Max von Sydow Quotes

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.

If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?

I don't work at something because I think it's important. I work at things that, to me, are interesting.

I'm the type who'd rather not work than work on something I'm not into. I've done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.

I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.

You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring.

I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about.

I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.

Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.

You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.

I've never taken a job on anything I didn't want to do.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

I wasn't obsessed by magic. People say, 'How you can you claim you practiced eight hours a day and weren't obsessed?' Well, people go to a job they don't even like for eight hours a day; it's not obsessive if it's something you like.

If there is a job that you feel passionate about, do what you can to pursue that job; if there is a purpose about which you are passionate, dedicate yourself to that purpose.