Quotes About Commitment

Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

I do tend to lose myself in whatever job I'm doing or hobby I'm into.

I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away.

The National guys will tell you the same thing - I tend to work until the last possible minute.

A lot of times with novels, you can get a really deep, engaging story, but there's not a lot happening, frankly. Those books tend to be super-literary and dense, and they require a lot of commitment, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you want fast-moving action and gore and plot and excitement, you can get shorted on that.

I tend to invest a little more than I should when I do musicals, so it takes a lot out of me and my personal life.

I have a wonderful wife I met at Rutgers while we were both there. She was in the Ph.D. program. She is not an actress. She definitely brings balance to my life. We actors can tend to bore anyone with shop talk.

There's a tendency in this Hollywood machinery to take on too much. You end up not being able to give everything you want.

When reviewing one's portfolio, it is important to be aware of common mental mistakes that may lead to bad decisions. The most powerful is commitment bias, which, as manifested in investing, is the tendency to fall in love with one's stocks.

I've always had the kinds of careers that have a tendency to go home with you.

I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end.

When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

It wasn't that Harvard was deliberately trying to overwork me, but I think I had a tendency to take on more things out of enthusiasm than were good for me.

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Women being women, they are very sincere, committed, and honest in what they do. If they feel they are shortchanging some segment of their responsibility, they have a tendency of holding themselves back. What I would like to tell them is that it is not necessarily true that you will short-change one or the other.

If I can't do something and excel at it and do it well, I have a tendency to give up on it really easy.

I always have a tendency to take on too many things.

I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles.

I think most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it.

Most peoples work ethnic tends to be OK, but not fantastic.

People feel very strongly about restaurants if theyre involved in them. It tends to take over your life for good and bad.

I'm a person who sometimes tends to worry too much about cricket. Previously I would think about the game for probably 15 hours, but now with the presence of my wife it has come down to ten hours, and I would like to bring that down to about nine.

What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I'm often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I'll do in 'x' scenario or whether I'll resign if 'y' happens.