Quotes About Process

my boredom might be described as a malady affecting external objects and consisting of a withering process; an almost instantaneous loss of vitality--just as though one saw a flower change in a few seconds from a bud to decay and dust.

The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process.

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth?

Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.

Se è estremamente improbabile, infatti, che esista qualcosa di soprannaturale, è certo altrettanto difficile dimostrare che il soprannaturale non esiste. Gli eventi naturali dell'esistenza e quelli inesplicabili sembrano in realtà combinarsi in un unico mitico processo, che costituisce il vero e proprio spettacolo del mondo. Comunque, negare l'esistenza dell'ignoto non è più legittimo che farne l'oggetto di un atto di fede.

El proceso creativo frecuentemente conlleva algún dolor en el esfuerzo por lograr que una concepción dé frutos.

The secret of keeping a journal is seeing it as a draft, a stepping-stone, a process.

What you think and do now builds. Value this moment. Be patient. Smile often. Love the process of living each minute fully. Your presence is a source of strength and an inspiration to people you spend time with. Give your greatest gift-- your full attention, yourself.

Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.

Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.

I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people who send me to Washington to be their voice are opposed to them and this process.

People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment.

Washington, D.C. is what is broken, not the immigration policies. We have good laws. We have people suffer every day because of government's failure to enforce the law and be respectful to the process we have. We have a pathway to citizenship already in place.

As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.

The Google model of targeted advertising is appealing because it claims to cut down on waste. We need to ask how that efficiency can be brought to creative process.

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot come into existence as I go. I've tried doing it the other way, but for me, outlining is a waste of time because I never follow the outline.

Company naming is a key part of the branding process, but it's subject to contrasting tastes and an illiquid domain name market that results in startups wasting their time during the branding process.

Instead of wasting time on proposals which are difficult to forge consensus on, such as public nomination and party nomination, it's better to focus the discussion on how to form the nominating committee and the nomination process.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.

I always write these movies that are far too big for any paying customer to sit down and watch from beginning to end, and so I always have this big novel that I have to adapt into a movie as I go.