“There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go for a week whether he would survive. I think ever since, you can feel this pulse in the guy, an almost physical enthusiasm.” ThinkingFeelsMomentsGuyBornWeekAdversityCrisisStartingEnthusiasmPlentyPulseRespiratory Author:James Taylor
“It's no accident that new ideas pop into our heads when we least expect it. In our enthusiasm to be productive, we forget to give our mind/body moments to be "receptive" - that is, open to daydreaming, open to letting our minds wander.” GivingMindIdeasMomentsBodyForgetPopsAccidentsEnthusiasmWanderProductiveNew IdeasDaydreamingReceptiveMind Body Author:Linda Stone
“Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm, eloquence produces conviction for the moment; but it is only by truth to Nature and the everlasting institutions of mankind that those abiding influences are won that enlarge from generation to generation.” MomentsGenerationsInfluenceMankindProduceInstitutionsConvictionEnthusiasmEverlastingAbidingEloquenceBegets Author:James Russell Lowell
“Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.” SelfMomentsTearsLaughterMereGravesPassingPassingsEnthusiasmFantasticExcitementControlledInwardHysterical Book:Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues Source: Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues
“You see me in my most virile moment when you see me doing what I do. When I am directing, a special energy comes upon me. ... It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive. It is like having sex.” FeelsMomentsEnergySexAliveSpecialEnthusiasmHaving Sex Author:Federico Fellini