Best Process Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.”

Knows Used Process

Author:Diego Luna

“To me the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.”

Thinking Inspiration Process Exercise Truth Is Rational Mysterious Hindsight

Author:Julia Leigh

“I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.”

Film Actors Process Appreciate Film Actors

Author:Logan Lerman

“For me, being able to be vulnerable is difficult, but it's just something that I feel comfortable doing. I need to fully understand why, the thought-process behind the character and I have to believe it. That comes from a lot of preparation.”

Needs Feels Believe Character Able Process Difficult Behinds Comfortable Vulnerable Preparation Thought Process

Author:Logan Lerman

“I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.”

Inspiration Film Process Technology Bigger Obvious Boxes Entertainment Curious Online Paramount

Author:Aaron Levie

“Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.”

Believe Ends Process Hollywood Executives

Author:Leonard Maltin

“Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.”

Long Process Casting

Author:Jodie Foster

“The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.”

Thinking Way Wells Two Song Process Situation Gone Depends

Author:Michael McKean

“The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can.”

Process Theory Profit Folly Principal Superiority Axioms

Author:Moses Mendelssohn

“We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process.”

Needs Writing Process Reform Budgets Writing Process

Author:Patrick McHenry

“The whole process of getting licenses to broadcast, which took place decades ago, was done behind closed doors by powerful lobbies, and wealthy commercial interests got all the licenses with no public input, no congressional input for that matter.”

Matter Done Whole Process Interest Powerful Behinds Doors Decades Wealthy License Input Closed Doors Behind Closed Doors Licenses

Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments.”

Process Clear Too Much Research Aspect Program Experiments 1960s Theoretical Winding Down

Author:Rudolph A. Marcus

“Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.”

Writing Process Loses Quality Discovery Experts Writing Process Poisonous

Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders).”

Political Process Party Risk Gains Seeking Seats Partisans Bipartisan Incumbents Redistricting

Author:Thomas E. Mann

“The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.”

Real Sometimes Stories Film Process Materials Periods Research Exciting Real Things Intricate Letdowns

Author:Alessandro Nivola

“In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learning process for me.”

Trying Play Character Film Process Learning Process

Author:Ajay Naidu

“Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.”

Mean Culture Process Forget Great Men

Author:Albert J. Nock

“Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.”

Culture Process Forget Diligent Pedants Pedantry

Author:Albert J. Nock

“I was not prepared for the actual process itself; having to go to the shop and having some molds done.”

Done Process Prepared Shops Mold

Author:David Naughton

“I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.”

Trying Humans Stills Process Human Beings Make Sense Decent

Author:Jimmy Nail

“What do we mean by 'crazy?' What do we mean by 'mad?' At what point is a person just different and at what point can we call it a disease and say that they are not responsible for their actions? Or are we all slaves to the chemical processes that go on in our brains?”

Mean Persons Different Action Process Brain Crazy Goes On Disease Responsible Mad Slave Chemicals

Author:Jo Nesbo

“Hopefully, if I have done my job right, people will want to know and see more! There is certainly plenty more to tell. I would love to be part of that process of expanding on the lore that makes up Warcraft, but it will all depend on what you, the audience, think of our first film!”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Firsts Done Jobs Film Process Audience Depends Plenty Hopefully Expanding

Author:Duncan Jones

“I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.”

Enough Process Memories Poor Findings Very Good Artificial Examination Enough Time Exam Follow Up Poor Memory

Author:Paul Nurse

“When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.”

Ifs Way Writing Past Process Pay Commitment Consequence Paid Prepared Interfere Writing Process Living My Life I Live My Life

Author:Taslima Nasrin

“Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.”

Feels Trying Sometimes Process Creative Doors Opening Creative Process Closing Exit Never Ending

Author:Chris Ofili

“I'm never offered any sort of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles.”

Needs Process Roles Auditions Lengthy

Author:Dylan O'Brien

“We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.”

People Different Ends Speak Process Band Different Peoples Radiohead

Author:Ed O'Brien

“The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.”

World Want Process Steps Roles Cutting Building Ready Corners Extremes Stuck Palestinian Fundamentalism Historic Junction

Author:Ehud Olmert

“Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Looks Art Film Process Watches Elements Shots Musical Rhythm Great Film Edited

Author:Frank Ocean

“As part of the process by which you hire me, you hire me. You just don't hire an hour of me to do a performance.”

Process Hours Performances

Author:Keith Olbermann

“Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech.”

Stills Turns Nations Process Vision Plans Speech Practicals Voters Convincing Credible

Author:Ron Fournier

“I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.”

Trying Stills Process Animal Written

Author:Tea Obreht

“The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.”

Wells Facts Form Process Water Views Known Involved Property Substance Chemicals Composition Formal Well Known

Author:Wilhelm Ostwald

“I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process.”

People Thinking I Can Process Term Records Unhappy Jaded

Author:Will Oldham

“Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.”

People Way Process Emotion Information Helpful

Author:Ellen Pompeo

“Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.”

“I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.”

Way Has Beens Made Process Enjoy Difficult Albums Exhausting Autonomous

Author:Grant-Lee Phillips

“To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.”

Process Term Results Democracy Consequence Oneself Definitions Practicals Characteristics Unwanted

Author:Thomas Sowell

“Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored.”

Peace Process Possibility Evolution Weapons Nonviolence Unexplored

Book:Congress and Its Future

Source: Congress and Its Future

“By choosing better feeling thoughts and by speaking more of what you do want and less of what you don't want, you will gently tune yourself to the vibrational frequency of your Broader Perspective. To see your world through the eyes of Source is truly the most spectacular view of life, for from that vibrational vantage point, you are in alignment with, and therefore in the process of attracting, only what you would consider to be the very best of your world.”

“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It’s a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it’s that private perpetual struggle. Put down the magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.”

“The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of David and Solomon, and bringing the whole world at last under the firm but benevolent Jewish heel.”

World Whole Lasts Process Special Mankind Glory Jew Whole World Firm Savior Heels Fabulous Messiah Benevolent Restoring Solomon

Book:Outline of History

Source: Outline of History

“I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over again. I don't think it's good to become so dependent on a certain writing process.”

Thinking Way Feels Writing Certain Process Dependent Writing Process Redundant

Author:Brie Larson

“I've been collecting photos for a long time, I mean since I started making money. But what you have had to go through to find a good photo is like a needle in the haystack sometimes. You'll drive from one gallery to the next gallery to the next gallery. It's not an easy process. It's a very ancient model that just hasn't caught up with the times.”

Mean Long Sometimes Next Easy Process Long Time Models Ancient Caught Making Money Caught Up Collecting Gallery Needles Good Photo

Author:Guy Oseary

“Corporations invest in sophisticated CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, programs to effectively oversee their relationship with their customers at every point during the buying process.”

Process Program Management Customers Corporations Buying Sophisticated Customer Relationship

Author:Marc Ostrofsky

“Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.”

Literature Process Theory Sake Discouraging Parody Jargon Arcane Literary Theory

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“I was always fascinated by the decision-making process and the managerial process and just business in general.”

Process Decision Decision Making Fascinated Decision Making Process

Author:Ronald Perelman

“A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.”

Film Process Solitude Directors Editing Craziness Film Set

Author:Alan Parker

“Such an emphasis on the immanence of God as Creator in, with, and under the natural processes of the world unveiled by the sciences is certainly in accord with all that the sciences have revealed since those debates of the nineteenth century.”

World Process Natural Century Creator Debate Emphasis Accord Nineteenth Century

Book:The Palace of Glory: God's World and Science

Source: The Palace of Glory: God's World and Science

“The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.”

Stills Faces Next Process Difficult President Challenges Progress Iraq Ministers Prime Fragile Speakers Representatives Evident Prime Minister Council

Author:David Petraeus

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