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Enthusiasm Quotes


"Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string."


"No, I can't write treatments, I think there's a danger with treatments. That you... you write out your first excitement and enthusiasm in a prose treatment."


"Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone."


"Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible."


"Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down."


"I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win."


"I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing."


"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."


"That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!"


"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."


"I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill."


"Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment."


"To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully."


"Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights."


"No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty."


"Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm."


"I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy."


"It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine."


"Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster."


"As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later."


"It's been the most creatively liberating thing I've ever done and so I'm bringing some of that mad enthusiasm to Marvel for the next couple of years as they let me loose on some Marvel Universe titles you'll be hearing about soon."


"One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity."


"A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease."


"Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others."


"Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget."


"I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm."


"It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild."


"Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest."


"I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning."


"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."



"It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself."


"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."



"One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others."


"The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm."


"You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it."


"Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive."


"With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now."


"Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses."


"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."


"But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance."


"Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances."
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