Quotes About Fulfillment

But wanting and getting are hard neighbors and bitter friends.

I had an alarm, I had nerve gas, I had a yogurt. What more could anyone want?

With the exception of dessert, food is food.

Once again, the key to true happiness is lowered expectations.

Cooking wasn't so bad, I thought. In fact, it was a lot like sex. Sometimes it didn't seem like such a good idea in the beginning, but then after you got into it …

An orgasm is an orgasm, but getting there can leave you with a herniated disc if you aren't careful.

key to true happiness is lowered expectations.

Someday you'll be old, and you won't want sex anymore, but you'll always want food.

It's not that he was going nowhere, it's that he'd already arrived.

I decided that if I was never going to sell anything as long as I lived, I might as well do what I want to do 'cause then at least I would've done what I wanted to do in life. What's that worth?

God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.

She never seemed more complete, more sure of herself. Not trying to please anyone anymore. Page 292

God says we are of worth. Satan tries to convince us wer are mere trash. If he can accomplish that, then we give up. We do no even try to fullfill our God-given ministry to others.

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.

I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it.

I can't leave the studio until everything is as it should be. And I can't put a record out unless I am completely happy with it. I never want to be at a signing and hear my album playing and think, 'Oh no, I could have done that top note better.'

I'm not going to do a film unless there's something in it to excite me.

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

I love theatre because that is my foundation. So, if I had to make a choice in terms of where I get the most fulfillments, it would be theatre. The reaction is so immediate, unlike with TV and film.

Stand on the stage in front of 15 people or 15,000. Have them look up to you and tell you how wonderful you are, and if you don't think that's a great feeling, okay, then you're unlike me.

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.

Unlike writing a book, which can take several years, baking is instant gratification.

The best thing about being a comedian is that, unlike the other jobs I've had, none of the bad things seem to matter because it's the best job in the world.

Spending time in the studio, and creating music brings me peace unlike anything in my life.