Finish Quotes - page 5

It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year. (Peter O'Toole)
In perhaps 50 years, 60 years, we can finish completely this civilization, and offer to our children the possibility to invent a new story, a new poetry, a new romanticism. View quote
Philippe Starck
In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school. View quote
Tavis Smiley
I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities. View quote
Iris Chang
I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do. View quote
Alan Garner
I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me. View quote
Andrew Greeley
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor. View quote
Abe Lemons
I know what it's like to finish the laundry and to look in the basket five minutes later and it's full again. I know what it's like to pull all the groceries in, and see the teenagers run through, and all of a sudden, all of the groceries you just bought a few hours ago are gone. View quote
Ann Romney
We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc, which I'll hopefully finish some time before next summer. View quote
Arto Lindsay
I should just stay composed and run to the finish line. View quote
Asafa Powell
Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs. (Ahmed Yassin)
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race. View quote
Alain Prost
When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball. View quote
Barry Bonds
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on. View quote
David Rudisha
I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more. View quote
Denis Johnson
But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line? View quote
Diana Nyad
I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami. View quote
Dan Marino
It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline. View quote
Eberhard Weber
As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish. View quote
Eberhard Weber
This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish. View quote
Etta James
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. (Evan Davis)
I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail, I have sung rock'n'roll for forty years. After jail, I will continue to rock'n'roll. View quote
Gary Glitter
When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it. View quote
Herb Alpert
I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish. View quote
Ian St John
I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves. View quote
J. A. Jance