Quotes About Realization

I've lived the life of a man without teeth, he thought about it. A life of a man without teeth. I've never bitten, I've been waiting, keeping myself for later - and now I've just ascertained that I don't have teeth anymore.

But you looked much more like a fellow who had just realised that he has been living on ideas that don't pay.

Something has happened to me, I can't doubt it anymore. It came as an illness does, not like an ordinary certainty, not like anything evident. It came cunningly, little by little; I felt a little strange, a little put out, that's all. Once established it never moved, it stayed quiet, and i was able to persuade myself that nothing was the matter with me, that it was a false alarm. And now, it's blossoming.

It is an abstract change without object. Am I the one who has changed? (...) I must finally realize that I am subject to these sudden transformations. The thing is that I rarely think; a crowd of small metamorphoses accumulate in me without my noticing it, and then, one fine day, a veritable revolution takes place. This is what has given my life such a jerky, incoherent aspect.

I realized that there was no half-way house between non-existence and this flaunting abundance. If you existed, you had to exist all the way, as far as mouldiness, bloatedness, obscenity were concerned.

and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea. A fine climax: it shakes me from top to bottom. I saw it coming more than an hour ago, only I didn't want to admit it

This is time, time laid bare, coming slowly into existence, keeping us waiting, and when it does come making us sick because we realise it's been there for a long time.

El hombre no es nada más que su proyecto, no existe más que en la medida en que se realiza, no es, por lo tanto, más que el conjunto de sus actos, nada más que su vida.

A realization and a dissection of the canon gave rise to the work. But there's also a sneaking suspicion of the canon.

When I work I always find something.

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

I never actually expected success, but it doesn't surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into what I do.

For years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took place.

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

You have to take a plan that might work and make it work

I know that in my own work I'm able to do all kinds of things I never thought I'd be able to do.

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.

As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake.

Implementation beats oration.

The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.

I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh, I can play a little as well."

I'd tried enough to know that anything long term wasn't going to work.

In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.

The end crowneth the work.