We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you’re the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn’t. We have multiple passions. – Larry Smith
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live. – Moliere
That’s a part that’s always a challenge for athletes: trying to keep the passion alive while knowing it’s still your job. There’s no question that at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I’ll be pretty burned out. And when that time comes, then I’ll take a step back and take a look at it and see if I want to keep going. – Landon Donovan
When it’s all said and done, jazz with a capital J is where I’m coming from. Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk – that’s what I really studied when I was a teenager and what really fueled my passion. – Jose James
Our mission is making the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Which people come to work at Yahoo to build on that mission? Those who are inspired by that, and you can feel that passion in the products. – Marissa Mayer
There are over 170,000 pages of regulations in Washington, D.C. I want to streamline the rules in the federal government to basically allow businesses to grow without fear of burdensome federal regulations. That’s a passion to me, regulatory reform. – Jason T. Smith
I like passion in voices. I like passion in music. And I find that, sometimes with today’s music, it’s just so perfect – it’s that high fidelity and all of the auto-tuning and all that stuff. It’s too perfect for my ears. – Lindi Ortega
Anybody who’s serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively. – Leeza Gibbons
My beloved husband goes through radiation, and a book of sonnets is my passionate response. And then after he dies, I write another book of poems as a farewell. The two keywords here are passion and joy. I simply have a passion for writing, and I do it with joy. – Jane Yolen
Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends on their assigned task but predictably and reliably follow orders and just work harder. – John Hagel III
Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like the best of friends. – Jennifer Chiaverini
To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion. – Mikhail Bakunin
Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me. – Kailash Kher
It’s a fire, it’s a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I’ve always enjoyed and I’ve always been very proud of is that the people I’ve done business with, the people around me have always made money. – Kevin Plank
American Made is not just an event. It’s a movement to spotlight and support the next generation of creative entrepreneurs who are turning their passion for making into thriving small businesses. – Martha Stewart
No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don’t think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do. – Kim Weston
Unless you have a real passion for making movies, then don’t bother. I had to carry energy and light into every meeting, only to be told, ‘We don’t want you.’ I couldn’t take it personally. You just have to wait, and live for those moments when the casting director likes you. – Laura Harring
Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation. – Mariella Frostrup
My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe. – John Rowland
If someone else made ‘Up in the Air’ or ‘Thank You For Smoking’ or ‘Juno,’ I would have wanted to rip their head off. I need that same sort of passion for every project I take on. – Jason Reitman
I think the fun of following the movie box office and stocks is very similar to the fun of sports – all three combine passion and unpredictability. – Leonard Mlodinow
Sure, it’s fun to chat with people with interesting backgrounds who seem to have a passion for your company. But a job interview is not a friendly chat. You need to determine whether candidates, can they really do the job. So ask them to prove it. – Kathryn Minshew
If you’re from South London you feel like you’re always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through. – Jessie Ware
