The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building a company for a hundred years. – Dan Rosensweig
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline. – Eli Broad
I don’t stay in one discipline because it’s more lucrative than another. In fact, the most successful thing I ever did was ‘Just Kids,’ for which I had absolutely no expectations. – Patti Smith
Environmentalism isn’t a discipline or specialty. It’s a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don’t think ‘In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.’ – David Suzuki
In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine. – Donatella Versace
I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it’s going well or not going well. – David Duchovny
Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline. – Peter Benchley
The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you’re asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer. – Penelope Cruz
The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. When I made the switch to acting, I was able to break that down into small, measurable goals like I did with bodybuilding. – Matt McGorry
Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You’ve got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it’s not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect. – Gal Gadot
I’ve criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just continue with more of the same or, as the case is now, to make it worse. Under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s budget, we will double the national debt in five years and triple it in 10. – Erik Paulsen
In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching. – Nick Frost
My life just got taken over by my cooking. If you don’t have any discipline, which I don’t, you can make 10 gallons of chocolate mousse, take a spoonful and another and another, and you won’t realize you’ve eaten like five servings of it. It’s just what you do. – Duff Goldman
Computing should be taught as a rigorous – but fun – discipline covering topics like programming, database structures, and algorithms. That doesn’t have to be boring. – Geoff Mulgan
I’ve had to learn and discipline myself that I’m much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It’s just that simple. – Nick Offerman
There’s such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn’t appropriate another’s inventions. – Ethel Merman
I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It’s a discipline. So that’s definitely different. It’s part of maturing as a person and as a professional. – Donald Miller
Language is too complex for a computer to understand. It’s not going to be able to make sense of what people are saying en masse. We need a new type of discipline that puts together computer scientists and social scientists, who can add context to the situation. – Noreena Hertz
I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go. – Estella Warren
I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world. – Damien Chazelle
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. – George Washington
Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose. – Mike Johanns
The best restraint is old-fashioned market discipline, in which financial traders know that they, personally, will lose a ton of money if they take risky bets that don’t pan out. – David Ignatius
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. – George Washington
I started on computers with ‘Billy Bathgate,’ a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up for a while because it’s so easy to revise, I tended to stay on the same page. I’ve learned to discipline myself. – E. L. Doctorow
I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I’m afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to. – Geddy Lee
