Best 1260 quotes in «process quotes» category

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.

The more clearly the immensely speculative nature of geological science is recognized, the easier it becomes to remodel our concepts of any inferred terrestrial conditions and processes in order to make outrages upon them not outrageous.

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever.

The most important thing an artist can discover is a love of process.

The most important person in the motion picture process is the writer... and we must do everything in our power to prevent them from ever realizing it.

The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ?

The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before.

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.

The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gradual process for me.

The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.

The only thing I know for sure about the creative process is it always comes back. Magically. When there are no creative juices and nothing is coming to me - if I wait - it comes!

The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.

The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, 'Lo, on this day I shall forever put away childish things and begin clipping coupons to go to Wal-Mart.'

The 'open text' often emphasizes or foregrounds process, either the process of the original composition or of subsequent compositions by readers.

The poem is a process, a way for me to discover questions, to ask them clearly or to discover the results of certain suppositions. Suppositions are a form of questioning.

The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

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.

The pre-shoot days are so relaxed and fun and the writers are laughing. I love the rehearsal process.

The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles.

The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.

The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.

The process, not the final achievement, is what it's all about.

The process of innovation is, of course, never ending.

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.

The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.

The process is not simply of constructing a new tonal from scratch, but reordering the one you have.

The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.

The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who've suffered, who've been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight.

The process of specialization tends, almost inevitably, to narrow the sources from which the rules of any science are drawn; and English law is no exception from this rule.

The process of change is made up of subtraction and addition. Taking something off and then puttin something on.

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.

The process of growing and learning always involves risk.

The process of letting go is like taking a journey to the center of your being.

The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.

The process of transformation consists mostly of decay.

The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

The purpose of apology is to extend ourselves in such a way that relationships become deeper, and life becomes richer and more human in the process.

The pursuit of excellence is a continuous process through life. Enjoy the pursuit.

The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one.

The process is to me is going onstage night after night after night after night until I get a new hour. And then once that hour is solidified and recorded, I move on.

The process of casting a movie has many complicated variables...

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.

The process of developing superior strategies is part planning, part trail and error, until you hit upon something that works.

The process of eliminating the samskaras and reaching complete enlightenment is very technical, wonderful, and mystical process.

The process of living is the process of reacting to stress.