Quotes About Resilience

I've been thinking recently about all the qualities you need in order to be an actor. First and foremost, you've got to have a thick skin and give out an 'I don't give a monkey's what you think' kind of vibe, while at the same time really caring what everyone thinks. You've got to be tough and sensitive at the same time.

'Life Changes' is a song that we feel really connects to the spirit of our band and our fans. It's got that positive vibe we always want to put out there, and the message - no matter how many times you get knocked down, always get back up - will forever be part of the GC story.

'Finders Keepers' is guaranteed to create a vibe. If I'm having a difficult show, then I know I've got that song at the end to turn it around, and the phones will come out.

I just got so fed up with the bad vibes. I didn't care if it was the Beatles; I was getting out.

Caribbean literature only has to be true to itself. It doesn't need colonialism or imperialism. It's always been vibrant.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.

Death is just a part of life, you know? It's what makes all of life more vibrant. It's coming whether we want to accept it or not.

By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.

I was 9 years old when my father - a strong, vibrant man in his early 40s - died of a heart attack. He was such a central figure in our lives that losing him was a terrible shock to all of us, my mother in particular.

I struggled for 15 years in this business before Miami Vice came along.

I think I really would have quit if I hadn't gotten 'Inherent Vice'. Or maybe I would have just shriveled up and died.

I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.

The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are suffering every bit as much as I am, and that our whole nation is going through a tragedy together, I think we have to think about those things.

I call my life a beautiful mess and organised chaos. It's just always been like that. My entire life things have been attracted to me and vice versa that turn into chaotic nightmares or I create the chaos myself.

I've had mental errors before while not shooting the ball well and while shooting the ball well, and vice versa. So I can't compound one on top of the other. It's just a matter of getting out of the groove of shooting bad and just staying more locked in.

But put it this way: if I have a bad day keeping, I know I can put it right with the bat, and vice versa. When it all comes together, happy days.

We've all got vices, and we're all freakin' trying.

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

Any dog, you put him in the corner, no matter if they're vicious or not, they're going to bite back.

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.

But if you know that something has been really vicious, you don't read it, you don't let it into your head. What's damaging is when sentences go through your head and you burn with the injustice of it.

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.