Worth It Quotes - Page 10

• A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol with a hair trigger: if it stays alive long enough, somebody is going to be hurt. But if it's a good dream, it's worth it.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Hurt, Hair

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.812, Modern Library

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• It was wrong. But it was worth it.

  Ann Brashares

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• Most people don't get lucky. They get human. They get crushes. This means you irrationally mortgage what little logic you own to pay for this one thing. This relationship is an impulse buy, and you'll figure out if it's worth it later.

  Sloane Crosley

  Break Up, Crush, Mean

  Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.120, Penguin

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• Never stop believing that fighting for what is right is worth it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Fighting, Never Stop Believing

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Jenn: Do you love him? Ani: Yeah, I do. Jenn: Then you can forgive him. It's not worth it to let love slip through your hands.

  Cheyenne McCray

  Hands, Forgiving, Yeah

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• But instead of taking the cue to leave, Patch crossed to Scott in three steps. He flung him around to face the wall. Scott tried to get his bearings, but Patch slammed him against the wall again, disorienting him further. “Touch her,” he said in Scott’s ear, his voice low and threatening, “and it’ll be the biggest regret of your life.” Before leaving, Patch flicked his eyes once in my direction. “He’s not worth it.” He paused. “And neither am I.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Wall, Regret, Eye

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2010). “Crescendo”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

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• Still think she is worth it?” Mahon asked quietly. “Of course. She is my mate.” Mahon sighed. “So you decided then.” “Do you think we’d be laying here bleeding in the snow if I wasn’t sure?” “Good point.

  Ilona Andrews

  Thinking, Snow, Bleeding

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• I get ratings but I don't do interviews for those people anymore. I don't watch CNN anymore. I don't do interviews with CNN anymore because its not worth it. It's very biased against me.

  Donald Trump

  Cnn, People, Watches

  "Donald Trump transcript: The Republican nominee in his own words". Interview with Philip Rucker, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2016.

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• It takes work to plot a course that is both thrilling and truthful, but it's worth it.

  Matt Charman

  Plot, Truthful, Courses

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Obviously I love writing with Katy [Pery], I feel like we're the same person when we write together. Even though we fight a lot, we fight over every line and we pull each other's hair and we cat-fight all the time, it's always worth it in the end.

  Bonnie McKee

  Writing, Cat, Fighting

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• I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.

  William Beckett

  Writing, Ideas, Challenges

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• The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear.

  Ann Goldstein

  Italian, People, Sound

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• If I hadn't had my children, I would have been discouraged a lot quicker. It would have been much more easy for me to say, "You know what, let the whole thing go. Have a good time, because these people, this place - it's just not worth it." You know? I can't do that anymore. I look into those eyes and they look at me so trustingly that I'm gonna make sure that [they're thinking], "Hey, you did a good thing bringing me into the world, daddy. I'm going to have a great life!"

  David Bowie

  Children, Eye, Thinking

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. August, 2003.

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• Musically, there's probably nothing better than, after spending weeks or months of grinding on a lyric or a song, when you play a good song from beginning to end for the first time - there's a moment there where all the pain and suffering is worth it.

  Five for Fighting

  Song, Pain, Play

  "John Ondrasik Interview from Five For Fighting". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• I'm not nervous if I think about something for nine years and then I don't write it. Even if it fades it doesn't concern me. It'll come back if it's worth it.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Writing, Thinking, Years

  "There Is No Real Life". Interview with Brad Fox, www.guernicamag.com. March 15, 2013.

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• Remember you love writing. It wouldn't be worth it if you didn't. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back. Remember writing doesn't love you. It doesn't care. Nevertheless, it can behave with remarkable generosity. Speak well of it, encourage others, pass it on.

  A.L. Kennedy

  Love You, Writing, Remember You

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• We all have choices that we are empowered to make on a daily basis, and while those choices can be limited by affordability and accessibility, we still have the opportunity to make our best choice. That best choice usually requires more effort and more thought, but, undeniably, the results are worth it.

  Adam Rodriguez

  Opportunity, Choices, Effort

  "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez On Reading Food Labels, Three Phrases to Live By, to Win for Love, Forward Thinking, and How We’re All in This Together". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 16, 2015.

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• A French player, Sylvain Marconnet, broke his tibia skiing in 2007 and missed his home World Cup. For me the risk of breaking something versus the reward was never worth it.

  Mike Tindall

  Home, Player, Risk

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.

  Beverly Johnson

  Hard

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• There's something about the American people: They have such an innate sense of fairness that the red light goes on and the bells go off the second you approach that line. Any kind of personal attack is verboten. You shouldn't do it; it's not worth it.

  Roger Ailes

  Light, People, Red

  Source: www.campaignsandelections.com

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• Let go. Let go of all the stress and drama in your life. It's not worth it, and your body is far too important - too precious - to be bothered by a simple psych-out. You will figure it all out eventually, so why make life more complicated?

  Matthew Moy

  Letting Go, Drama, Stress

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• In the theater we're like blue-collar workers: It's a physical job, you don't make a lot of money, and you're on the road all the time. It's worth it in that it's the best job in the world, but you have to negotiate living in cities that don't always accommodate you.

  Randy Harrison

  Jobs, Blue, Cities

  "Randy Harrison's the new Emcee in "Cabaret"". Interview with Tony Bravo, www.sfgate.com. July 1, 2016.

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• Most of the time I wind up with a sleepily mumbled melodic line, sometimes with words, sometimes not. But then with my waking brain I have to decide whether it's worth...I mean, sometimes it's not worth it.

  Ted Leo

  Mean, Wind, Brain

  "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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• Me as a person...I'm really laid back, I'm really an on my own time type of person so its just kind of like if I have to compromise some of that for the mainstream success...to me its not really worth it. I just like to sing.

  Jhene Aiko

  Laid Back, Kind, Compromise

  Source: earstyle.net

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• Making those CDs, signing them, numbering them, packing them. It takes hundreds of hours, but it's worth it because I'm able to do the thing I love.

  Michael Gira

  Cds, Things I Love, Able

  Source: pitchfork.com

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