When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.' ➡

Any attempt to understand the motivation of these occurrences is blocked by our own anthropomorphism. Where there are no men, there cannot be motives accessible to men. ➡

We must not underrate our adversary; the U.S. soldier has technical capacity and is backed by weapons and resources of such magnitude that render him frightful. He lacks the essential ideological motivation which his bitterest enemies of today — the Vietnamese soldiers — have in the highest degree. We will only be able to overcome that army by undermining their morale — and this is accomplished by defeating it and causing it repeated sufferings. ➡

I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can't do it, I'm trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add to that chip on my shoulder. ➡

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing. ➡

It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field. ➡

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line. ➡

When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced. ➡

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. ➡

The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably. ➡

Motivations are too tangled and complex. ➡

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation. ➡

I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold. ➡

I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else. ➡

I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign. ➡

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. ➡

I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York. ➡

But now I'm getting that spiritual motivation to visit Africa. ➡

Google is about information and computers and making things really fast. Facebook is about the sharing and connections. These missions give these companies direction and motivation. ➡

It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations. ➡

The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated character. Personality and motivation are what make Magneto, Magneto and not Cosmic Boy. The powers work for him, but it's his motivation that makes him the character he is. ➡

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. ➡

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best. ➡

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not. ➡

I have so much respect for athletes like LeBron James. I get motivation from them because I know how many hours they put into it. It takes a lot of hard work and drive. ➡

It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation. ➡

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again. ➡

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work. ➡

Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation. ➡

These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again. ➡

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. ➡

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday. ➡

For me, it's just acting. It's pretending. The best actors are children, and children don't do research. You never see a child going, 'I'm wondering about my motivation here. How can I do this toy? How can I do this train? I don't feel train.' ➡

If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation. ➡

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good. ➡

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently. ➡

There's always motivation coming into Majors. If you can't get up and get excited to win one of these, then you probably shouldn't be playing golf. ➡

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation. ➡

I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations. ➡

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation. ➡

I don't think there's any real motivation for somebody to be a truck driver. Mine was simple; dad was a truck driver, I wanted to own one. ➡

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited. ➡

I'm a better person in a relationship, and I'm a happier person. I need to come home at the end of the day and have it not be about me and my freaking hair and makeup and character motivations anymore. And I think my work is more inspired when home is safe and sound and solid, because what I do for a living is so bananas and so insecure. ➡

You have to understand who your customer is and her motivations and marry it to what's happening in the outside world. ➡

The last two years we got beat in this round. They came out with the motivation to win. ➡

Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work. ➡

My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy is a representative form of democracy. ➡

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it. ➡

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. ➡

People often say that motivation doesnt last. Well, neither does bathing ➡

An employees motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. ➡

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there. ➡

Jim Ross: Was his motivationdo you believe his motivations then, primarily? He said he didnt leave here for the money. ➡

Dont make your goals match your motivation. Make your motivation match your goals. ➡

Ability is what youre capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ➡

Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. ➡

Sir Alexander Dane: Well, youre just gonna have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation? ➡

Sylar: Maybe you need a little more motivation. You will purge me of these powers, Parkman, or I will use them. I will use them all. And trust me, I can get really creative. ➡

I think our team playing well helped him. I know hes very concerned about joining this group, his senior class. That was always his motivation and I didnt want to take that motivation away from him. ➡

There is only one lasting motivation; and that is self-motivation. Others can inspire us, but only you can take action. ➡

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. BecauHse people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true. ➡

Ari: Listen. Read Jack Welch, Tony Robbins, Phil Jackson. Motivation! This shit works! You want to be Shaq or Kobe? Michael or Scotty? Damon or Affleck? ➡

Daario Naharis: Youre right. My motivations are entirely impure. kisses her Doesnt make me wrong. ➡

Have and show motivation to do and learn. Thats the key for a good career. Everything else is an extrapolation of that. ➡

[first lines]Dalton Russell: My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. Ive told you my name: thats the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But theres a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison. The What is easy: recently I planned and set in motion events to execute the perfect bank robbery. Thats also the When. As for the Why: beyond the obvious financial motivation, its exceedingly simple... because I can. Which leaves us only with the How; and therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub. ➡

Jaleel White: You wanna know the problem? You wanna know the problem? Im getting nothing from the chicken, thats the problem. He just sits there with his head all slumped over. I have absolutely no idea what my motivation is! ➡

Mappo Trell, I believe motivations prove, ultimately, irrelevant. Upon either side of the battlefield the face grins with blunt stupidity, even as smoke fills the sky from horizon to horizon, even as crops whither and die, even as sweet land turns to salt. Inequity ends, Trell, when no-one and no thing is left standing. ➡

Self-motivation is a simple process of being true to yourself and others alike with a real simplicity. ➡

The sound of the headboard, thats motivation. ➡

Any attempt to understand the motivation of these occurrences is blocked by our own anthropomorphism. Where there are no men, there cannot be motives accessible to men.Ch. 9: The Liquid Oxygen, p. 134 ➡

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ➡