Getting On Quotes

#1. How's Alison getting on?'

Conway snorted. 'Tucked up in the sick room like she's dying in some season finale. Little fadey voice on her and all. She's having a great old time.

Tana French

#2. The style, which is something I take to heart, is getting on my nerves horribly. It frustrates and torments me. I have days when Iam sick about it and nights when it gives me a fever. The more I go at it the more I find myself incapable of conveying the Idea.

Gustave Flaubert

#3. Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.

Harmon Killebrew

#4. GUIL (quietly): Where we went wrong was getting on a boat. We can move, of course, change direction, rattle about, but our movement is contained within a larger one that carries us along as inexorably as the wind and current ...

Tom Stoppard

#5. Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So today I'm driving the bus.' And everybody's like, 'What?' And you're like, 'I'm gonna drive the bus.' And they're like, 'But you don't know how to drive the bus.'

Mike Birbiglia

#6. Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

Kenny Chesney

#7. Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet.

Gary Kovacs

#8. Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked to mess with, and I think that I kind of enjoyed for a while that it bothered them so much. Now they've just kind of given up.

John Hawkes

#9. Why are people getting on elevators shocked to find people getting off elevators?

Brian Regan

#10. You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person.

Hugh Dancy

#11. I am a child who is getting on.

Marc Chagall

#12. Now this really annoys me: All these people getting on the Internet and saying Nostradamus predicted this. If Nostradamus were alive today his name would be Miss Cleo and he'd be charging $2.99 a minute.

Jay Leno

#13. You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

Warwick Davis

#14. What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus.

Haruki Murakami

#15. There was some scene in The Blues Brothers movie, when they had the chicken wire across the front of the stage, and it was almost like that. They had a big guard rail around the stage, which kept the college kids from getting on ... we had some good times.

William Bell

#16. Honestly some folk will take offence at anything, I met a bloke with no legs this morning while at the bus stop, all I asked was "How are you getting on?"

Billy Connolly

#17. I don't write so much now. I'm getting on 33, pot belly and creeping dementia.

Charles Bukowski

#18. I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.

Nick Cannon

#19. I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify.

Billy Graham

#20. Ninety per cent of the art of living consists of getting on with people you can't stand.

Samuel Goldwyn

#21. Of all the subjects I have photographed, the most controversial and the one that has moved me the most has to be the prostitutes who are getting on in years. They are true survivors.

Maya Goded

#22. Dear Mother, I am getting on nicely in my work at the bank, and like it ... I want to find out something about the science of money while I am at it; it is an extraordinarily interesting subject ...

T. S. Eliot

#23. I'm always open to new, innovative stuff and people trying to do stuff in a different way. I knew that the theatrical release would be like getting on the launch pad for Amazon Prime but I was okay with that because I think what Jeff Bezos and Ted Hope are doing is innovative.

Spike Lee

#24. I love getting on the subway because you get on the car, and you see the entire human race represented in any given subway car.

Tim Daly

#25. All of your quotes are getting on my nerves.

Peter Burke

#26. What I love the most is getting on the ice and just popping in a fabulous CD and skating - all by myself, the rink completely empty, just me and the music.

Michelle Kwan

#27. General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact he was able to use that power to go around the normal chain of command.

Michael Hastings

#28. I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.

William Wyler

#29. World vision is getting on your heart what has always been on God's heart.

Dawson Trotman

#30. Some people were just getting on with their lives, chatting, being young. It simply wouldn't do.

Russell Brand

#31. Damien," Shaunee said. "Again you are getting on my damn - "
- last nerve with your unending vocab bullshit," Erin finished for her.

Kristin Cast

#32. We all carry our past. But it is a case of getting on with your life and improving it, if you want to.

Vinnie Jones

#33. Just seeing other people, people getting on with their normal lives, is such a hard thing after you've lost someone so close to you.

Jennifer Shaw Wolf

#34. If you lose a parent, no matter at what age, every five or 10 years you have a different way of missing them and a different way of getting on with your life.

Rory Kinnear

#35. I'm sick of this. Call me what you like, say I'm without honor, I don't care. I'm not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick.

Tamora Pierce

#36. A Man having found a Lion in his path undertook to subdue him by the power of the human eye; and near by was a Rattlesnake engaged in fascinating a small bird. "How are you getting on, brother?" the Man called out to the other reptile, without removing his eyes from those of the Lion.

Ambrose Bierce

#37. When everything is laid out neatly and in sequence, you will feel much more like getting on with the job.

Brian Tracy

#38. As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years.

Anthony Holden

#39. I recently finished a job, an HBO movie 'Getting On,' a very dark comedy. It comes from a British series of the same name. In this role I have no hair, no make up and no nails. I play a very small role; she is not over the top and sassy.

Niecy Nash

#40. I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.

Louise Penny

#41. By referring to previous struggles and using them as reasons for not getting on with your life today, you're assigning responsibility to the past for why you can't be successful or happy in the present.

Wayne Dyer

#42. When I stopped making films, they were getting on to the more realistic films and the explicit films and all. They were depicting life as it is, and some of it was unpleasant. I gradually moved away from that.

Danny Kaye

#43. I've never worked where it was hard to be gay. Besides, being gay is a spectacular irrelevance to getting on with your life.

Clive Barker

#44. If I stop pushing you, if I stop demanding of you, if I stop getting on you, then I probably don't think you have much to offer.

Jon Gruden

#45. He is as tough as anything. You can crack him once, but he won't let it bother him. He's back on his feet in no time and getting on with it. He is a strong character and a great sight when he's heading for goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo

#46. This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as a creative artist were involved here-it wasn't just about the royalties. I can now look foward to getting on with my career.

Irene Cara

#47. I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love getting on the same stage for more than a month and reciting the same lines, trying to make a small or large step towards an improvement in my acting.

Alfred Molina

#48. For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.

Peter McWilliams

#49. When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their lives. They haven't learned how to sit down and discuss things.

Janet McTeer

#50. On the whole it's not wise to remind the devil that he's the devil, especially when we were getting on so well.

Philip Kerr

#51. The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list.

Seth Godin

#52. Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have.

Henry Mintzberg

#53. Don't worry about me. I'll be getting on with it.

Morgan Callan Rogers

#54. I had a real passion for performing. I craved the attention. I was a goofy kid just like I am a goofy adult. So as soon as I got the bug of getting laughs and getting on stage I just couldn't stop.

Tom Green

#55. Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.

Keith Urban

#56. You just...you just don't do anything. You get lost in your head, and you sit around thinking instead of getting on with something, and most of the time you think rubbish. You always seem to miss what's really happening.

Nick Hornby

#57. Getting on a plane, I told the ticket lady, "Send one of my bags to New York, send one to Los Angeles, and send one to Miami." She said, "We can't do that!" I told her, "You did it last week!"

Henny Youngman

#58. And then they say one is misanthropical. Hang it! who can help being misanthropical when he finds everybody getting on in life except himself?

Benjamin Disraeli

#59. Well, I think," said Nobby, "that when you rule out the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, ain't worth hanging around for on a cold night wonderin' about when you could be getting on the outside of a big drink.

Terry Pratchett

#60. National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, 'Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!'

Bjork

#61. I think there's a curiosity that can make you feel anxious as to what the world's going to make of what you're doing. It's not necessarily what you're going to get back in terms of record reviews or how people talk about your record, it's getting on the road and playing the new songs live.

Jeff Tweedy

#62. Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

J. Paul Getty

#63. I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

Laura Donnelly

#64. My home life is very much about getting up in the morning and getting to the gym or getting on my bicycle and making sure that I get to cook dinner for my boyfriend.

Erika Christensen

#65. We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

Jennifer Granholm

#66. I feel a certain amount of freedom just cruising to the liquor store to get water or whatever. It just feels good. It makes me feel young getting on the bike and - again, not going crazy, I do bunny-hops and I'll hit some curbs and stuff - but just feeling like a kid again.

Matt Skiba

#67. And maybe getting a grip and letting go are not so dissimilar, when the holding on or the letting go is all part of moving on-getting on with it. Getting on with the difficult and dizzying business of living.

Tim Wynne-Jones

#68. Its like a Contiki tour, getting on and off buses, getting pissed.

Willie Mason

#69. When the generation after me started getting on the cut, a lot of them would call me over to hang out or go jam and scratch and they were always separate from each other.

Eric San

#70. Leaving my house and getting on to a red carpet is always crazy for me, because you have to find a way to be comfortable in the most uncomfortable situation imaginable.

Sandra Bullock

#71. One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

John Grisham

#72. He shushed her. "Goodnight. We're trapped together in a small, dark space. For the moment, we're getting on as well as could possibly be expected. I don't think this is the time to remind me of my many valid reasons to resent your presence and despise everything you stand for.

Tessa Dare

#73. He took such high ground that there was no getting on to it.

Anthony Trollope

#74. I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat.

Rafael Palmeiro

#75. I do what I do because I believe in the country that we live in. I believe we are making a difference in stemming the flow of terrorism into Australia ... I want my children to be able to live as everyone does now without the fear of getting on a bus and having it blow up.

Ben Roberts-Smith

#76. Every time you see him, you only make yourself vulnerable to further heartache. Do you really need further proof that he's getting on with his life without you?

Greg Behrendt

#77. Actors tend to be quite good at getting on with people. If you're an arsehole, people don't want to work with you. You won't get hired Well, there are a few arseholes.

Bertie Carvel

#78. But I like business,' said Pancks, getting on a little faster. 'What's a man made for?' 'For nothing else?' said Clennam. Pancks put the counter question, 'What else?' It packed up, in the smallest compass, a weight that had rested on Clennam's life; and he made no answer.

Charles Dickens

#79. There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

Alan Davies

#80. I only found out about Eminem getting on the track like a month ago. As if the song couldn't get any better. He just slays me, he's such a genius.

Hayley Williams

#81. If I'm getting on an airplane or anywhere, really, I have a lunch box and stuff. It's a running joke with my friends and family - everyone gives me lunch boxes for Christmas.

Nikki Reed

#82. I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

Meredith Brooks

#83. When I'm surfing, I'm sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.

Matthew McConaughey

#84. I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.

Eric Idle

#85. Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way - but it's the only place I can go to feel comfortable.

Matt Berninger

#86. Then again, that's how the most successful predators work, she thinks ruefully. We stumble into their traps and do their work for them while we're busy getting on with the business of living.

Kimberly Morgan

#87. Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

Alan Rickman

#88. There are so many ways to do research - even watching old Ealing comedies, watching people getting on and off buses in London, looking at household interiors.

Sara Sheridan

#89. When I've got massive projects to be getting on with, I find myself open to distractions, particularly when deadlines are involved.

Max Tundra

#90. Sometimes bravery is just getting on with things.

A.F. Harrold

#91. Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings out there, deal with them, and find a way to be okay with all that's happened.

Jennifer Brown

#92. People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

J. Michael Straczynski

#93. Living, in the case of animals, thus means getting on, and any ability, whether physical or intellectual, is of importance to the extent that it makes such getting on successful.

Frank Morton McMurry

#94. I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.

Quentin Blake

#95. Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.

Carlos Beltran

#96. Leaving the house is a big enough occasion for me, so getting on a plane and flying across the world and playing to a room full of people is just out of this world.

Courtney Barnett

#97. I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink?

Nick Hornby

#98. We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.

Imelda Staunton

#99. Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Amanda Lindhout

#100. It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We're all getting on.

William Christopher