Quotes About Enthusiasm

The fact is, passion is not a commodity, it is the by-product of doing something that really engages you. Look for what will truly hold your attention-psychologically and technically-and the passion should take of itself.

Protecting yourself by stopping your own enthusiasm is unavoidable. No one can take endless doses of hurt. Unfortunately, stopping your enthusiasm can get to be a habit.

You see, you're not someone without direction; you're an investigator, and the whole investigative process consists of learning a little bit about everything that looks interesting to you. If you respect your natural curiosity, you'll come to trust your enthusiasm. It knows something about you. Your trail of enthusiasms is the most precise instrument you have for locating where you'd find the deepest satisfaction in your life.

People who aren't interested in anything are people who can't stop protecting their enthusiasm.

A Collie who learns to chase a ball before he learns how to control his enthusiasm can become ball-obsessed. A Collie who learns how to invent his own game with a ball, before running to retrieve one, will be less obsessive, and will be able to amuse himself without getting over-excited.

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

Rochester, at least among some segments of society, had become a more polite town, the Burned-over District, the region that surrounded it and that had been the scene of earlier revivals, continued to smolder with enthusiasms both religious and political.

Wie ich gehört habe, soll es Leute geben, die Spaß am Kochen haben und es jeden Abend tun. Sie schnippeln und würfeln, putzen und schälen, schmoren und dünsten, pochieren und dämpfen und lachen dabei die ganze Zeit wie Irre in einem Glücksrausch.

I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.

If it's a cooking based reality show I would love to do it because I love cooking.

While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.

The reason why people love T20 is the sixes and fours.

I think it's reasonable: you can own your nerd credibility when you're an astronaut.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

You want to focus on the fans and on the positive energy that you receive from them.

The people in China love their snooker. We get a fantastic reception when we go over there.

I've done many rallies and it's been super-charged, highly charged. People are very receptive.

With hacky sack, somebody brought one to recess in sixth grade and it kind of all went downhill from there! The same with the yoyo's! One kid brought a yoyo one day and people started getting them. I just kept at it and found that I really loved it.

I reckon we work better in front of big crowds.

You can recognise when a film-maker really, really cares about what they're doing.

I love my fans and they follow me everywhere - I recognise a lot of faces.

I recognize that on paper, you can't really tell that I'm a fan or a nerd.