Top 100 Quotes About Doing It
#1. I think what irks me is that I feel like women are really being compartmentalized physically, and it's been done so much that now we're doing it to ourselves. I don't like it.
Jill Scott
#2. Most do," she agreed. "Me? My principles are about love and doing it because there's meaning and commitment. A piece of paper doesn't always signal that. If there's any sin involved, it's doing it in a . . . I don't know. Cheap way. With people you don't care about. When it's meaningless.
Richelle Mead
#3. The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.
Jason Ritter
#4. I don't think people expect Bruce Springsteen to come out in a pink satin jacket, but Rod Stewart, they do. And I like doing it; I don't wear it just because I think I have to. I'm a very flamboyant person.
Rod Stewart
#5. I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
Omar Sy
#6. If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably.
Tony Blair
#7. If you have an idea that's going to make a big difference to people's lives, and other people are not doing it, you know, just say "screw it," do it and get on with it, and give it a go.
Richard Branson
#8. You looked like the kind of person who will do something because you want to, and not because everyone else is doing it.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
#9. Being an adult--was this it? Doing the thing you most in your life didn't want to do, and doing it with a shrug?
Judy Blundell
#10. If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it
Democritus
#11. He actually knows what has to be done and how to do it, and he's going right ahead and doing it, without holding a dozen conferences and round-table discussions and giving everybody a fair and equal chance to foul things up for him. You know as well as I do that that's undemocratic.
H. Beam Piper
#12. As humans, reality for us is largely based on other people's perceptions. If there's 20 bodies in your crawl space but you haven't been caught yet, you tell yourself you're still a birthday clown, and that's how you keep doing it.
Dan Harmon
#13. Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playing a club, I'd still be doing it because that's what I want to do. I love playing the guitar.
Eddie Van Halen
#14. Those who claim it's impossible are invariably interrupted by those who are already doing it."
Mary Heather
#15. I don't care what it is you're doing; if you're not laughing, you're not doing it right.
Donna Barker
#16. Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.
Meg Whitman
#17. Our intention is to not only attract the hardcore jazz fan, but we're doing it in such a way that it will also be easy to take for those who are not necessarily steeped in the ways of jazz.
Ramsey Lewis
#18. Peppermint Patty's team is short a glove, so I'm walking over to lend them mine."
"You're kidding! Don't you think they're taking advantage of you?"
"No, I'm doing it because I want to do it."
"What are you, some kind of mystic?!
Charles M. Schulz
#19. You curse. A lot. It's rather frightening. I've never met anyone who curses as much as you, and still manages to look sexy and innocent while doing it. Half the time, I find myself wanting to kiss that pretty mouth clean.
Cecilia Robert
#20. So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.
Shelby Lynne
#21. I learned acting by doing it. And although I had never taken an acting class, it didn't take long to learn how to be on the stage. All you have to do is to be humiliated in front of an audience a few times. If you don't like being humiliated publicly, you learn how to act.
Ron Vawter
#22. A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I've been doing it long enough that I can do different things and be accepted.
Paul Butterfield
#23. I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.
Lemon Andersen
#24. I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it.
Ledisi
#25. The "yes" comes from my improvisational days and the opportunity that comes with youth, and the "please" comes from the wisdom of knowing that agreeing to do something usually means you aren't doing it alone.
Amy Poehler
#26. There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.
Hale White
#27. I used to not really like going to the gym when I was playing tournaments because I'd be sore and stiff. But the more you keep doing it, the less soreness you have. And you actually start to enjoy it.
Rory McIlroy
#28. You can. It's not a matter of feeling it, it's a matter of doing it - making the decision to bend that iron will of yours in God's direction so that He can hear your prayers and unleash blessings.
Julie Lessman
#29. I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it.
Henry James
#30. A thing is symmetrical if there is something you can do to it so that after you have finished doing it, it looks the same as before.
Dave Goldberg
#31. I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it.
George Soros
#32. No, no, no, no, no. Sex should not be fun, okay? Sex can be lots of things - thrilling, romantic, scary, mindless, dirty, dangerous, frantic, forbidden, freaky - but if you're finding it 'fun,' you're doing it wrong.
Mil Millington
#33. It's fate, but fate just gives us a nudge in the right direction onthe fast lane, I guarantee she doesn't have her hands in your pockets while she's doing it
Shelly Crane
#34. I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.
Mitch Albom
#35. There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop doing it, or you might end up with something that sounds metronomic.
David Byrne
#36. Many writers are paralyzed by the thought that they are competing with everybody else who is trying to write and presumably doing it better ... Forget the competition and go at your own pace. Your only contest is with yourself.
William Zinsser
#37. Seek always to do some good, somewhere ... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
Albert Schweitzer
#38. I was too shy to do any vocal lessons or go to choirs; I just didn't want to be seen doing it. It's something that I kept to myself. I started easing into it, and I started doing talent shows, and YouTube really helped with that, too.
Alessia Cara
#39. I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through.
James Cagney
#40. You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.
Max Von Sydow
#41. That was a strange thing, the death of Coco. Not that he should die, for owing to the unexpected folly of the concierge it was inevitable that he should, but his manner of doing it. Even at this distance of time, the remembrance agonises me. There
Elizabeth Von Arnim
#42. When you're applying for jobs, it's best to be employed while doing it. You want the world to know that you're not lollygagging between gigs, but instead have a lot of choices in front of you and are actively charting your own path.
Sophia Amoruso
#43. How much are you worth?
I have no idea. How much do you want?
Naw.I just want to know what you're worth. Over ten million?
Oh, my, yes.
Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can't already afford?
The future, Mr. Gittes! The future!
Robert Towne
#44. Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on my own. I can sit down - I'm a skilled writer, I've been doing it all my life - and I can get down to it.
Dolly Parton
#45. I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm gone. When you're doing it, you're not focused on success. It's not a matter of modesty. You're simply trying to get all the things done that you want to get done in your life.
George Lucas
#46. From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I'm still doing it. I still love it so that's why I do it.
Ringo Starr
#47. We don't go in for that psychodynamic stuff around here. Those guys will talk you to death, clean out your bank account while they are doing it, and then invite you to come back and express your innermost feelings about being broke.
Forrest Carr
#48. My first piece of career advice is find your gifting. Find the thing that you are skilled at and figure out if you can make a living doing it.
Michelle Singletary
#49. You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing.
Frank Herbert
#50. This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
#51. The main difference between her and her friends was not the magic, she knew, and nor was it the adventure. It was the fact that she knew what she wanted to do with her life, and she was already doing it.
Derek Landy
#52. Well, if I'm not doing it for him, then I'm doing it for me, so I can feel proud.
Charlaine Harris
#53. The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
Timothy Ferriss
#54. I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing to watch her perform. She's just such an incredible singer. She so funny, and so smart, yet she's doing it for this silly, silly song.
Judd Apatow
#55. We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.
Jim Barksdale
#56. Acting is something where you have to completely remove yourself. So, do I find acting easy? Absolutely no! Do I want to do more of it? Do I enjoy doing it? Do I feel appreciative to get this opportunity? Absolutely!
Mark McGrath
#57. When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it.
Jeff Bridges
#58. I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.
Jeff Lynne
#59. If you were starting over today, what would you do differently? Whatever your answer, start doing it now.
Brian Tracy
#60. Doing begets more doing. It sounds simple, but I'm a firm believer that action can solve so many worries, and just powering through, no matter what, can give you the confidence you need when you feel like you've got nothing to offer.
Reese Witherspoon
#61. I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.
Michael Ironside
#62. In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.
John Mulaney
#63. Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying.
Will Schwalbe
#64. And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don'treally understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.
John Elder Robison
#65. I grew up loving films and making stupid movies with a good friend of mine, who now actually has a career in a really prominent special effects house, so he's still doing it. We just started messing around with a camera.
D.J. Cotrona
#66. But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways to measure how well the job was done - this was something else again.
Elliot Richardson
#67. The delicious, semiconscious, edge-of-wonderland kind of sleep, where I'm awake enough to control my dreams but asleep enough to forget that I'm doing it.
Lauren Miller
#68. If God doesn't want us to do it, He doesn't want us to get pleasure from thinking about doing it
Douglas Wilson
#69. The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your
agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps it will
be the most urgent thing. Or the easiest. In fact, the most important
thing probably isn't even on your agenda.
Seth Godin
#70. Once you're an addict, you're always an addict, so just because I found something good to do doesn't mean I'm not going to hurt myself doing it.
Jeff Tweedy
#71. If people go into music with the idea of competing with other artists, then they're doing it for all the wrong reasons.
Natalia Kills
#72. Concentrate on what you need to do ... Do step one. Begin! That's the important thing- Did you do step one? Did you actually do it? ... It's not a matter of 'Can you do it?' If you do it, you're doing it.
Laurence Boldt
#73. Happiness is a risk. If you're not a little scared, then you're not doing it right.
Sarah Addison Allen
#74. When I got home from the Second World War, mu Uncle Dan clapped me on the back, and he said, "You're a man now." So I killed him. Not really, but I certainly felt like doing it.
Kurt Vonnegut
#75. If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be.
Bo Bennett
#76. I am not a particularly natural writer. I am not a person who can write in paragraphs the way some writers do. For me, it's sentence by sentence, sometimes word-by-word. And I revise constantly. It's a very laborious process, but I love doing it.
Yann Martel
#77. I actually think it is people like myself who have been fighting for our rights to free speech and I would like the right to defend my own right to free speech, not have soldiers doing it for me. I don't think I need soldiers.
Medea Benjamin
#78. Child molestation is a touchy subject ... Read the papers! Half the country's doing it!
Woody Allen
#79. I have enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I'm doing it. I am now a famous person. I represent real power.
Newt Gingrich
#80. Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
Adora Svitak
#81. That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.
Zeena Parkins
#82. And one of the things that makes me happiest and proudest is that the talk radio venue, the whole market has expanded. There are all kinds of people doing it.
Rush Limbaugh
#83. I love artists like Jon B, but I don't wanna be compared to anybody. I'm just doing my interpretation of rnb and how someone like me should be doing it.
Brian Harvey
#84. The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.
Tricia Cunningham
#85. This current round of gigs, I'm just doing it using pure electronics.
Tom Jenkinson
#86. The lie came out so easily it frightened me. I used to feel sick to my stomach when I heard Mother tell a lie. How can you do it? How do you live with yourself? I used to wonder. But here I was, lying to Miss Paulsen and smiling while doing it.
Ruta Sepetys
#87. I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.
Gray Davis
#88. We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour.
Andrew Eldritch
#89. When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own.
Ronnie Spector
#90. The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling.
Jack White
#91. I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.
Steve Martin
#92. If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.
Jerry Lewis
#93. Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.
Marcus Buckingham
#94. If I had all the money in the world, I'd be like, "Great, let's just keep doing it!" I, unfortunately, have not won the lottery or found the magic genie lamp.
Zachary Levi
#95. When somebody has convinced you that you're not worth anything to anybody anymore, and they spend a lot of time doing it, you start believing it yourself.
Ric Flair
#96. Some people with blogs are never going to get famous, and they've been doing it for, like, over a year. I feel bad for them.
Jessica Cutler
#97. That a god like Jehovah should have created this world of misery and woe, out of pure caprice, and because he enjoyed doing it, and should then have clapped his hands in praise of his own work, and declared everything to be very good-that will not do at all!
Arthur Schopenhauer
#98. The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?
Judi Dench
#99. When he texts you, he's thinking about you. When he calls you, he misses you. When he shows up, he wants you. When he suddenly stops doing all of the above for you, he's doing it for someone else.
Amari Soul
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