Heber J. Grant Quotes

Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.

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• In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • Work
  • Long

• It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • Work
  • English
  • Language

• Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?

  

  Victoria Wood
  • Work
  • Problem
  • Harassment

• We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Work
  • Done
  • Never

• Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Good
  • Work
  • Job

• Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.

  

  Taiye Selasi
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Truth

• Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Up
  • Work
  • Great

• I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried to work outside the studio, but it introduces too many variables that I can't control. I'm really quite narrow, you know.

  

  Irving Penn
  • Work
  • Control
  • I Can

• I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Work
  • Talk
  • Irony

• Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • World
  • Work
  • Children

• Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

  

  Camille Pissarro
  • Time
  • Work
  • Water

• I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • People
  • Work
  • Opportunity

• You don't want to have to come into work on Monday already apologizing. I try to save my apologies for what I've done later in the week.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Work
  • Done
  • Want

• There are so few stories being produced that are human. I suffer with the loss of that. I feel kind of out of place, even though I've continued to work.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Work
  • Kind
  • Loss

• I love cooking. There is nothing I like better than going home and cooking my family a nice meal. Anything with pasta! Pasta with butter! I have a good repertoire, and I can do quite a few different dishes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes not.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Work
  • Different

• A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

  

  Martin Gardner
  • Work
  • God

• I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

  

  Deion Sanders
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Rest

• I consider myself a significant supporter of any candidate I work for, and I am certainly generous, I think, with my own funds.

  

  Kenneth Langone
  • Work

• Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Think
  • Amazing
  • Literature

• I, personally, have had to rise above my feelings of inferiority to my sister Anjelica, not to mention feeling sorry for myself because I lost my mother so young.

  

  Allegra Huston
  • Mother
  • Feeling
  • Lost

• In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.

  

  Arsene Wenger
  • Way
  • Accepting
  • England

• Whether you chose a passive-aggressive husband, workaholic wife, or life of single motherhood, we are all officially allowed - and uniquely qualified - to critique our own life experience. Please don't pretend you're living mine.

  

  Rachel Simmons
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Single

• Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.

  

  Heber J. Grant
  • Work
  • Day-dreams