Quotes About Persistence

There are all kinds of addictions, and I've got every single one. If you set me in front of anything, I will do it until I ram it into the ground and it's done working for me.

Even bigger directors like Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma have faced flak, that doesn't mean they've shied away from filmmaking.

The Ramones went through a couple different line-up changes, and Johnny and Joey held through the whole thing. So right now I'm the only one hanging in there.

It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody.

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

I left Guiding Light so many times, they ran out of champagne.

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy.

There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.

I didn't really start building my own stuff until I was 24, 25 or so, and even then, I ran into a lot of resistance from, like, older folks, like my bosses at other companies or people in the industry that were like, 'Oh that's an interesting idea, but it will never work.' And, I don't know, I kind of believed everything that they told me.

It used to hurt when people ran down my films. I used to feel inferior. I wouldn't go to parties or award functions because my cinema is not considered good enough. But now I keep my head high, and I am proud of what I am doing.

I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down.

The thing I ran up against was everybody wanted a song so fast. It took me two years to finish 'Touch Me in the Morning.'

I came to New York with two bags, my guitar and my laptop. I set my stuff down and immediately ran to an audition.

I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job.

I always knew that I wanted to be an actor. I made my debut on stage when I was 12, and I was sure that this is what made me happy. However, nobody takes a 12-year-old's career choice seriously. Everybody laughed it off. I also ran away from it, but acting eventually found me.

I always wanted to be an army personal. My dad wanted me to pursue that dream but I ran to become an actor instead.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

Cate Blanchett and others, they get this broad range of all these cool people they can play. Some women really do get it all. For me, it is the same thing that happens over and over. I should change that and maybe write my own thing.

No one knows how much we went through to finish 'Furious 7.'

I say to those people who are desperately trying to get healthy, in those moments where you feel like you can't go any further, you can.

It is rare for a joke to emerge fully formed and it is worth grafting away until it is absolutely right. Though perversely too much work, too much thought, can destroy a gag completely.

If you train hard and work hard eventually you will gain results, and that is the real spirit of life.