Quotes About Adversity

They make us live in the crap, and now they're taking the crap away? No!

Even though it seems foolish and silly and crazy, comedy has the most to say about the human condition. Because if you can laugh, you can get by. You can survive when things are bad if you have a sense of humor.

I was at my best when I was backed into a corner. Like a cornered rat I had to somehow jump out of it. I would never surrender. Carl knew he would never get the same answer twice, and I loved to surprise him. Carl: Who is the favorite of all your girlfriends of all time? Mel: Shirley. Carl: What was so special about Shirley? Mel: Her friend Leila. Carl hit the floor.

Comedy is a weird but very beautiful thing. Even though it seems foolish and silly and crazy, comedy has the most to say about the human condition. Because if you can laugh, you can get by. You can survive when things are bad if you have a sense of humor.

Failure is vital. It is an incredibly important quotient in the equation of a career. After you wipe away your tears, it's not a bad experience and under the right circumstances it will make you better, both as a person and as an artist.

Ea poare ca nici nu isi da seama, dar i-a rupt viata in doua. L-a spintecat, asa cum fulgerul despica un copac. Din el n-a mai ramas decat trunchiul, drept si bine infipt in pamant, trunchiul retezat pe care a crescut muschiul, in care si-ai facut pasarile cuib, dar care n-a mai putut sa renasca. Pana cand si radacinile au putrezit si s-au prabusit, inaltand spre cerul care l-a pedepsit o adunatura de lemne rasucite.

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Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.

The two horsewomen of the apocalypse still win, despite their dwindling numbers.

He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him on their journey. That somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.

City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure.

Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.

Best prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.

She and me? We the same in some fings. We live. The others, those orphan kids, they dead. Because she and me, we want to live and we do anyfing to make that happen. That's the difference between us and the others.

I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left.

I've been in that void,' she told me once. 'Don't you ever give in to it

Strange things happen when we stand face to face with our enemy, don't they, Phaedra of Alonso?

people hate change and, more than anything, they hate those who try to change things.

People with lost personalities will suffer a great deal more than those with lost virginities

If she allowed herself to give in to the whole sadness of it, she'd never ever be able to operate like a normal person again.

How can you fight the world with a quiver in your voice, Beatriss of the Flatlands?

You are strong and young, and you will find a way out of this darkness. But that path will belong to you. No one else.

It's what depression does to a person; it changes them completely.

This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying. "Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We don't have a kitchen." "Why do you always have to be so pessimistic?" she asks. "We can double up in our rooms and have a barbecue every night like the Cadets." Silently I vow to keep Raffy around for the rest of my life.