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Certain Point Quotes

Every limit has a moment it gets crossed.

These quotes each mark a threshold moment, whether that's a legal line around drinking and driving or the emotional shift from loving travel to simply wanting to be home. One speaker even redefines a common label entirely once their career crosses that same threshold, a theme also explored in our Life quotes.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

Quotes by Tracey Gold

At a certain point in my personal life, I went through a divorce and lost some people close to me.

Quotes by Tim Meadows

I'm living my dream, and that's all you can ask for. At a certain point you have to ignore all the rest.

Quotes by Sienna Miller

Music is what I always dreamed of doing. But at a certain point in my career, they convinced me to act, and that started me acting.

Quotes by Sandra Echeverria

Doing Quotes

See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys.

Quotes by Rosalind Wiseman

Luke Skywalker, right now, is the last Jedi. There's always wiggle room in these movies - everything is from a certain point of view - but coming into our story, he is the actual last of the Jedi.

Quotes by Rian Johnson

You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

Quotes by Philip Johnson

I found at a certain point in my acting career that I was just bored. I had too much energy. I had too many ideas.

Quotes by Peter Berg

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

Quotes by Pete Sampras

Feel Quotes

As a director, nobody told me I'd be talking to people all day. I'm naturally reclusive - I feel myself peek out at a certain point and go, 'All the extrovert in me is done! I'm on reserve!'

Quotes by Pete Docter

At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration.

Quotes by Paulo Freire

I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to find the research. It's my responsibility to digest it and do the best that I can with it. But at a certain point that responsibility...

Quotes by Oliver Stone

I no longer say I'm unemployed. I say I'm unemployable. It's different. An unemployed suggests at a certain point in the future, you might be employed. That's not the case with me. I'm unemployable, and unfortunately, that's one of the...

Quotes by Norman Finkelstein

You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.

Quotes by Neal Schon

Life Quotes

I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

Quotes by Natalie Massenet

Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn't make any difference how many dollars you have-at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with...

Quotes by Michael Nesmith

My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.

Quotes by Martin Milner

At a certain point in my career, I was probably having a difficult time 'holding space.' So you get a character that has to be commanding in order for him to resonate and make sense.

Quotes by Mahershala Ali

I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view.

Quotes by Lisa Cholodenko

Me Quotes

It's fantastic to have the opportunity to work abroad, and do all that, but there is a certain point where you're just like, 'Oh, I'd love to work at home.'

Quotes by Keira Knightley

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "certain point" mean across these quotes?
It marks a threshold or turning moment, whether legal, emotional, or professional, where something noticeably shifts.
Is there a quote about unemployment or career identity?
Yes, one speaker draws a distinction between being unemployed and unemployable, explaining how their own certain point changed that label permanently.
Is there a quote about legal limits, like drinking and driving?
Yes, one quote notes that while driving after drinking isn't automatically illegal, there comes a moment where it clearly turns into a crime.
Is there a quote about missing home while traveling?
Yes, one speaker admits that despite loving the chance to work abroad, eventually all they want is to be back home.
Where can I find more quotes about personal realizations and life lessons?
Our Life quotes page and Feel quotes page both explore similar turning-point moments.

Another line reflects on the money side of the music business, describing the moment naivety gives way to hard-earned awareness. For more on personal realizations, see our Feel quotes and Doing quotes.