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If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.

Quotes by William John Wills

If you start focusing on the next job, then you're probably not going to do the one you have very well.

Quotes by William H. McRaven

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

Quotes by William Glasser

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.

Quotes by William Goldman

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house.

Quotes by William Graham Sumner

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.

Quotes by William Dean Howells

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools.

Quotes by William Bennett

There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results.

Quotes by Will Self

I was astounded to learn that Alaskan caves might be hiding secrets about the earliest people ever to enter the Americas. That's when I began to picture a story that would start with kayaking and lead into the caves.

Quotes by Will Hobbs

Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.

Quotes by Whitey Ford

I think that if a United States of Europe were to be formed, it would be in our interests to fight for it, as all our old traditions would remain in such a united Europe, whereas if we were to...

Quotes by Werner Heisenberg

I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.

Quotes by Wentworth Miller

I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers.

Quotes by Washed Out

My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.

Quotes by Waris Ahluwalia

If you want to freak your cat out, stare at your cat. If you want to reassure your cat, stare at your cat, then very deliberately and very slowly blink. Like that. The cat will also deliberately, slowly blink back...

Quotes by Walter Murch

I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work...

Quotes by Walter Jon Williams

There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that it's just for me, and there's other things that could basically be for anybody or be anything, at...

Quotes by Walter Becker

I keep threatening to keep a formal journal, but whenever I start one it instantly becomes an exercise in self-consciousness. Instead of a journal I manage to have dozens of notebooks with bits and pieces of stories, poems, and notes....

Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

NASA should start thinking about this planet.

Quotes by Wally Schirra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about starting despite pain or difficulty?
Yes - one quote is blunt about it: "Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain," describing the reality of an athlete's arm wearing down over time.
Does this page include a quote about starting fresh in a broader, political sense?
It touches on it - one quote considers what's gained by keeping "old traditions" while imagining "a United States of Europe."
Is there a quote about not starting a career for the wrong reasons?
Yes - one quote pushes back on superficial reasons for a career, saying the goal wasn't to "get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection" or chase a certain lifestyle.
Is there a short, punchy quote about starting young?
Yes - it's just a few words: "we start young, honey!"
Where can I find more quotes on similar themes?
Browse our Go quotes for more on taking action, Good quotes, Like quotes, or Always quotes for related ideas.

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