- Start
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Done Quotes
What gets done outlasts what gets said.
This page pairs personal accomplishment with bigger historical claims - singing described as among the toughest crafts to master, a role taken on with real pride, and a comparison of the printing press's impact to gunpowder's. See more in our Everything Quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Book
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In 2004, one of my books, 'Whale Talk,' was chosen as an all-school read in Fowlerville, Michigan, a rural town not far from Detroit. They had done what I thought was a brilliant and innovative thing: decided to teach the book in every discipline, sophomores through seniors.
- I Am
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.
- Know
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Away from our cameras, I know Tim Tebow has done some terrific work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation... so I'm an admirer of his.
- I Can
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I can watch a film, even a film that I've been in, and think, 'I'm not sure, 100 percent, what I think about it.' I'm not sure what I think about what I've done in it.
- Best
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.
- Best
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The best advice I ever received is that there is a difference between urgency and importance: Urgent tasks seem important, but they're not. Important things need to get done.
- Never
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I never dreamt that I would do all the things that I have done. But things just happened to me all the time.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I love kids. I wanted more. I have two, but I would've had six or seven... I would have done that if I could.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020