Backburner Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes, on particularly good takes, I'm so moved that I stop "doing" the scene and just watch in awe at the miracle of good acting. As I said earlier, that's life up there. When it flows like that, that's when I say "Print. — Sidney Lumet

My belief is that sports in school is not an extracurricular activity. — Brian Kilmeade

I've lost 12 inches in three weeks. Every time I go for the costume fitting each week, it's smaller and smaller. I'm feeling great. I'm putting in the work. I'm getting a lot of sleep. Everything is on the backburner right now. 'Dancing' is my priority. — Ricki Lake

They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again. — Yasunari Kawabata

You deserve someone you're proud of. Someone who loves you the way you deserve to be loved. Don't ever stick around with anyone who puts you on the backburner, okay? — Steph Campbell

Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References. — Scott Belsky

There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although golf is a great sport to watch on television. — Bill Paxton

That's exactly the problem! People don't want to open their eyes and see the Truth because the illusion suits them. As long as they're fed whatever lies they want to hear they're happy, because the Truth means nothing to them. Look at my parents - they're struggling under the weight of so many pointless pressures, but if they could ever free themselves from this self-inflicted oppression they would find genuine happiness. Instead, they continue to go down a path of achievements and accomplishments and material success and shit that means nothing because that's what America's all about, and now they're trapped. And they don't get it! — Imbolo Mbue

Sleep takes her down fast, and very deep, whirls her through places too fragmentary to call dreams, then spits her abruptly back to the surface. — William Gibson

... the sort of smiles used at weddings, turned on very carefully to half pressure to prevent them wearing out. — R. C. Sherriff

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player. — Paolo Maldini

I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm involved with so much television at the moment. — Kevin D. Williamson

I don't regret anything I do, ever, whether articles I've done or things I've said. And as far as what's happened in the past, I wouldn't take anything back. — Eva Longoria

In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer ... — Leo Tolstoy

The worst possible approach to a problem is waiting until it becomes overwhelming or irreversible, and that is exactly what many people do. They put dealing with stress on the backburner until they start to experience all the worst symptoms of stress, and by then, it may be too late! — Gudjon Bergmann

Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there. — Norman Vincent Peale

A voice can also repel, infuriate or actually make a listener ill. — Johnny Olson