Quotes About Passion

First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical; it might rub off on others. Fourth, don't give up.

. . . a friend . . . showed me the kitchen in her new home with the words, "This is my office." I knew what she meant. This is where I do the work I want to, the work I like and enjoy.

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

You walk into my bedroom at night, it looks like a nightclub. There's all kinds of lighting effects, there's all kinds of music. I want them to feel like they're in for a show. I believe in romance.

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think, "I want to make this movie," it'll never get made.

I feel the same way about clothes as I do about food. I want everything.

Young entrepreneurs should spend an awful lot of time thinking about what they want to go into.

I want you. Bad. Right now. Against the wall. On my bed. The floor and maybe in the bathroom later. I have a shower stall and a Jacuzzi we could put to really good use. I know you'd like it.

I would like to continue acting. But also - if this is a dream world where everything could become true - I'd want to be a ballerina.

I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside it.

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically.

As if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. Since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely.

Music makes my heart beat. The more i hear, sing and perform on stage my heart beats stronger than ever. I want to live like this until the day i die.

Pack and leave the house, if you really want to be a singer.

I like skateboarding. I'm here on this planet to skateboard; I feel this is what God wants me to do. I just live it. I get hurt all the time. I break bones. It's just all part of the process.

There is nobody in the world that you can't get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You've got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.

I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you have no choice - and if you have no choice, good luck to you.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

I would pass onto any young player to enjoy your football, play your football as you want to play the game, try and enjoy it and make the most of it.

Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

I come from the theatre, my bones are in the theatre; it's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre