Driven Quotes

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

I don't make a list of questions. Ever. I think a lot of my interviews are driven by my need to feel connection.

All activity in the brain is driven by other activity in the brain, in a vastly complex, interconnected network.

On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures.

I'm not driven by being understood.

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.

The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.

I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging.

Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.

Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him.

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore.

To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

It's a long way from not having enough serotonin to thinking the world is "stale, flat and unprofitable"; even further to writing a play about a man driven by that thought.

Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it's ethically driven.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

When I got heartbroken at 20, it just felt like someone had spiraled a football right into my skull. At 40, it feels like someone had driven a 757 right through me.

My opinion is that the only two computer companies that are software-driven are Apple and NeXT, and I wonder about Apple.

We try to use the talents we do have to express our deep feelings, to show our appreciation of all the contributions that came before us, and to add something to that flow. That's what's driven me.

I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture.

I can be intolerably jealous and I think that’s what’s driven me. My ambition knows no end.

I can't help thinking the failed New York bomber would've done far more damage if he'd simply driven throught Times Square in a Toyota.

All our parents have levels of deviousness. We're driven to write about this discrepancy between the bright shining selves they invented and the monsters lurking underneath.

This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die.

We are shallow because we are mayabang, ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

As a holistic being you shatter the illusion of your separateness and reveal your connection to everything. This empowers you in a way that the ego-driven self could never contemplate.

Save the Date' feels like a quiet story about two sisters and the men in their lives, kind of reminiscent of the quieter rom-coms of the 1990s; it's very character-driven and not as wedding-focused.

Explain to me how he [her son] can ride a bicycle, run, play ball, set up a camp, swing, fight a war, swim and race for eight hours ... and has to be driven to the garbage can.

Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.

I like to think that it looks effortless rather than trying too hard. I'm not necessarily a trend-driven person. I like to kind of do my own thing.

I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.

If you aren't experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.

The only way I knew I was ready to come out was I was being driven crazy by the fact that I was not out.

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him--Aylss on the let cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then they glared daggers at each other. -pg 372

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.

Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.

For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground.

For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.

They put the Negroes in the schools, and now they've driven God out.

O, the sweet, sweet twilight just before the time of rest, When the black clouds are driven away, and the stormy winds suppressed.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must not walk in fear of one another. We must not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.

My stories are character driven.

I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy, but who can energize those whom they lead.