I Quit Quotes - Page 6

• After I quit drinking, I realized I am the same asshole I always was; I just have fewer dents in my car.

  Robin Williams

  Drinking, Car, Quitting

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• I like smoking! I mean, God, I quit everything else, can't I smoke?

  Melanie Griffith

  Mean, Smoking, Quitting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I quit drinking. That was a big problem for a lot of years. Then after that, I just started feeling grateful again.

  Billy Crystal

  Grateful, Drinking, Years

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• I knew that if I woke up hung over, I couldn't do the best possible job on the show, so I had to quit. Also, I'd consumed a lot of beer for a lot of years, and I thought, That's enough. I've had my fun and I'm glad I quit.

  David Letterman

  Jobs, Fun, Beer

  "David Letterman's 1984 Playboy Interview. A Candid Conversation with the Comedy Genius In His Youth". Playboy Interview, playboysfw.kinja.com. April 3, 2014.

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• I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Depressing, Jobs, Creativity

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talks HITRECORD ON TV, How the Idea Came about, His Collaborative Company, Inspiring People to Contribute, and Plans for Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 15, 2014.

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• I quit smoking cigarettes and with the $70 a month I am saving not smoking cigarettes I'm smoking $700 worth of cigars.

  Ron White

  Smoking, Months, Saving

  Source: easterncarolinastyle.com

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• I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

  Joseph Joubert

  Country, Paris, Quitting

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.18

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• I quit the media game. I'm out. I'm done.

  John Mayer

  Media, Games, Done

  "John Mayer Gets Emotional On Stage: 'I Quit The Media Game' (VIDEO)", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2010.

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• What will I do with myself when I retire? When I quit my job, I do not want to quit living. Can I possibly be of use when retirement day comes, or will I just be taking up space?

  John Anthony West

  Retirement, Jobs, Space

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• I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.

  Michael Angarano

  Class, Numbers, Competition

  "Exclusive Q&A: 'Ceremony' Star Michael Angarano Insists Tights Are Masculine". Interview with Breanne L. Heldman, www.mtv.com. April 7, 2011.

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• I quit drinking every night, at 1:30 A.M.

  Ryan Adams

  Drinking, Night, Quitting

  Interview with Melissa Maertz, Spin Magaine, Vol. 22, No. 2, February 2006.

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• I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I look up and it's dark outside and the whole day has gone by and I don't know where it's gone. But there's bad days, too. Where I struggle and sweat and a half hour creeps by and I've written three words. And half a day creeps by and I've written a sentence and a half and then I quit for the day and play computer games. You know, sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. [Laughs]

  George R. R. Martin

  Morning, Coffee, Struggle

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• There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire!

  Groucho Marx

  Retirement, Work, Age

  "Fictional character: Captain Jeffrey Spaulding". "Animal Crackers", August 20, 1930.

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• In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.

  David Spade

  Funny, Smart, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I accept that keeping in shape doesn't come naturally, so I work hard. I hit the gym every day: Pilates, yoga, weights. I used to love wine but I've stopped drinking. I quit smoking and I'll never start again.

  Linda Evangelista

  Drinking, Yoga, Hard Work

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• I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

  Zig Ziglar

  Church, Quitting, Eating

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• I'd been taught to paint like other people, and I thought, what's the use? I couldn't do any better than they, or even as well. I was just adding to the brushpile. So I quit.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  People, Use, Taught

  Georgia O'Keeffe, Barbara J. Bloemink, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (1995). “Georgia O'Keeffe: Canyon suite”, George Braziller

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• I got my first break and became a singing waiter at eighteen or nineteen. I couldn't make a living at it. I quit. Then I got married and sold aluminum siding. My wife had problems physically. It was not good.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Wife, Singing, Nineteen

  "Rodney Dangerfield: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• I quit painting very early. I just jumped ship. In a way, the window is the tragic possibility - you can jump out into your future. That kind of action is more like a direction. It's that same thinking that brought me to New York.

  Tehching Hsieh

  Thinking, Action, Painting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I quit drinking, and I figure if I go to ten Yankee games this year without drinking I'll save $32,000.

  Artie Lange

  Drinking, Yankees, Years

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• I quit because I can’t stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes. I thought I could do more by organizing farm workers than by trying to teach their hungry children.

  Dolores Huerta

  Children, Kids, Shoes

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• After I quit my band, I definitely was so full, like I'm so full I could never eat again. I had that kind of feeling where the elements, like the touring stuff, were harder for me and I definitely felt fine not experiencing it again.

  Jason Schwartzman

  Feelings, Band, Elements

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

  Theodore Sturgeon

  Jobs, Quitting

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• Well, I quit smoking three weeks ago and I had a hard day today not smoking.

  Eric Roberts

  Marijuana, Smoking, Three

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• I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Art, Unique, Eight

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