Quotes About Perseverance

he had had absolutely no cigarettes at all. Not one. They were out of his life, foresworn utterly. He didn't need them. He could do without them. They merely nagged at him like mad and made his life a living hell

Do you want me to sit in a corner and rust, or just fall apart where I'm standing?

managed to break my nose on my own knee, which, although it was clearly an extraordinary achievement, had the same effect on me that those geological upheavals had on whole civilizations in Rider Haggard novels—it effectively sealed me off from the outside world forever. Various

What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with

Noch sind wir zwar keine gefährdete Art, aber es ist nicht so, daß wir nicht oft genug versucht hätten, eine zu werden.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss

If it could not possibly be done, then obviously it had been done impossibly. The question was how?

I've been busy, said Ford, rather weakly. He staggered to his feet, brushing himself down. Then he thought, what the hell was he saying things weakly for? He had to get on top of this situation.

aphod Beeblebrox crawled bravely along a tunnel, like the hell of a guy he was. He was very confused, but continued crawling doggedly anyway because he was that brave.

The history of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of idealism, struggle, despair, passion, success, failure, and enormously long lunch-breaks.

History was gathering itself to deliver another blow

Life will always find a way og hanging on in somewhere.

They obstinately persisted in their absence

working overtime to make up for their earlier blunder. They brought

There are times, however, when whatever your metabolism you have to take a deep breath.

Unfortunately I got stuck on the Earth for rather longer than I intended

The last thing he wanted after a hellish night like this one was some blasted day coming along and barging about the place.

So far they had not done well. They had attempted to eat some of them, bury others and throw the rest of them away. Arthur had finally encouraged one of them to lay a couple of stones on the board he had scratched out, which was not even as far as he'd managed to get the day before. Along with the rapid deterioration in the morale of these creatures, there seemed to be a corresponding deterioration in their actual intelligence

DüÅŸlerin f?rlat?l?p at?lsa ve yerle bir olsa bile…. Yürümeye devam et, yüreÄŸinde umutla yürü…

Era tempo, diceva l'oroscopo, di agire con positiva fermezza, prendere ardue decisioni, vedere cosa occorresse fare e farlo. Era tutto assai difficile per lui, ma, sapeva il Capo, nessuno aveva mai detto che fare cose difficili non fosse difficile.

This must be Thursday, I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

Ford grasped him by the lapels of his dressing gown and spoke to him as slowly and distinctly and patiently as if he were somebody from the telephone company accounts department.

This must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays

Most readers get as far as the Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up;