Worst Things Quotes - Page 11

• The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. Surgery on dead people. What's the worst thing that could happen? If everything went wrong, maybe you'd get a pulse.

  Dennis Miller

  Jobs, Work, People

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• Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Heart, Self, People

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• What you have to consider is the possibility that God doesn't like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that could happen.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Hate, Like You, Possibility

  Chuck Palahniuk (2005). “Fight Club: A Novel”, p.141, W. W. Norton & Company

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• If you pivot, do it fully and with conviction. The worst thing is to try to do a bit of the old and the new-it's hard to kill your babies.

  Sam Altman

  Baby, Trying, Conviction

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• And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me

  Drew Brees

  Funny, Example, Looks

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• The worst thing about television is that everybody you see on television is doing something better than what you're doing. You never see anybody on TV just sliding off the front of the sofa, with potato chip crumbs all over their shirt.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Doing You, Television, Potato Chips

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• The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime.

  Peter Lynch

  Ignorance, Investing, Buying

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• If you’re constantly open to inspiration, it will come to you.  The worst thing a man can do is pressure himself into an idea.

  Thom Browne

  Inspiration, Men, Ideas

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• You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign!

  Nellie Melba

  People, Worry, Worst

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• I once thought losing my confidence was the worst thing that could happen; then I lost my faith.

  Bobby Vee

  Losing, Lost, Worst

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• Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

  Elin Hilderbrand

  Guilt, Caught, Worst

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• The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write.

  Sol Saks

  Writing, Worst, Best Things

  Sol Saks (1991). “Funny Business: The Craft of Comedy Writing”, Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC

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• The worst thing that can happen to you is not striving for what you want.

  Jake Steinfeld

  Want, Strive, Worst

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• The worst thing in the world is to be bland.

  Ben Huh

  Sleep, Insomnia, World

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• And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

  Alison Bechdel

  Self, Needs, My Family

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• Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.

  John Frusciante

  Fate, Trying, Worst

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• The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

  Gene Mauch

  Winning, Player, Want

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• One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard to get and just aren't available for regular people like you and I.

  Matthew Lesko

  Government, People, Boards

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• When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'

  Bobby Knight

  Thinking, Coaching, Firsts

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• Failing is not the worst thing in the world; quitting is

  Edwin Louis Cole

  World, Quitting, Failing

  Edwin Louis Cole (1993). “Real Man”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If losing a fight is the worst thing that's ever happened to you in your life, you're doing pretty good.

  Randy Couture

  Art, Fighting, Losing

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• Greatness is telling the truth & being courageous in pursuit of justice. The worst thing you could tell young people is to be successful but become well-adjusted to an unjust status quo as opposed to being great & being maladjusted to an unjust status quo.

  Cornel West

  Successful, Greatness, People

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• Hitting bottom and hitting it hard was the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best thing that ever happened to me.

  Dave Ramsey

  Hitting Bottom, Worst, Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

  Dave Ramsey (2013). “The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness”, p.2, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• One of the worst things anybody can do is assume. I think fools assume. If people have really got it together, they never assume anything. They believe, they work hard, and they prepare- but they don't assume.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Believe, Hard Work, Thinking

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.114, Hachette UK

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• What you want to do is not go to work. You're not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young.

  Jimmy Breslin

  Work, Missing, Want

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