I spent a great deal of my career willingly ignoring the fact that people are participating in it, because it allows me to function without second-guessing it, without thinking, 'Oh, I wonder what people are gonna think of this,' or, 'I wonder what people aren't gonna think of this.'

Devin Townsend

There's a huge part of me that's thinking about perfection. I have to fight that urge, to try to live in the moment, reach for something that I might be hearing, and not second-guess myself.

Aaron Diehl

Mom Men Art

I'm not the tallest or the thinnest - and I think being in shows is a major part of when I stopped second-guessing myself.

Adwoa Aboah

Art Top Think

The myth is that women and their families don't have to make trade-offs to have an 'extreme career'; they absolutely do. How you prioritize your life and career is your choice. Once you make a decision, stick to it; don't always second-guess yourself.

Angela Braly

Women Men Life

Something I learned as an actor was which scenes needed to be rehearsed and which actors are good with rehearsal, which actors learn from it, and which ones grow stale because they start to second-guess themselves.

Angelina Jolie

Good Art Wit

Normally, when I'm not performing or stealing, I second-guess myself; I have doubts.

Apollo Robbins

Tea T Stealing

I'm not a big believer in second-guessing decisions.

Bob Iger

T Sing Sin

Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.

Carter Burwell

Work Very Thing

When women apply for a job, we ask ourselves, 'Am I qualified? Do I have the experience? Do I have the education? Do I have the abilities?' When a man looks at that job, he thinks, 'How much does it pay?' We need to stop second-guessing our abilities. We need to stand up and make ourselves heard.

Catherine Cortez-Masto

Women Men Experience

Writing comedy is an exposing thing because you're putting yourself on the line with every joke you write, and although you can't second-guess an audience, if you want to be successful, you have to write stuff people like.

Catherine Tate

Success Yourself Yours

Once you've achieved success, and you're making decisions that are working, I don't understand why anyone would be second-guessing themselves.

Chelsea Handler

Work Success You

To be honest, I already felt that I was going to win the gold medal, but with school being so hard I was kind of second-guessing myself. So, when I actually was told that I was going to be able to walk across the stage and be done with high school, it was such a relief.

Claressa Shields

Age Wit Win

I don't second-guess our playcalling or wanting to throw it. Honestly, we've got terrific guys. We know how to matchup. We know how to get open. That part of our game is so intact.

Dan Quinn

Art Wanting Want

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.

David Bowie

Work Ways Way

I am not going to second-guess my old battlefield comrades from Iraq and Afghanistan; each has his own reason for what he has done.

David Petraeus

Tan T Stan

I spent a great deal of my career willingly ignoring the fact that people are participating in it, because it allows me to function without second-guessing it, without thinking, 'Oh, I wonder what people are gonna think of this,' or, 'I wonder what people aren't gonna think of this.'

Devin Townsend

Great Car Art

I'm not someone who wants to be second-guessed at all.

Dinesh Paliwal

Who Wants Want

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.

Don Mattingly

Yourself Yours Your

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

Don Mattingly

Learning You Year

Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.

Don Mattingly

Time Age Tim

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

Doug Harvey

Good Art Umpire

If you've got to second-guess talking to a teammate, what you have will never work.

Draymond Green

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

Dwight Yoakam

Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published.

Edmund White

I always second-guess what I am doing.

Erin Andrews

Quickness and momentum. You take the whole last generation of sports, listening to them, even reading about them, watching the games, analyzing them, arguing about them, instant-replaying them, second-guessing them, and all you'll distill from them is quickness and momentum.

Frank Deford

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.

Garry Trudeau

The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them.

George T. Conway III

I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home.

Howard Coble

If you start adapting to audiences, you're really second-guessing the situation, and it becomes a bit more like cabaret.

Ian Gillan

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

James Lovelock

I don't go back and read my own stuff too much, but there are times where I second-guess myself and said I could have done something different, like a line of dialogue.

Jason Aaron

Comedians second-guessing themselves is scary. Poor taste is not a crime and we can't forget that.

Jeff Ross

I'm not going to allow myself to second-guess projects. I'm just going to do the ones that I fully love and believe in - that's a real privilege.

Joel Edgerton

I used to be pretty hard on myself, like, if I didn't like a haircut I did on someone, I would think about it a lot and second-guess myself. But after therapy and a lot of work, I know how to dust myself off a lot faster, and those things don't knock me down as much as they used to.

Jonathan Van Ness

Life is very short, and if you worry what people think of you, if you second-guess yourself, you're in trouble.

Karren Brady

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

Kate Walsh

There's so much control, so many executive producers, so many people looking over their shoulder, so many people trying to second-guess the boss. The space for writers and directors and actors to be creative is zilch.

Ken Loach

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

Lauren Conrad

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

Lyle Lovett

You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself.

Mariano Rivera

I remembered the times I'd second-guessed myself or questioned my own ability. The times when a little voice in my head worried that I didn't have the know-how or the experience to reach for an exciting opportunity.

Marillyn Hewson

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

Mark Duplass

I never second-guess myself.

Michael Cimino

Perhaps there should be a box on the census form that says, 'I'm a criminal.' Everyone who has ever committed a crime would be required to check it. If everyone were forced to acknowledge their own criminality, maybe we, as a nation, would second-guess our apparent zeal for denying full citizenship to those branded felons.

Michelle Alexander

I don't know if anybody can second-guess what they will do on Capitol Hill.

Montel Williams

I think a lot of times you start to second-guess yourself, especially as a young player, but you've got to have confidence that everything will be all right.

Mookie Betts

Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction.

Nathan Myhrvold

Whenever I work, I'm never really happy. I'm always second-guessing.

Nell Carter

Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

Nick Clegg

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways it's a lot easier than acting because you're orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes you're trying to second-guess what people want.

Paddy Considine