Quotes About Passion

Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.

We strive for beauty and balance, the sensual over the sentimental.

Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.

There's more to life than listening to rock music.

There is no greater joy in life than the joy of creating something.

I remember telling my classmates when I was 8-years-old that (being a sportscaster) is what I wanted to do. That was the only thing I ever wanted to do with my life.

It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.

Either one fails in one's art or in one's life.

I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one person at the center who is breathing life into it. In a ferocious way.

The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.

My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that you care about, because it structures your life as you're growing up.

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it's for life.

All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I've always wanted that fire that every book I ever read talks about.

A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

I may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in.

I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life."

The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.

You should never do two things. You should hammer one nail all your life, and I didn't do that; I hammered on a lot of nails like a xylophone.

If you do it properly, life is art, really.

After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art.

A job is a sacrifice. Following an interest - that's a contribution. And we're here on the planet, not to sacrifice ourselves, but to make a contribution.

I have been playing the piano for my entire life - since I was three.

For whatever you live is life.