Quotes About Perseverance

There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just when things look darkest, they go black.

My legs tired, ain't your legs tired!? His legs ain't Tired! He Just... Tinktinktinktinktinktink, TinktinkTinktinkTinktink!! Just paperclips and Sparks everywhere!

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.

The deeper the pit, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it.

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.

If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.

You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or they're blaming you for the plague, nothing is easier to pack than a sense of humor.

Why don't Jews drink? It interferes with their suffering.

Today I dialed a wrong number... The other person said, "Hello?" and I said, "Hello, could I speak to Joey?"... They said, "Uh... I don't think so... he's only 2 months old." I said, "I'll wait."

I used to do a lot of drugs. I didn't stop because I didn't enjoy them; I stopped because I couldn't handle the commitment.

This is very ambitious, but I don't care. I'm just gonna go ahead and find Amelia Earhart. Every day that goes by, I just fear the worst for her.

A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand like a cheap umbrella.

I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.

Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.

I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all.

Because there's no way on earth she's going to make it through college unless she grows some serious ovaries and turns this train wreck around

You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down.

You can't save everyone, though God knows you try.

I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.

I was so getting tired of fighting for my life in the library.

It has sustained me in moments of success and in moments of disappointment. Without it, I'd be a different person. And without it, I doubt I'd be here today.

I had AIDS, but I beat it with Advil.

One of the things that's often forgotten about drug rehabilitation, it's not a destiny. It's a journey.

A bomb fell on Italy. It slid off!