I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
How many people, though, do I meet that I think have talent? Well actually a lot. That’s what drives my enthusiasm in the conversation about diversity.
The enthusiasm around carbon capture and sequestration was probably greater before the shale-gas discovery and the low prices were so prevalent.
Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people’s enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.
If you don’t love what you’re doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you’re not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.
Sometimes enthusiasm can drive you too far, but you learn from your mistakes.
If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
My feeling was that I simply didn’t have the enthusiasm to do reinvention.
I’ve lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I’ve never lost my self-respect, and I’ve kept what I find in few men of my age – my enthusiasm.
When it comes to casual clothing, my enthusiasm for clothes starts to waver.
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.
The enthusiasm, the adulation for us as jazz artists, in Kiev and Odessa was really heartwarming.
We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.
I’m not a Larry David. I don’t have a ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and a ‘Seinfeld’ in me.
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
Now that I am an actor (if you can call me that) I still watch movies with the same childlike enthusiasm.
When you start to feel you’re not coming to work with the same enthusiasm, maybe you shouldn’t hang onto that job.
L.A. runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy. I’ve heard people say there’s a limit to the number of years you can stay in this city without going slightly mad. It’s just too damn sunny in every dimension – weather-wise, socially and professionally.
You’re sent scripts, and for some, as soon as you start reading them, you feel an instant connection to the character. You know who they are, you know how to play them, and there is instant enthusiasm. Then, at the audition, you don’t have nerves because of that natural affinity.
People will run up to me with tears in their eyes and say, ‘You’re Ashley Graham?’ and I match their enthusiasm and respond, ‘Yes, I am!’ and all they say is, ‘Thank you so much.’
Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.
Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job as parents is essentially to pass on the enthusiasm we had for the things we loved. That’s how we’ll get them to fall in love with reading in the first place and, hopefully, to stay in love with it.
Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
We have to straighten out our country; we have to make our country great again, and we need energy and enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.
Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters – but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
I live in New York, but I am always delighted to come to Europe because I am European and grew up here until I was 20. I am not only Italian, I am partly Swedish. When my parents divorced, I was three years old and went to live in Paris… when I am offered a film in Europe, I come with great enthusiasm!
I’m suspicious of the idea of categories in music and this idea of things being in boxes. To me, that seems unnatural. I write the music that somebody with my biography would write, and the thing that’s always driven me is an enthusiasm for the material. I sort of follow the notes to where they want to go.
How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
Enthusiasm moves the world.
My father was an inspiration to me; I made a few movies with him and I loved working with him. Everything about him – his whole approach to work, as well as his love, enthusiasm and respect for it and other people in the business – was inspiring. I was very lucky to have him as a role model.
The biggest kick is reading something new and exciting and then getting other people to share your enthusiasm. Beyond all the cant and hypocrisy in publishing, that’s what it’s all about.
I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened.
It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.
The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it’s true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.
There’s a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of great fans everywhere you go in college football.
However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.
Though German art can never be Bavarian, but simply German, yet Munich is the capital of this German Art; here, under shelter of a Prince who kindles my enthusiasm, to feel myself a native and member of the people was, to me, the homeless wanderer, a deep, a genuine need.
I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn’t think about whether I was ready.
An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.
What’s great about the geek spirit is that life never seems to stop us, and they never seem to kill our enthusiasm, our optimism and our hunger to experience the world. We keep our sense of humor, we protect our dignity, we talk to our friends about the experience and then we start again fresh the very next day.
Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call ‘good manners,’ sometimes people don’t quite believe you. I’ve had that once or twice before, where they assume you can’t be for real.
Here in South Korea, I’m continuing to learn English in order to boost my prospects. When North Korean defectors try to get a job to stabilize their lives, their lack of English is a handicap. It was the same story while I was living in China. It took an enormous amount of time and enthusiasm to learn Chinese.
Sometimes, when you have a young team full of enthusiasm, they don’t feel any pressure; they just play.
Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can’t compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan’s free market enthusiasms.
I used to be a film and music journalist, and wrote for different magazines in the 1990s. I still love music, but the experience destroyed my enthusiasm for film.
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.
When it comes to jiu-jitsu, enthusiasm, being able to say the right stuff and the best stuff, no one comes close to Joe Rogan. He just smashes everybody.
Being accused of enthusiasm is something I’ll never live down.
I hate to rain on anyone’s parade or burst the enthusiasm bubble, but talk is especially cheap during an election season.
We have the most amazing security team around us, and beyond that, our fans are just very enthusiastic, and they have a great way of showing their enthusiasm.
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
Something very special happens with music when it is written with great enthusiasm.
I’ve voted in every election – not always for the same political party and never with any degree of enthusiasm.
