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Doing Quotes

On action, effort and the discipline of doing the work.

These lines describe doing in its many forms: the overlap between film and television production, the uncertainty built into research, and committing to work you believe in even without much recognition. For more, see our Action quotes.

A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Quotes by Margaret Deland

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A really big thing I've learned - and I think it's so liberating - is when you realize no one knows what they're doing.

Quotes by Maren Morris

My job is to show them clearly what they are doing, and what they are doing wrong on the pitch. To help them know why and understand why, even if you prepare and understand the plan, why you are doing...

Quotes by Marco Silva

It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.

Quotes by Marcus Allen

I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.

Quotes by Marcus Allen

I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a...

Quotes by Marcus Allen

We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp; the dream, in this sense, is...

Quotes by Marcus Buckingham

The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel that maths was in tune with the other things I liked doing.

Quotes by Marcus du Sautoy

I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.

Quotes by Marco Beltrami

Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.

Quotes by Marco Brambilla

Perhaps I created the monster Ramsay, who ended up as a TV personality screaming at celebrities on 'Hell's Kitchen,' doing to them what I had done to him.

Quotes by Marco Pierre White

Obamacare is simply incapable of doing what it is supposed to do - provide nearly universal care at an affordable and sustainable cost.

Quotes by Marcia Angell

I think calling what Paul Ryan is doing a 'budget' is lending some validity to it. It is not a budget. If it were a budget, he could justify his revenue projections, he could justify his cuts, and he can't....

Quotes by Marcia Fudge

I'm happy doing what I do.

Quotes by Marcia Fudge

We didn't have a drill so he would burn the holes through the wood with a metal rod that he heated up in a fire. Can you imagine an ordinary crew doing that?

Quotes by Marc Singer

One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.

Quotes by Marc Webb

In the beginning, the cubists broke up form without even knowing they were doing it. Probably the compulsion to show multiple sides of an object forced us to break the object up - or, even better, to project a panorama...

Quotes by Marcel Duchamp

I feel that, for each show I've been doing, there's a character that dominates. Then in the next show it plays a smaller part, and then in the next it has a sort of cameo piece. So they all have...

Quotes by Marcel Dzama

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does "doing" mean across these quotes?
The quotes use "doing" to describe the actual craft of working (film vs. TV production), following through on belief in your own work, playing certain kinds of roles, and even the nature of research itself.
Is there a quote comparing film and TV work?
Yes: "When you're doing the work, film and TV are exactly the same. TV is just film in reduced pieces." For more on taking action rather than just planning, see Action.
Is there a witty quote about research here?
Yes: "Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing" is a short, self-aware take on the research process.
Does this page include anything about acting roles or casting?
Yes, one quote describes being cast more often as a villain-type ("more Iago than Hamlet") while insisting the real goal is playing people doing the right thing rather than simple villains. For more on positive action, see Doing Good.
Is there a quote about believing in your own work despite doubt?
Yes, one recalls finding award shows hard to watch early in a music career, "because I believed in what I was doing" even while unsure of having a real shot. For more short, punchy takes on getting things done, see Doin or Doers.

Also see our Doing Good quotes for a values-driven angle, or Doers quotes celebrating people who take action.