I don’t keep any copy of my books around… they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them. – Ludwig Bemelmans
I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball – just spend a lot more time with my family. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we’re playing our roles, we’re like separated twins. We can almost finish each other’s dialogue. – Mary Tyler Moore
I knew I’d have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel. – Judith Rossner
There’s shorthand that happens when you work with someone you know where you can almost finish each other’s sentences. There’s just a certain back and forth that becomes much easier with someone you’ve worked with for so long. – Joe Lo Truglio
It ended up taking eight years to finish college because I got deployed and went overseas. – Jon Huertas
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. – Karrine Steffans
We’ve got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren’t finished when they finish their speech. – Lamar Alexander
I don’t know – I haven’t seen any of my movies after I finish them. I leave the editing room; I don’t go back. – Lee Daniels
‘Battlestar’ was 22 episodes – 9 to 10 months a year – and we were exhausted. You finish shooting, and the last thing you want to do is go back to work. You want those 3 months off because you’re tired – it’s a grueling shooting schedule. – Katee Sackhoff
The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner – to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat. – Joe Henderson
I have seen women who are very interested in tech finish their graduate or undergraduate degrees, but then choose not to pursue a career in tech because they’re not sure they want to spend the next 20-30 years in an industry that’s very male dominated. – Padmasree Warrior
I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa. – Peter MacKay
My stories run up and bite me on the leg – I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off. – Ray Bradbury
You can start any ‘Monty Python’ routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand. – Robin Williams
Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It’s what you do after you cross the line that really counts. – Ralph Boston
The thing you’ve got to watch for is going broke when you’re old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That’s terrible! – Pearl White
Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits. – Richard M. Nixon
My biographers… would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided… to flip the order. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that’s the ideal editorial cartoon – it’s to the point. – Paul Conrad