Quotes About Experience

Writing has never been an intentional endeavor to me. I know a lot of people have experiences and then sit down and try to sort them out through song, but whenever I sit down to write, it comes out hackneyed or overly saccharine.

People don't just show up in the C-suite overnight.

It was in a grim room on Eddy Street that I finally opened 'A Moveable Feast.' I read it all overnight. I read it again the next day.

No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.

One can't feel old in a day or overnight!

After I graduated college, I moved to L.A. I started working for the Garry Marshall Theatre in Toluca Lake and did theater at the Hudson Theatre in Santa Monica. I paid my dues by working at every single restaurant in the Grove until they fired me. I worked an overnight shift at the Mondrian Hotel.

You don't just forget things overnight.

I don't think you are ever prepared for success with bands like Simple Minds and U2. It wasn't until your fourth or fifth album that you really got that big-league success. It doesn't happen overnight, so you get used to it.

It's definitely not an overnight success. There has been a lot of work, effort and concentration to get where I am now. I've gone through different experiences, good and tough, to mould me into the player I am now.

I just play the game. Stats aren't a big issue with me. I've been around six or seven years, and I've had stats in this league. I've had individual accomplishments. To me, it's overrated.

My parents were U.S. Foreign Service, so I spent a lot of time you know, overseas in various countries around the world, you know, I was an American Embassy brat and today, as a professional musician, I travel all over this country and around the world.

I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969.

When I was overseas, I was listening to 'Shot for Me' from 'Take Care.'

I think going overseas and experiencing a whole new culture is something you can't learn anywhere else.

I remember listening to 'Take Care' when I was overseas.

London is one of my favourite places to come to overseas.

I spent years overseas. I spent 11 years abroad.

It's very strange getting out of the military, when you've lived in Iraq, and people you know are going overseas again and again. Some of them are getting injured.

I've never broken a bone, I've never even sprained anything, so to be overseas and have my clavicle broken in two places was a bang-up job done by me.

When I lived in Japan, I only noticed the bad aspects of the country. I didn't really like Japan then, but when I moved overseas, I was able to appreciate the good side more.

I enjoy the company of overseas people. It's always good learning.

When I fly overseas, I usually fly business class. If not, my knees are going to be at my chin.

I've being doing some stuff overseas. I got the opportunity to go to New Japan a couple of times.

I learned how to play the game without using my athletic abilities while playing overseas. When I got my NBA opportunity, it enhanced my fundamentals.