Quotes by category:Practice

Besides, going on tour and playing songs and arranging things, going to practice, it's all I know to be productive.

Stephen Malkmus

practice knows song

Practice is an ever-fresh, challenging flow of work and play in which we continually test and demolish our own delusions; therefore, it is sometimes painful.

Stephen Nachmanovitch

practice challenges play

If we split practice from the real thing, neither one of them wil... by Stephen Nachmanovitch

If we split practice from the real thing, neither one of them will be very real.

Stephen Nachmanovitch

splits real practice

The conception, composition, practice, and performance of a piece of music can blossom in a single moment.

Stephen Nachmanovitch

single-mom pieces practice

Mormonism is not simply a commitment to a theology or a church practice, but a social-cultural order.

Sterling M. McMurrin

practice order commitment

When I was told my team was lucky to win, I replied: "the more we... by Steve Blake

When I was told my team was lucky to win, I replied: "the more we practice, the luckier we get."

team practice winning

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

distance practice sports

It's not a question of whether the transition from old to the new goals, practices and metrics is going to happen. It's already under way.

transition goal practice

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding.

persistence real practice

What is common sense isn't common practice. by Stephen Covey

What is common sense isn't common practice.

common-sense practice common

Traveling fast over complex technical terrain requires a high level of technical ability and the endurance to support it. These two quite divergent capabilities need to be developed over years of practice. Omitting either limits your potential.

practice two years

Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional, you can work more quickly and effortlessly. To do this, we must be proactive. This is a Quadrant II (important, not urgent) activity that must be acted on. It's at the center of our Circle of Influence, so we must do it for ourselves.

emotional practice spiritual

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.

practice brain thinking

If you want money, buy lottery tickets. If you love music, practice and keep your overhead to the bare minimum. Keep your promises, who you are is more important than what licks you know to any band leader.

leader practice promise

System administration is where theory meets practice with a venge... by Steve Simmons

System administration is where theory meets practice with a vengeance.

vengeance administration practice

All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her 'ear' - the understanding and recognition of musical elements - for guidance.

understanding practice play

This is how great intellectual breakthroughs usually happen in practice. It is rarely the isolated genius having a eureka moment alone in the lab. Nor is it merely a question of building on precedent, of standing on the shoulders of giants, in Newton's famous phrase. Great breakthroughs are closer to what happens in a flood plain: a dozen separate tributaries converge, and the rising waters lift the genius high enough that he or she can see around the conceptual obstructions of the age.

intellectual practice water

It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to have to go out and sit in the car, and even in the summertime I'd have to roll up the windows. Because you just couldn't practice a banjo or a fiddle with other people around. Unless they're being paid.

car practice people

My wife and I practice "Doggy Style:" I beg, she rolls over. by Steven Rice

My wife and I practice "Doggy Style:" I beg, she rolls over.

style wife practice

I loved magic, and so I would practice my magic tricks in front of a mirror for hours and hours and hours because I was told that you must practice, you must practice and never present a trick before it's ready.

magic mirrors practice