Finish Quotes

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

To finish first you must first finish.

I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're playing our roles, we're like separated twins. We can almost finish each other's dialogue.

In my family, we let our boys have a say in what veggie side they want for dinner that night. We list off a handful of options and get them excited about helping to plan the dinner menu. They're much more inclined to finish their plates when they've helped decide what goes on them.

It took me 29 years to finish that song. That's a typical Jardine move.

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

'The Movie' is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it.

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.

No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finish those that I am committed to do before thinking ahead. But I'd rather they take final shape before we talk of them.

The crowd is wonderful. There is always a superb atmosphere in the finish area. It's good for the World Cup. I missed it a lot when I had to rest and it's so nice to be back here.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time.

You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today.

I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author.

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film.

All of the penciling was consistently done by one person and the inking was whoever could finish on time.

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel.

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

We're living proof that nice guys always finish last.

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively.

A daily blog would just about finish me off completely.