Quotes About Passion

For those who love... time is eternity.

When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or at least in a Pixies cover band.

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

It's important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have meaning to you, and not what others think is important for you.

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.

For your information, a good novel can change the world. Keep that in mind before you attempt to sit down at a typewriter. Never waste time on something you don't believe in yourself.

I fall in love every time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.

I've spent more time than many will believe [making microscopic observations], but I've done them with joy, and I've taken no notice those who have said why take so much trouble and what good is it?

Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score.

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be a BMX Racer and be the best.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

Football is the last sacred ritual of our time.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.