Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing but a boring writing exercise for you.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.

The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.

When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.

I think we should be passionately curious about what we do.

I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

Discipline socialized children. They became tolerable to those who didn’t already love them.

Losing your patience and your temper isn't the most attractive thing, but as kids get older, you wind up raising your voice.

Almost everything is interesting if you work at it.

'Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions.

When I protested because they wouldn't buy me new skates or if someone complained a teacher gave too much homework, Dad would respond: There's no whining in this house. It was his way of saying: there is no place in this house for feeling sorry for yourself.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.

If you are bored, you are not paying attention.

Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because children don’t have what it takes to scold. You need only three things, really. You need time, to think up scolding things to say. You need effort, to put these scolding things in a good order, so that the scolding can be more and more insulting to the person being scolded. And you need chutzpah, which is a word for the sort of show-offy courage it takes to stand in front of someone and give them a good scolding, particularly if they are exhausted and sore and not in the mood to hear it.

It is obvious that the only interesting people are interested people, and to be completely interested is to have forgotten about "I".

As long as you are curious, you will never be bored.

If I was single and did not have kids, I wonder whether if I would try as hard to be patient, to mind how I react to situations. Not saying people who do not have children don't, but in my life and how I fight against doing the things that have positive impact in my life...I think I would find it easier not to practice the principles did I not have children.