Quotes About Preparation

Now is the time to learn how to argue constructively before you have children.

When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again.

We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.

I want to settle down this last time. I say last, because I don't think I'm in any condition to live a long time from now. The bell's gonna ring pretty soon.

We had only snacks last time, I think it was OK for a day time menu. But this time it will be late night when people gather so we should add some proper meals.

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.

I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.

I may find something that looks interesting and then go on to alter the recipe by adding spices, things of my own. I also look for time-saving recipes, dishes that can be prepared ahead and stored.

One of my timesaving habits is to save all of my magazines and junk mail for airplane trips. I walk on the plane with a very heavy bundle, but by the time the trip is over, it can all be thrown away.

When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.

Unless you devote an enormous amount of time to anticipating the future, you won't have any future.

The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.

The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta.

I like to cook good meals, especially when I have a lot of time.

You know, I've never been much of a method actor. I feel like, with every project I go in extremely prepared and I like to have a good time.

Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either--he in time prepares For sickness, age, and their attendant cares.

It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.

Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.

I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time.

I hate to lose time on the set. On the set, you have to go at a good pace, because the clock is your master. For that reason, I have to know exactly what I'm trying to get beforehand.

I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything