Quotes About Patience

On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.

I don't like to think too far ahead.

I don't think too far ahead of myself.

Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm.

On a farm, you can get very bored.

Actually, one of the fascinating things that I've learned playing chess is that the way you play chess is kind of like the way you live your life.

I don't like fast editing.

I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.

I'm not a very fast-paced person.

I don't think baseball is ever going to be the fast-paced game that football or basketball is. It's never going to be constant action. That's never how the game is played.

I can get runs much faster if I stay there in the middle to give bowlers more time and cushion.

I think there are always going to be people who say, even if they are engaged in the movie, they just want it to move faster.

The faster you try to move in the water, the faster you'll move when you're out of the water.

I might actually get a calendar just to cross them down to feel like the days are going faster.

I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.

I'm not the fastest guy.

Taking the third step before the first would be fatal.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

No one should make the mistake of thinking that three or four movies are going to change their fate.

I just took it one step at a time and let fate determine my destiny.

They say, you don't get anything before time and more than fate. I truly believe that and have never felt the need to fight it out, to say 'why this didn't happen earlier.'

I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists.

My dad's the type of guy when I was 5 years old, we played checkers and he would not let me win. That's just how he is. He's not doing any favors for me.

There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.