Hobbies Quotes - Page 13

• What you want to do as a living and get paid for, others want to do as a hobby and for free.

  Robert W. Bly

  Want, What You Want, Paid

  Robert W. Bly (2003). “Careers for Writers & Others Who Have a Way with Words”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.

  Scott Weiland

  Writing, Opportunity, People

  "Scott Weiland's new solo LP is a 'Hodgepodge' inspired by marital woes and brother's death" by Chris Harris, www.mtv.com. November 10, 2008.

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• I just sing. But I have a fun hobby: I love to do archery. I'm pretty good on target. I'm not sure about the distances - maybe only 7 or 10 feet, so far, but I've scored the bull's eye several times, but usually always hit the target.

  Jackie Evancho

  Fun, Distance, Eye

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• Well, it's not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend to find out how to get people more of it.

  Penn Jillette

  People, Income, Kind

  "Flashback: Penn Jillette Calls Cops on Groping TSA Agent". drudgereport.com. November 13, 2002.

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• Decorating has always been my hobby.

  Lee Radziwill

  Decorating

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• Figure skating is not a hobby. Its my work, which I want to do, and do well.

  Adelina Sotnikova

  Want, Skating, Figures

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• All I do is watch TV and films, and when I'm not doing that, I'm making them. I need a hobby!

  Rebecca Mader

  Watches, Needs, Tvs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm very much thinking in music most of the time, but I really would love to start filming because when I was a teenager, that was my big hobby and it was always fun for me to explore that world.

  Trentemøller

  Fun, Teenager, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I used to own some hobby aircraft, but I got rid of them. I didn't have the time.

  Connie Kalitta

  Used, Aircraft

  Source: blog.caranddriver.com

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• It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Nice, Writing, Careers

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• You see the pictures in the paper today of John Kerry windsurfing? He's at his home in Nantucket this week, doing his favorite thing, windsurfing. Even his hobby depends on which way the wind blows.

  Jay Leno

  Home, Blow, Wind

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• Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Children, Believe, Parent

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• I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. But when I started writing songs, I wrote very serious songs. Or things that a 13-14 year-old would think are very serious issues.

  Kyle Dunnigan

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.

  Robyn Hitchcock

  Smart, Musician, Lucky

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• Skating has so many styles. Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

  Lil Wayne

  Sports, Style, Skating

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a book and read it there - that gives a guy something to ask you about. Same goes for sketching, writing, or any hobby you can take with you.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Coffee, Book, Writing

  "Dating Advice". The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. February 9, 2005.

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• I went [to Hobby Lobby] this morning and bought the cutest little wicker basket to hold all my morning-after pills.

  Cecily Strong

  Morning, Pills, Littles

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• I went to this massive co-ed school for the first time when I was 16. Everyone there had been together since elementary school, and I found it quite difficult, especially when I'd never stepped into a classroom with boys. So I started looking out in the community for a social outlet. I started getting involved in student films and community theater. Acting began as a hobby.

  Holland Roden

  School, Boys, Community

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• People over 100 are the fastest-growing group in America. People soon will be working 'til 100 - some because they have to - and living 'til 125 or even 135. What do I know, I'm just a weatherman, but I've made a hobby of studying this, and it's phenomenal.

  Willard Scott

  America, People, Groups

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• Some surveyors live for the work, putting in weeks or months at a time in remote locations. With a young family and hobbies that I'm passionate about, that isn't the path I've chosen. Like in many careers, you need to make your own decisions and follow your own path.

  Mark Mason

  Careers, Decision, Needs

  "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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• I only work on my books at nights and at weekends. It is really just like a hobby.

  Jeff Kinney

  Book, Weekend, Night

  "Jeff Kinney: 'I didn't think I was writing Wimpy Kid for kids' - interview" by Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2011.

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• Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. So, it was great to be able to get to do it.

  Andy Serkis

  Passion, Mean, Climbing

  "Andy Serkis Interview – Talks THE HOBBIT, TINTIN, BURKE & HARE and SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL". Interview with Ron Messer, collider.com. May 16, 2010.

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• Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

  Andrew Stanton

  Home, Fishing, Back To Work

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. June 25, 2008.

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• I chased every band around the world. Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, you name it. I could just go on and on. It was my hobby, my pastime, and my obsession for several years.

  Cassandra Peterson

  Mother, Years, Names

  "Elvira on her date with Elvis and the fish recipe she got from Vincent Price". Interview with Katie Rife, aux.avclub.com. OCtober 5, 2016.

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• I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.

  Zachary Quinto

  Summer, Mom, School

  Interview with Patrick J. Adams, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 18, 2016.

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