Eight Ball Quotes

• God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Eight, Giving, Decision

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• I used to think success would be sustainability. Not being behind the eight ball.

  Ted Leo

  Thinking, Eight, Would Be

  "Ted Leo and Ben Arthur Discuss Carly Simon, Joyce Carl Oates, and the Touring Grind". Interview with Ben Arthur, logger.believermag.com. June 26, 2016.

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• Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball.

  Ice Cube

  Wall, Drinking, Eight

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• In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.

  Daniel Negreanu

  Stupid, Eight, Europe

  Source: pokerworks.com

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• Well I'm an eight ball shooting, double-fisted drinking son of a gun

  Gretchen Wilson

  Drinking, Son, Gun

  Song: Here for the Party

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• I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.

  Robert De Niro

  Eight, Rejection, Balls

  "What I've Learned". Esquire, January 2003.

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• I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball.

  Spike Lee

  Kids, School, Eight

  "Spike Lee Talks Obama, the End of Mookie's Brooklyn, and the Hollywood Color Line". Interview with Will Leitch, www.vulture.com. July 8, 2012.

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