Specific Quotes - page 4

People get caught up in asking whether Americans should be going here or there. What it boils down to is the call of the Lord. If the Lord has called you to a specific area, that's where you are going to see the fruit. (Michael Scott)
Nothing gives you confidence like being a member of a small, weirdly specific, hard-to-find demographic. View quote
Mindy Kaling
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable, in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities. View quote
Peter Zumthor
In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field. View quote
Richard Yates
Through its influence upon the unconscious, music can have a specific healing effect. It can help in eliminating repressions and resistances, and it can bring into the field of waking consciousness many drives, emotions and complexes which were creating difficulties in the unconscious. View quote
Roberto Assagioli
You have to be very specific on the technical part of the acting. View quote
Stephanie Corneliussen
Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend. View quote
Stephen Chbosky
The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts. View quote
Suze Orman
I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized. View quote
Toni Collette
I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text. (Bong Joon-ho)
Never waste time and energy wishing you were somewhere else, doing something else. Accept your situation and realize you are where you are, doing what you are doing, for a very specific reason. Realize that nothing is by chance, that you have certain lessons to learn and that the situation you are in has been given to you to enable you to learn those lessons as quickly as possible, so that you can move onward and upward along this spiritual path. View quote
Eileen Caddy
The Charge will change your life. Our brains are hard wired to meet specific human drives, and learning to harness and activate those drives is the secret to success and happiness. This is a smart and beautifully written book, and it will electrify your life. Get this book! View quote
Daniel Amen
I'm a big believer in what's called personalized medicine, which refers to customizing your health care to your specific needs based on your physiology, genetics, value system and unique conditions. View quote
David Agus
The essential purpose of astrology is not so much to tell us what we will meet on our road, as it is to suggest how to meet it – and the basic reason for the meeting. Which quality in us, which type of strength is needed to go through any specific phase of our total unfoldment as an individual person. View quote
Dane Rudhyar
A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life. View quote
Jerzy Kosinski
The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow. View quote
Carlton Cuse
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor. View quote
Christina Ricci
Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head. View quote
Leon Panetta
Christianity is a very historical religion - it makes specific claims that are open to testing. View quote
Lee Strobel
It does not pay a prophet to be too specific. (L. Sprague de Camp)
At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific. View quote
Jan Neruda
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. View quote
Lynn Abbey
I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command. View quote
Lynn Abbey
The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement. View quote
Charles J. Givens