Quotes About Growth

Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie.

When I moved to New York, I started switching fragrances. Between different seasons I would change fragrance, or if I was going out for a big fancy night versus going out in the daytime. But I also found that I was changing and growing so much.

I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel.

I think I'm a disciplined mom versus a strict mom. But also, that job - the disciplining was from birth until about 12, and at 12, I set my kids free, and they learned to become independent human beings.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be.

By the year 2040, the world's population is likely to increase by about 2 billion people, with also projected economic output will be up about 130 percent versus the year 2010.

I am still fairly confident we will come out better than the West in terms of our overall development versus damage.

If you put out 20 films, you hope that a number are successful. It's like human reproduction versus frog reproduction. Frogs produce thousands and hope a few succeed. Humans don't produce many babies but put a lot of energy into them, which is kind of where we are. They still don't always succeed, but you try a lot harder.

I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

The trouble with the fast lane is that all the movement is horizontal. And I like to go vertical sometimes.

The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.

The more you densify a city, the more congestion will increase, however technology changes... cities so packed that they will no longer function... vertical sprawl.

Square Roots creates campuses of climate-controlled, indoor, hydroponic vertical farms, right in the hearts of our biggest cities.

I've gotten better at calling out coverages, communication, and being vertical when they're attacking me in the paint.

My career has never really been a vertical kind of thing. I mean, it's always been a bit difficult for me.

See, life is a journey and every chapter is very interesting.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.

It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.