passion quotes

I’ve had mixtapes that have been better than albums I’ve heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Love is only one of many passions.

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. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

I loved what I did. I could’ve been secretary of state for ever.

Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little – somebody who is obsessed by Making.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

Art is man’s expression of his joy in labor.

I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar – hide in the back and just play.

Strong emotions such as passion and bliss are indications that you’re connected to Spirit, or ‚inspired,‘ if you will. When you’re inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life.

I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

I can dance to just about anything.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

WWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE.

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

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

There are many things I do where the centre of it is… It’s almost more my humanitarian work than art.

Writing is like a ‚lust,‘ or like ‚scratching when you itch.‘ Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

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

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I’ll probably… drop writing children’s books and become a political cartoonist again.

The way to know life is to love many things.

I’m super serious about music. That’s, like, the only thing I’m serious about.

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

As a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something else? I just don’t get that.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it’s too assertive to the naked eye.

I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.

The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

Aside from singing, I’m also a dancer. I’ve been dancing since I was 8.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.

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.

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

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

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

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.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure, only death can stop it.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

I never had to choose a subject – my subject rather chose me.

So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.

Pretty much my whole life, I’ve been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own ears.

If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.

You don’t come into cooking to get rich.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.