If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
You do that stupid thing at 12 years old when you say something and it kind of sticks with you for the rest of your life. So, I believe I said I wanted to be a fishery manager. In hindsight, I think acting could be a better route.
What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the sense of the small-scale ridiculousness of slap-stick comedy, but rather in the sense of ridiculousness that seems intrinsic to human life and that manifests itself in the simplest actions and the most extraordinary gestures.
I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff.
You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There's always hope.
Love & Marriage are about work & Compromise. They're about seeing someone for what he is, being disappointed and deciding to stick around anyway. They're about commitment and comfort, not some kind of sudden, hysterical recognition.
What sticks to memory, often, are those odd little fragments that have no beginning and no end.
I have mostly been eating chicken wings. I only stick to things I can spell.
Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about. [. . . ] You've always got to stick with whatever you're into because you're day is going to come. You're day is destined. If you walk away from that, whether it be from fear or whether you're just giving up. [. . . ] The greatest sin is fear and giving up.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.
If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good. '
Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.
Usually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man.
Surfing is such an amazing concept. You're taking on Nature with a little stick and saying, 'I'm gonna ride you!' And a lot of times Nature says, 'No you're not!' and crashes you to the bottom.
The first part of success is 'Get-to-it-iveness'; the second part of success is 'Stick-to-it-iveness'.
We are free to choose our response in any situation, but in doing so we chose the attendant consequence. If we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other.
I'm going to be 80, walking with a stick down the runway.
When I tour, I stuff fridges full of organic food and stick to that.
Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.