and do other things with our finances.

Joel Osteen

#38. I was Pee-wee Herman for so many years that it wasn't really a question that I didn't want to do other things.

Paul Reubens

#39. Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

Joe Eszterhas

#40. It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.

Ferdinand Mount

#41. I'm 24, so I'll go out and, yeah, have a few drinks and dance - I love to dance - and have a good time, but I like to do other things, too. I like going to the beach and reading and hiking.

Josie Loren

#42. The insurance of working with a big, already successful franchise just gives you the chance to do other things on a more personal level.

Jason Statham

#43. I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.

Marco Rubio

#44. You can call me Seth, you know." She shrugged. "You used to." She used to do other things with him too. Like laugh and touch and make small talk. "Jack always called you Murphy. I got used to it.

Denise Hunter

#45. As opposed to living the rich life and consuming as much as possible, people have to take a step back. Instead of buying the biggest diamond or having 18 cars, do other things. Buying the biggest thing is outdated and there is no excuse for it.

Andrew Ference

#46. I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.

Jack Vance

#47. It wasn't all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together.

Jim Sullivan

#48. I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

Ziggy Marley

#49. At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.

Kaley Cuoco

#50. I think that there has been a slow recognition that there's a mind at work here, and there's a skill and some bit of artistry, and that I could probably do other things. Otherwise, I don't know that I would've been given the opportunity to do Paris, Je T'Aime.

Wes Craven

#51. The problem with reading off a screen isn't resolution, eyestrain, or compatibility with reading in the bathtub: it's that computers are seductive, they tempt us to do other things, making concentrating on a long-form work impractical.

Cory Doctorow

#52. I really understand where Alice is coming from - I've been in exactly the same place coming from a small town and knowing that I need to do other things, that I have to leave.

Molly Parker

#53. A person can do other things against his will, but belief is possible only in one who is willing.

Saint Augustine

#54. Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That's probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something with a studio and do other things that I really want to do.

Benicio Del Toro

#55. Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they're not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I'm sitting behind that piano.

Jason Robert Brown

#56. The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser.

Gordon Gould

#57. The only thing I could see myself doing is music - songwriting or producing or something. I've never seen myself being in any other business, I've been working in this one since I was 5 years old! I could do other things, but I wouldn't want to!

Demi Lovato

#58. He placed his hand on Willem's arm. 'Willem, don't cry.'
'I'm not going to,' he said. 'I can do other things in life besides cry, you know,' although he was no longer sure that was even true.

Hanya Yanagihara

#59. I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now I've decided that reading fiction that features characters who are in those professions will do.

Helen Oyeyemi

#60. My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That's my main motivation.

Holly Madison

#61. A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.

Nick Cave

#62. I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through the decades, that this is what I enjoy, practicing music and writing.

Andrew Hill

#63. The real focus at first is to just become a good stand-up comedian, and then when you get to a certain level, then they allow you to do other things. You feel if you're overwhelmed by something or if you're not.

Jon Stewart

#64. K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.

Bill Gates

#65. I will never stop questioning. I will never stop wanting more and discovering other things and wanting to do other things. That will always be a part of me, and it's something I've come to terms with.

David Hallberg

#66. If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

Allen Iverson

#67. Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don't compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.

James Franco

#68. None of us can help the things life has done to us. They're done before you realize it, and once they're done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you'd like to be, and you've lost your true self forever.

Eugene O'Neill

#69. Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church pew, gets little enjoyment out of it and would rather do other things.

Criss Jami

#70. You're only a new artist one time, and I can just say I'm so blessed. I feel so inspired to do other things, to be so much more.

Ciara

#71. I literally have people go, 'Oh my God, you're the Pink Power Ranger' and I'm like, 'I do other things!' But, you know, it's so cool! I saved the world for a year.

Erin Cahill

#72. I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did.

Seann William Scott

#73. I think pressure when you work is good. It forces you to take risks and to do other things.

James Badge Dale

#74. I don't like to see projects that are all black or all white. It's how life is. I do like to make sure that I do a nice black family film; that's like keeping my home base. I do other things, but I like to always come back to a positive family film, because of all the negative influences today.

Vivica A. Fox

#75. Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but if you do a drama, you can get lost in it and have a role to do other things.

Aunjanue Ellis

#76. I am actually able to do other things. I'm not just this writer.

Diablo Cody

#77. In real life I do violence, but for psychic stuff I do other things better.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#78. I've recorded a lot of vocals so far and I think they're kinda still in my own world, but I do have that urge sometimes. You want to push yourself to do other things.

Spencer Krug

#79. You surround yourself with your pain or you avoid it and let it find you when you are trying to do other things

Ann Brashares

#80. I still want to be an architect and score films and do other things. I always said as long as I've still got teeth and hair and I look cool when I look in the mirror, then I'll do it.

DJ Quik

#81. If you want to do other things, you have to leave soap operas, otherwise you'll be there forever, which is not bad, you know. Some people have made a great living off of being on soap operas. But if you want to branch out you have to leave early, otherwise you'll never get the shot.

Jackee Harry

#82. My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

Clarence Thomas

#83. You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

Herbie Hancock

#84. I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.

Eminem

#85. I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write if they don't feel like it. I say this as a competitor. I am not interested in encouraging people who are in competition with me.

Garrison Keillor

#86. When you do a four-camera sitcom, everything is a little schtickier. It's not necessarily that you pick up bad habits, but there is just a very specific way of acting that you fall into on those kinds of multicamera shows, and you have to break those habits when you go in to do other things.

Mila Kunis

#87. I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.

Bill Parcells

#88. I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.

Dan Castellaneta

#89. Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life.

Joe Lando

#90. I'm glad to have shown myself able to do other things rather than people thinking, 'Oh, he'll just do the same as his dad.' Dad was a brilliant actor, but it just so happened he was five foot five and a half, fat and bald.

Rory Kinnear

#91. I like to call myself a 360-degree artist. I'm a musician, but I have other things I do, too.

Rita Ora

#92. I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published.

Sigrid Undset

#93. I was very compelled by a woman who would choose this profession. She [Maura Isles] came from a very highly-educated, wealthy background and could have chosen to do a lot of other things, and has this uber-feminine, modern woman mentality, but works this job.

Sasha Alexander

#94. You can't play enough golf or do any of those other things that fill that kind of excitement that coaching gave me in the big games.

Don Shula

#95. I don't believe that happily ever after means we never have disagreements or go through conflicts. What I do believe is that there is someone who is willing to stick through all of these things with me, because we love each other more than we love ourselves.

Marilyn Grey

#96. A way of using words to say things which could not possibly be said in any other way, things which in a sense do not exist till they are born ... in poetry.

Cecil Day-Lewis

#97. I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.

Andy Serkis

#98. As the instinctual nature of the bird dictates the building of a nest, so the instinctual nature of the in-love experience pushes us to do outlandish and unnatural things for each other.

Gary Chapman

#99. The fact that he might have other things to do with his time than spend it shepherding his master's head-strong, thousand-ducat-a-night anguisette through one of the most unsavory quarters of the City never crossed my mind.

Jacqueline Carey

#100. Decisions, particularly important ones, have always made me sleepy, perhaps because I know that I will have to make them by instinct, and thinking things out is only what other people tell me I should do.

Lillian Hellman