“When you have children, you realize that at the end it's all about passing on, about handing down. The process of letting go, not attachment, but appreciating the beauty and value in the change, the transformation.” ChildrenEndsValuesProcessRealizingLetting GoAppreciateTransformationPassingPassingsAttachmentPassing On Author:Andy Serkis
“I think that's an obligation you have, to give back no matter what happens. It actually ends up being easier when you're young than when you become successful. Suddenly you realize you've gone into a whole other realm of philanthropy, from just being a volunteer to being this person that dedicates buildings and saves lots of children in some faraway place.” ThinkingGivingChildrenPersonsEndsMatterWholeHappensYoungRealizingGoneSuccessfulBuildingEasierNo Matter WhatObligationRealmsJust BeingPhilanthropyVolunteerGiving BackBecoming SuccessfulFaraway Places Author:George Lucas
“In the end, the most important thing to me is that I've raised three kids. I know that'll be the most important accomplishment of my life and it is the most easily obtainable, because all you have to do is pay attention. It is hard work and most people don't realize that's the real gift they are getting in terms of goals and success and accomplishments.” PeopleKnowsImportantRealEndsHardKidsThreeGoalTermRealizingPayAttentionHard WorkImportant ThingsRaisedPay AttentionAccomplishment Author:George Lucas
“Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper, and I didn't benefit from the comparison.His footsteps seemed like good ones to follow, so I cultivated an interest in politics, and Borgman helped me a lot in learning how to construct an editorial cartoon. Neither of us dreamed I'd end up in the same town on the opposite paper.” EndsInterestRealizingCitiesTalentPaperBenefitsMajorsOppositesTownsComparisonCartoonConstructsFootstepsEditorialsInterest In Politics Author:Bill Watterson
“There are days where maybe the obstacle is too great, maybe I don't want to get up and go to classes or attend that marching band practice, but whenever I have those days, I just realize that I have to get it done and everything will turn out great in the end.” WantEndsDoneTurnsRealizingClassPracticeBandObstaclesGet UpGet It DoneMarching Band Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“I've always been a reformer all the time I served in public office, and remain a reformer in Ohio, but I also know how to get things done. And I think it's important that, while we acknowledge the anxieties that Americans have, I think it's also important we realize at the end of the day, we need to have somebody who knows how to land a plane, and I've landed quite a few planes.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsImportantEndsDoneRealizingKnow HowLandOfficeAnxietyPlanesAcknowledgeThe End Of The DayThings DoneOhioReformersPublic Office Author:John Kasich
“I count 'Underworld 4' as my training period for 'Total Recall.' I do think it was hard because I didn't realize how tired I was. It is quite a lot to sustain that kind of physical work over nine months altogether and by the end of it, I definitely felt like I had aged quite a bit in that year.” ThinkingYearsKindEndsHardFeltBitsRealizingMonthsPeriodsTrainingTiredNineRecallsUnderworldNine MonthsTotal Recall Author:Colin Farrell
“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?” ThinkingKnowsMenBookEndsFallRealizingCuttingGroupsDangerousRevolutionQuietSittingPaidLibraryAssMessBudgetsDesksFalling ApartLibrarianSubversiveBudget Cuts Author:Michael Moore
“We all share beauty. It strikes us indiscriminately. There is no end to the beauty for the person who is aware. Even the cracks between the sidewalk contain geometric patterns of amazing beauty. If we take pictures of them and blow up the photographs, we realize we walk on beauty every day, even when things seem ugly around us.” IfsPersonsEndsSeemsRealizingWalksBeautySharePhotographPatternsBlowUglyStrikesCracksSidewalkGeometric Author:Matthew Fox
“I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that you care about, at the end of the day, that's what really matters, even to hard-core sci-fi fans.” LongEndsMatterHardStoriesCareRealizingFansLetting GoFocusedCoreThe End Of The DaySci FiHard Core Author:Rian Johnson
“You just realize at the end of the day, everyone is going to have their opinion on your life, more and more so as you go along. As long as you're getting to work and be a part of it - still having fun, learn to just not sweat it so much and keep doing the things you love.” LongStillsEndsFunRealizingOpinionHaving FunThe End Of The DaySweatThings You Love Author:Dianna Agron
“Too soon we breast the tape and too late we realize the fun lay in the running. We deny that the end justifies the means without ever stopping to consider that for practical purposes the End and the Means are one and the same thing. If there is to be any satisfaction in life it must come in transit, for who can tell when he will be struck down in mid-method?” IfsMeanEndsRunningPurposeFunRealizingLateMethodLaysSatisfactionDenyPracticalsToo LateBreastsJustifyTapeStoppingEnds Justify The MeansSatisfaction In Life Author:Walt Kelly