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Process Quotes

Where change begins, one deliberate step at a time.

This collection gathers quotes on process, the unglamorous stretch between an idea and its finished form, from a movie's scriptwriting stage to how a university builds a fair admissions system. Several also reflect on process in a much heavier sense: the long, uneven march of historical reform toward freedom. For more on the mindset behind making things, see our Creative quotes.

When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.

Quotes by Rowan Ricardo Phillips

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

Quotes by Rose Namajunas

For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.

Quotes by Rosanne Cash

The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.

Quotes by Rosa Luxemburg

My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.

Quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.

Quotes by Ronnie Montrose

I was always fascinated by the decision-making process and the managerial process and just business in general.

Quotes by Ronald Perelman

Can a nation use the methods of terrorism? Can it harm innocent civilians in the process? What are the costs? Where is the line?

Quotes by Ronen Bergman

I am not a lawyer or an expert on the Constitution. But as the chairman and CEO of a major health plan, I had a ringside seat to the entire health-care reform process.

Quotes by Ron Williams

We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We...

Quotes by Ron Jaworski

The key to any successful plan is buy-in from the public, and what this process has demonstrated is the importance of including citizens in formulating a consensus plan that preserves our beautiful refuge.

Quotes by Ron Kind

There's a process in the movie industry in both live action and animation called development hell!

Quotes by Ron Clements

When you're allowing the Executive Branch to deprive somebody of a constitutional liberty without any process, that is something that affects all Americans because that's a precedent that can be used.

Quotes by Ron DeSantis

On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On 'Moonrise Kingdom,' I showed up for one day.

Quotes by Roman Coppola

What is special about the House of Marley is that it's my father's vision that guides our production process.

Quotes by Rohan Marley

The way I made 'Diamonds and Dirt,' which had all those hits in a row, was that I was just making a record. It was just the one that rolled up in my natural process, and it happened to be...

Quotes by Rodney Crowell

Everyone has a right to change their consciousness, but ultimately the whole process is misleading.

Quotes by Robyn Hitchcock

Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient.

Quotes by Robin Cousins

Science is not a collection of facts; it is a process of discovery.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

The process of creating is related to the process of dreaming although when you are writing you're doing it and when you're dreaming, it's doing you.

Quotes by Robert Stone

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes about process focus on?
They explore process from several angles — the practical stages of making a movie, the fairness of an admissions process, and the slower processes of historical change. It's a good reminder that most big outcomes are built step by step rather than happening all at once.
Is there a quote about the moviemaking process?
Yes. One quote notes that "Movies are made in the scriptwriting process and prepping and preparations for the shooting process," highlighting how much work happens before filming even starts. If you enjoy quotes about the arts, the Creative quotes page covers similar ground.
Do any of these quotes talk about fairness or admissions?
One quote discusses using race "as one of many factors in an admissions process that is accessible to all," in the context of cultivating leaders who reflect a diverse society.
Is there a quote connecting process to history or emancipation?
Yes, a couple of quotes describe emancipation in America as something that could have come through "the slower process of humanitarian reform," but instead arrived through war — and note that "the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour."
Where can I read more quotes in a similar reflective tone?
You might enjoy the Being quotes for thoughts on identity and existence, or the Me quotes for more personal reflections.

Some quotes here are less about method and more about identity, how a process shapes Being along the way. Pair this page with our Like for more on comparison and change.