Quotes of: Quitting Keyword

There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

P. J. Harvey

I have no profession. It is another example of my decadence. My attitude - quite an indefensible one - is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself ...

A Room with a View

The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.

Conversations With Nadine Gordimer

I never aspired to be the PM...Why should I quit over a silly issue like corruption? - Devender Singh

The Edge of Power

It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.

Goodnight Mister Tom

Puberty was not kind to me. I had acne, eczema and had a stye in my eye, so it was quite hard to go in to somewhere where the majority were boys. At that age, they were quite vocal about what they thought of your looks.

Sophie Wu

There are risks in the sheer brevity of Twitter, and it's actually quite an elegant art reducing what you have to say to 140 characters, and it's something that I quite enjoy attempting to do.

Richard Dawkins

In 2010, the BBC spent nearly £230,000 on tea, but only £2000 on biscuits.

1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SAID THAT SEEING ME GAVE YOU QUITE A START?" "Yes?" "I GAVE YOU QUITE A STOP.

Reaper Man

The person with the least worry over the compromises he must make is, of course, the person who doesn't compromise.

The Man Who Quit Money

It's when that fear goes away that you know you've found the right person to risk everything for.

Not Quite Enough

They say there are twelve steps to quitting something. But what if that something is playing with a slinky? Seems like you should be able to quit playing with a slinky using no steps.

Xazaqazax

As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.

Mike Wallace

There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

Kate Atkinson

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Lena Dunham

Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It's quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It's quite extraordinary.

Lenny Kravitz

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.

Michael Angarano

I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.

Michelle Dockery

Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.

Matt Groening

I think I'm very focused and am quite a good multitasker, and I'm quite driven in knowing what my responsibilities are to my family and knowing what I've got to do to do that.

Trinny Woodall