Top 165 Counts Quotes

The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I’ll be offered films in America. It’s the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.

I love everything about the holidays: the decorations, the parties, and spending time with friends and family. What I love most is that feeling of giving back. Every bit counts.

The end of the trial and the ‘not guilty’ verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.

What really counts isn’t whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it’s your mindset.

There’s nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it’s spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual’s mechanics. And you can’t look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager.

Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts.

You don’t have the chance in a small business – when every dollar counts, every day – to make too many mistakes and recover from them, and you don’t have the luxury of waiting to make the decision. You have to move quickly.

When I’m making a new ballet, I usually read through the score a little bit, and then I have to go back and translate or transcribe all the counts for dancers because the way that you hear it is completely different from the way the musicians read and play it.

All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.

I had played ‘Mortal Kombat’ back I arcades in London, and I loved it. I came to the movies as a genuine fan of the intellectual property, and I think that counts for a lot.

There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

I look at the athletes who have come before me and been so impressed with what they have done and been inspired by what they have done, but I’ve never really looked at the stats of medal counts.

One does not contemplate it like a picture. The idea of contemplation disappears completely. Simply take note that it’s a bottle rack, or that it’s a bottle rack that has changed its destination… It’s not the visual question of the readymade that counts; it’s the fact that it exists, even.

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It’s what you learn, what you think. That’s all that counts.

Luckily for both the tech industry and Hollywood, there is only one thing that counts – use of the Internet is still growing exponentially, as consumers shift to digital everything from analog.

The usual test under the Federal Election Campaign Act for whether something counts as a campaign expenditure is whether the obligation would have existed but for the campaign. If so, it is not a campaign expenditure.

Religion can be both good and bad – it is spirituality that counts.

I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it’s so sporadic, I’m not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.

A lot of young artists think that by looking tough in a homemade video they’re worth something. In time they’ll realize getting respected for your talent is what counts.

What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document.

Being favorite counts for nothing. I am focusing on doing the best time of my life, whether or not it’s the best in history or the best in the competition.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

My teammates trust me to put the ball in the basket when it counts.

But I think it’s hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it’s good I’m learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

It’s a different world because of the Internet and bloggers. Now, every editor is concerned about speed because every minute counts. Speed is more important than content. Whoever gets a review out first becomes the authority.

From a cognitive standpoint, I’m very aware that you have no room for error in a picture book. Every word counts.

What I want people to take away from my music is that it’s important to listen. Especially for young people, your opinion is the one that counts the most when it comes to your craft.

Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.

I’m glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts.

I don’t care what you play, where you’re from, who you produce. It depends on what you’re doing when you’re with me. That’s what counts. I don’t pre-judge anything or anybody.

Get yourself a pedometer. It’s an inexpensive device that fits in your pocket or clips on your pants and counts your steps.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Your self-image is the result of all you have given your subconscious mind as a database, so regardless of your background, what you are willing to become is the only reality that counts.

Americans who want a healthy and clean environment expect lawful, effective, and economically sound regulation – the Clean Power Plan failed on all three counts.

Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it’s for the better on both counts, but I guess we’ll see.

What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you care about in this world. That’s what counts in this life.

America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being ‘hegemonistic’, of engaging in ‘unilateralism’, of behaving as if we’re the only nation on earth that counts. We are.

In the end, it’s what a player does on the pitch that counts and Messi has been the best.

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts.

People say 53 is too old to be a dad, but I dont think so. Its the input you have that counts, and youre more experienced and worldly-wise.

From my vantage point as a catcher, those are tough lineups to face when guys lay off the tough pitches and work counts and still have the ability to drive the ball. It’s usually a recipe of some good offense.

Of course I climbed Everest without oxygen, but it’s not the end of the story for me. The summit itself is not what counts. It’s how’d you get there, what’d you climb, and there are really great opportunities to climb on this mountain. It’s a beautiful place.

It’s the story that counts.

In times of stress, I frequently remind myself that I’m doing what I want to do most and that’s what really counts.

Playing a final is great, but it’s winning it that counts.

Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

I’m trying to make sure that I get to my 0-2, 1-2 counts. That’s really how I would rather phrase it: I’m trying to make sure that I can drive the count into my favor.

At the end, if you are good in your film and you have more films coming your way and good characters to play, nothing else counts.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

I just want to say to women, ‘Be yourself – it’s the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that – and it takes a few heartbreaks – you can be happy.’

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

In qualifying it’s not enough to play well. Only winning is good enough, and that’s all that counts.

As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like ‘The Godfather’ or ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ or ‘The Graduate.’ You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.

I just trust the director and never overanalyse the script, screenplay, etc. You are just taking a bet at the end of the day, so confidence, be it on the filmmaker or the script, is all that counts.

Ellen Galinsky’s surveys at the Families and Work Institute pointed to a desirable norm for many parents for working not full-time, but part-time. And I get that. I mean, Norway has a 35-hour work week. That counts as part-time for us in the United States, you know. And Norway’s doing well, by the way.