Unfinished Quotations

Don't talk about writing. Write. Don't show unfinished work to anyone. Don't show finished work to non-writers. Get your opinions, not from friends and family, but by sending your work out to editors. An endless stream of rejection slips means you need to learn more. So learn more.

I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel.

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.

When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon.

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.

I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'

I believe we move in soul groups; we meet the same people over different lifetimes; we have to finish the unfinished business with those people. And when we do, they walk away from our lives.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

I write... sonnets... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored and my drawer is overflowing with unfinished short poems.

Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.

Murders are never forgotten, ... The charges filed today ... are the first steps toward bringing to justice those responsible for a long and unfinished chapter in the Colombo family's violent history.

My grandma was really sick when I was working on 'Sin Nombre' and eventually died that summer when we were finishing the film. But I was able to bring an unfinished version of the film for her to watch.

We're looking at it like we have some unfinished business to take care of this weekend. We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run, and I think we're primed to come in there and do just that.

Mauna Kea from Hilo has a shapely aspect, for its top is broken into peaks, said to be the craters of extinct volcanoes, but my eyes seek the dome-like curve of Mauna Loa with far deeper interest, for it is as yet an unfinished mountain.

From '86 until the summer of last year, wherever I went, people would say, ''You would have made a great James Bond! Weren't you going to be James Bond? You should have been, you could have been, you may have been.'' Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It was like unfinished business in my life. I couldn't say no to it this time around.

I felt like our team learned a lot today. I think our guys understand a little bit more how hard you've got to compete, and I'm talking about physically. Our guys play with great emotion and energy, but there's also a physical side they've got to learn. They are an unfinished product, but they really try. We played aggressively, we got up and down the floor and we played our style.

But the growth is uneven, and there is a huge unfinished agenda.

He felt that for his sake and for the pitching aspect of it, and the staff, he felt we're still going to win here and he's got some unfinished business to do with our guys. I think his intent is to get the job done here.

Part of our mission is to finish unfinished business.

It didn't make any difference to me who we play. We have unfinished business with both of them.

Today was about unfinished business. But we're looking to win states: That's the goal. We'll enjoy this for a little bit and then go right back to work.

The present Europe is unfinished business unless the Balkans are a part of it,

Those are things we'll turn to next week. We've got an awful lot of ability, an awful lot of character in our locker room that will be returning. And the one thing that sticks out in my mind is we have some unfinished business.

I was proud of the way we played against Mississippi, but I told (the players) we had some unfinished business. We can get fifth place ? that's what we are shooting for now.

That was all well and fine, but there was still some unfinished business, I felt, with the Lakers,

God is busy with the completion of your work, both outwardly and inwardly. He is fully occupied with you. Every human being is a work in progress that is slowly but inexplicably moving toward perfection. We are each an unfinished work of art both waiting and striving to be completed. God deals with each of us separately because humanity is a fine art of skilled penmanship where every single dot is equally important for the entire picture.

We have some unfinished business (and) I like to finish what I start. Obviously, the last two years weren't good.

He bowed is head into my throat, groaning softly. "I loved you long before you loved me. Its the only thing I have you beat at, and ill bring it up every chance I get." His mouth pressed to my skin, took on a devilish curve. "Lets get out of here. I'm taking you back to my place, this time for good. We have unfinished business, and I think its time we do something about it.

Door’s locked,” he said. “And we have unfinished business.

Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: 'My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don't you ever finish them?' James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: 'My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours?

Raoden looked up at his friend. "We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished.

I don't walk away from things that I think are unfinished.

Tomorrow is more unfinished business for us. We are very happy to be in the final, but we aren't satisfied. We will need a couple guys to play the match of their lives, but we know they are capable of it. This team takes its cue from Yasser. He'll be ready, and so will they.

We still have unfinished business. We still feel like we have something to prove.

Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he'll love you forever isn't finished with you until he's done.

Our Phoenician ancestors never left anything they undertook unfinished. Consider what they accomplished in their days, and the degree of culture they attained.

We, as a team, have something to prove after last season, ... The general feeling is one of unfinished business. The 2005 team is already determined to work our way back into the Centennial Conference playoffs and NCAA tournament. Being only one year removed from these experiences, we know what it takes and feel this goal is not at all unrealistic.

We, as a team, have something to prove after last season. The general feeling is one of unfinished business. The 2005 team is already determined to work our way back into the Centennial Conference playoffs and NCAA tournament. Being only one year removed from these experiences, we know what it takes and feel this goal is not at all unrealistic.

At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about myself.

I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.

We are pleased to have reached agreement on all issues with the (Capital Improvements Board) related to the lease and look forward to the successful completion of all other unfinished agreements.

We're ready to make a run. That's been the girls' goal from the beginning of the year. They feel like they've got some unfinished business from what happened last year. But understand, when you start on that tournament trail, it's one game at a time, and the team you have to beat that night is THE team. You can't look too far ahead.

While this was not the film Dave was going to make...we'd talked about if for so long, that it was unfinished business. But it really tells what it's like. You're seeing a film from the astronaut's point of view.

We will have space that will be unfinished for more suites if the market demands that and or that space might be used for other kind of seating but it's not for a large expansion, just a different use of the space inside the arena walls if you will.

USC says they have unfinished business with us. We're the only team that beat them the last couple of years. I like it when people are talking about you.

There is a lot of unhappiness in the area. This is a big development and people's views on how it looks are mixed, but everyone would agree that they don't want an unfinished building.

The terminal is 98 percent completed and the two percent unfinished portion will be completed by March 31.

The governor feels he got a mixed reaction to a special session, and he will continue in the days ahead to consider whether to call legislators back to deal with unfinished business.

Emerging markets as a group have proved they can sustain high growth and attract capital. There is tremendous dynamism but there is a huge unfinished agenda.

There's just a bit of unfinished business with the group. His body feels great.

The way this past season ended, we felt there was a lot of unfinished business we needed to take care of and it started with this first game. We were very eager to just go out and show everybody that there was not going to be a drop-off and to prove to ourselves that in order to get to where we want to go this is the first step that needed to be taken.

Think your life was made for dreaming, nothing more,When God's work lies all unfinished at your door?

This is an unfinished business. This is a part of the old chapter in our relationship that we cannot close.

I'm very proud of what we've achieved ... but there is, however, a large unfinished agenda.

I like the spreads - designing them is a welcome challenge - but for a dyed-in-the-wool page-a-day journeyman like me, it can be tough to leave a drawing unfinished at the end of the workday.

I'm very happy for our seniors, Erin and Alex. They think they have some unfinished business to take care of.

I'm really looking forward to the 2006 Champ Car season, we had some unfinished business last year when we led more laps than anybody but had a lot of bad luck. I've been in a few other types of race cars recently and can say that there's nothing more enjoyable and challenging to drive than a Champ Car.

I haven't achieved what I need to yet, I have still got unfinished business and I am just going to keep at it.

In the end, it basically came down to where I felt like I had some unfinished business here. I didn't like how things ended last year from a team standpoint or on a personal standpoint.

I had a meeting with coach Edwards. He's a great coach. He's been around, played in the league a long time. It made sense to come back next year and give it another chance. Talking to him, I just thought we had some unfinished business. We needed to get back and see what we could do.

I had a lot of unfinished business here at Duke University.

The bottom floor was going to be left unfinished for storage or future classrooms,

As a coach, I don't know how surprised that you are, but you know how difficult it is to get here. It's always an honor to be here. But at the same time, they have continued to have the feeling inside that there's some unfinished business unless this game is won.

not playing any games on this. All I can think about all the unfinished tasks we want to accomplish here.

I like to have nothing more than to have it come down to him and me and have the shoe on the other foot. I have some unfinished business with Truex.

In this one book are the two most interesting personalities in the whole world - God and yourself. The Bible is the story of God and man, a love story in which you and I must write our own ending, our unfinished autobiography of the creature and the Creator.

I just felt like it was best for me to come back. I feel I've got unfinished business.

I hope I get to continue with this because there is some unfinished business. I'm going to be in baseball for many more years, whether it is here or not. I'm not done. I'm confident that I can do this.

I really feel like we left no stone unturned as far as the show went. It was easy to leave in that sense. There was no unfinished business. It was a good nine years.

I really felt, before we started this album, that there was unfinished business,

In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable we eventually learn that here, in this life, all symphonies remain unfinished

The unfinished is nothing.

'Arctic Summer,' as you might know, is the title of Forster's one unfinished novel.

After doing the solo records, I was playing a lot of acoustic shows and just began missing the band dynamic. So getting back to Son Volt was, for me, finishing unfinished business.

A new CEO, a new approach to doing business, and clear up this kind of unfinished business -- that's the strategy here, ... It's a steep price to pay, but markets hate uncertainty. It's a price worth paying for Boeing.

The business has changed, ... The business is what it is; it's a business. Therefore, it's hard to do the films like 'An Unfinished Life' that are more humanistic. I've always been selective, and usually like to do my own things. But as that narrows down, it becomes more and more difficult. But I love it. My love is performing and directing.

Their loyalties to the program, their passion for the sport, they can't leave it as unfinished business after what transpired this last year. It shows the type of character these young ladies have.

The city's allegation that Larry Silverstein would walk away with $500-plus-million in the event of a default, leaving an unfinished project, is quote unquote ridiculous and misleading.

These kids know how to win n you've seen it with softball. As a former player, I still think about (not winning a regional). We have some unfinished business to take care of.

It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished.

Peace is more than a lofty ideal. It is a practical principle that, with conscious effort, can become a normal part of our lives as we deal with matters both large and small. One habit that prevents inner peace is procrastination. It clutters our minds with unfinished business and makes us uneasy until we finish a task and get it out of the way.

The trip that we're taking . . . we're not holy rollers or anything. I'm not on a mission. I just feel like we have unfinished business to help out the people down here who helped us, whether they was there helping or just here praying for us.

For me, it's one win. We've still got unfinished business.

You don't get 'The Unfinished Swan' or 'Shadow of the Colossus' or even Telltale's 'Walking Dead' until you've sat through the long, linear infodumps of something like 'Metal Gear Solid'.

We're very lucky to get another chance. It's a great opportunity. We have some unfinished business. We got that feeling of what it's like to watch another team celebrate at the end of the season. We can use that for motivation, because we don't want to let that happen to us again.

We're going into the tournament really focused on that one game. We have some unfinished business with them.

It was a win-win situation for me. But we have some unfinished things to do here in Cincinnati.

This is the most optimistic I've been in a long time. I've got some unfinished business.

I believe Koizumi when he reaffirmed his intention to stand down next September and also believe he will change his mind. There have already been calls for him to extend his term, not only to take care of the unfinished business on his reform agenda but also to lead the LDP into the Upper House elections in July 2007.

I am about 2 semesters short of graduating and plan to finish my degree. I don't like to leave any unfinished business.

I feel I've got unfinished business at international level.

I do feel there's unfinished business here, but I believe this team is headed in the right direction. I think the fans can appreciate the steps that have been made from last year. There's work to be done, and I don't feel like I've had the type of season I can possibly have for this ballclub, but yes, I'd like to be a part of it again.

Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.

Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.