I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.

Alternative R&B is in my soul. It’s not going anywhere.

I’m a writer first and a singer second.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it’s just kind of been like my habitat.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can’t really explain – let’s just say it’s all I can really do while I’m doing it.

I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

‚Harry Potter‘ gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

I am a professional sportswriter, among other things, and I take the games seriously. It is only one of my many powerful addictions, and I don’t mind admitting any of them.

My songs are like my children – I expect them to support me when I’m old.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

I don’t know who I would have been if I never watched MotoGP.

I’m not a writer who teaches. I’m a teacher who writes.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

In my heart, I am always a Raider.

If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

I read the Bible to myself; I’ll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.

I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.

On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don’t know why this one is different, but it is. You don’t know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can’t stop thinking about it.

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It’s a gift.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can’t resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you’re in love.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it’s my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

I love singing. I love it, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. It’s an expression.

I don’t profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.

I love making music. That’s what I love to do. So I don’t feel like there’s any need to take a break unless I want to.

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows – and china.

I don’t ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical propositions.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It’s rage, it’s creativity, it’s pain, it’s hurt, but it’s the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.

I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.

If you’re a surfer, you just want to surf. You don’t know if anyone’s going to see you, and you don’t really care if they see you. You just live for that feeling.

Football is all about fans.

I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

The law is reason, free from passion.