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Getting Started Quotes

On the first, unglamorous steps forward.

The people quoted here aren't celebrating arrival — they're describing the climb before it. One talks about scars still to earn and goals still to conquer; another recalls the slower, harder path of getting started in a smaller market before finding traction. See Advice for more.

When I was getting started, I was so busy just fighting my way through, and I was under contract at Warner Brothers. I did 40 hours of color television with the late Robert Taylor as a young cop.

Quotes by Adam West

'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater in Evanston, Illinois - back when I was getting started. I was just 25 and I...

Quotes by Tracy Letts

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

Quotes by Rick Perry

People think floating should be the easiest and happiest time for a company, but it's actually really hard. We were meant to think we'd won - we'd gone public and could go on to new things. But we were only...

Quotes by Parker Harris

Advice Quotes

I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.

Quotes by Nikki Sixx

I was lucky to book a show pretty quickly after getting to L.A., but I struggled getting started in Vancouver. If I had gotten those earlier roles in Vancouver, I wouldn't have gone to L.A. to get the show that...

Quotes by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

I'd always had the concern that being in commercials would affect my credibility when I was getting started as a TV and film actor.

Quotes by J. K. Simmons

At American Airlines, we have built a business around the love of travel that has lasted three quarters of a century. And I'm pretty sure we're just getting started.

Quotes by Gerard Arpey

I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of...

Quotes by Eric Lefkofsky

Always Quotes

Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.

Quotes by Emily Giffin

There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.

Quotes by Eddie Van Halen

If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started.

Quotes by Drew Houston

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

Quotes by Dan Rather

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

Quotes by Conor Maynard

Being Quotes

Grills are how to achieve a great flavor on meats and vegetables. They bring people together. The smell of them getting started is therapeutic.

Quotes by Chuck Inglish

Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary... That has always been a potent combination.

Quotes by Brad Stone

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Getting Started quotes page about?
It's built around the uncertain early push of any new pursuit — mountains still to climb, a career only just beginning to take shape, a struggle in a new city before things click.
Why do people search for getting started quotes?
This topic draws readers at the beginning of something — a new job, a creative project, a fresh chapter — looking for words that match the uncertainty of a first step.
Do the quotes describe getting started as easy?
No, quite the opposite — one account describes struggling in Vancouver before things finally worked out in Los Angeles, which suggests persistence matters more than a smooth launch.
Is there a political use of the phrase here?
Yes, one line uses "just getting started" as a warning to opponents that the real work, and resistance, is only beginning.
What else is worth reading after this page?
The Advice quotes offer more practical encouragement for early stages.

Even a political voice borrows the phrase as a warning that the real work is only beginning. For related motivation, check Being and Black.