Quotes About Adversity

I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.

A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

Every depression is a challenge to every manufacturer to put more brains into his business.

The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.

Bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow, Ang'ring itself and others.

I think you need a really strong businessperson running the state, a person who's used to turning negatives into positives, which is what happens in business.

An entrepreneur is someone who is the king of his business one day and its slave the next.

The lows may be the highs in disguise.

Business is a bed of roses but need to remove thorns all the time

Life is like business. It's 20% what happens to you and 80% how you respond".

We broke something, I think it was traction.

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.

There have been three times. Once I got in a car accident and shattered my finger. A few years ago I didn't feel like being alive. That's all I can say.

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.

You would not believe how loose this car is for two laps after the green. Then, just like that, it's back to how it was before. But, those first few laps, damn, it's loose! JUNIOR NO LIKEY!

A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident.

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

I'd rather drive the yellow brick road, you wouldn't happen to know of a rental car place around.

I left with nothing and needing to begin a new career.

You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that.