- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moment Quotes
Staying present, one moment at a time.
This set of moment quotes includes a reflection on searching for clear definitions in matters of faith, alongside a described moment of sudden clarity after being chosen for a major project. Another simply savors the pleasure of remembering shared moments together. Related reflections continue in our Love quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
A captivating moment was when I realized that people, including myself, were not saying, 'I just bought an item on eBay.' They were saying, 'I just won an item on eBay.' It was the thrill of the hunt. I bought a car on eBay.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that turned out well for me seems like a fluke. I feel like, at any moment, I could lose everything and be working at Dunkin' Donuts.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you put someone in a job who is thinking for even a moment about the next job, you have the wrong person.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at any given moment is billiard balls whose past determines our future course. That doesn't take into account that we are forever generating internal representations of positive futures and choosing among them.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the moment I got to Hollywood, I've always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to do. In general, artists feel that you're never really allowed to accomplish what you would like to accomplish because there's just so much of this system that gets in the way; the business gets in the way of the art.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like making all kinds of music, it really depends on the moment. Sometimes I feel like making a weird trap song, and sometimes I can't even attach a track to a genre.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before I realized what was happening, everything blew up. I made 'Animals' when I was in high school, and literally, from that moment, I've been living a different life. I've been touring a lot, traveling a lot, doing great shows. I've been in the studio with my biggest idols.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the moment I am taking a very careful look at some of the work which we have done in the past.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody was going to beat Barack Obama in 2008. That's a fact. It was his moment. It wasn't that John McCain ran a bad campaign, or picked the wrong VP. It was just that it didn't matter, it was over when it started.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I've done it I feel like that part is over.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the more talented the actor is that I'm working with, the easier my job is because the circumstances of a scene are easier to believe when the people around you are in the moment just as much as you are.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find often I'm wandering around the park with my kids, and I notice something, and I think, 'Oh, I could come up with a clever Facebook post about that.' It's like, 'Wait a minute - that's not what I should be thinking. I should be present in the moment with my kids.'
- Executed
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- Nov 07, 2020