Quotes About Attitude

Being broke is not a crime, nor is it proof of one's inadequacy as a writer or as a human being. If you go around with an attitude of implicit apology for being temporarily without funds, it's going to do you more harm than good.

He was always inclined to be a moody man, very exuberant when things were going right, very depressed when they weren't.

Too damn long.' He put his coat on an empty chair, settled a slim attaché case on top of it, and placed a narrow-brimmed gray hat on top of the attaché case. He seated himself across the table from me and dug his lucky charm out of his pocket. I watched him set it spinning. 'Too goddamned long, Matt,' he told the coin.

I told Carolyn it was a great day for running, and she told me there was no such thing.

the switchboard operator answered every call, "Hotel Dixie, so what?

I wasn't sure I liked him, but I was just as happy not to like the men I worked for. It bothered me less that way if I felt I was giving them less than full value.

The answer is, be positive in spite of what you have or what's happening. That's how to be happy.

We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we miss its point.

The cousin was made of different stuff; his biting air of laziness and superiority made one want to kick him.

Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem.

I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm tired of these stinky boots

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.

What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers.

And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.

And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife?" I asked. Walt gave me a sad look. "Then that's what they experience.

But, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That's why they all look so sad.

I was always spiritual, even as a child. I was taught to pray, show gratitude. We had an attitude of gratitude. Even if life was ugly, bad or sad - we prayed.

I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science.

It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist.

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.