Quotes About Persistence

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.

There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.

After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times and then one night it'll flop. And that's when I really take a hard look at myself and say: 'Well, that crowd is obviously wrong. That crowd has absolutely no idea what it's talking about.'

I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it did.

I had already drafted the manuscript that would become my first book by the time I graduated from college, but I had no idea what to do with it.

I asked for a guitar when I was 8 years old for Christmas. I have no idea why. I never had any guitar heroes. I still don't. But there must have been something in me because I've been playing for 30 years.

I've learned how to exist and get work done when you're exhausted. I've finally gotten to that level, because at first I had no idea how I was going to do it.

I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be.

There's a limit to what each guy physically can do, but there's no limit on how far you go.

If there's no point, then there's no point giving up.

There's no point in playing well and losing.

There is no point of doing anything if you're not going to do it all the way.

And at no point did making 'Brothers McMullen' feel like work or hardship. It was really just a matter of 11 days of fun over the course of 8 months.

I left everything I had to become an actor. So, I better be excited, or otherwise, there is no point in doing all this. Else I would end up being disappointed with whatever I achieve.

If you're going to go for a thing, there's no point unless you're going all the way.

There is no point in appearing in just a few episodes. If I do a show on television, it won't be for a few episodes only.

I have no problem talking about how hard it's been, how broke I've been, and how broke I was not even that long ago.

But there's no problem to lift before the game in the morning, then play the game at night.

There are some great songs - like, I really like 'Snowcone' and 'Whelk Then' and 'No Problem.' I think I'm dissatisfied that it's not written from start to finish; it's over a year's worth of work that doesn't correlate.

The longer it goes on, the harder its going to be.

Es la esperanza lo que me impulsa a seguir; no hay garantías, como si se tratara de una apuesta. Pueden llamarme soñador, ingenuo, o cualquier cosa por el estilo, pero estoy convencido de que todo es posible

There is no reason to feel lost, for: Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, No birth, identity, form -- no object of the world, Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing;... The body, sluggish, aged, cold -- the embers left from earlier fires,... shall duly flame again.

sin embargo, a veces no podía evitar preguntarse por qué había dedicado tanto tiempo a cortejarla si ahora no hacía ningún esfuerzo para estar con ella.

It wasn't over. It still isn't over.