The only part I miss about driving is driving. That's it. I don't miss all the other stuff that goes along with it, all the other PR stuff. Anybody, when they quit driving, they miss the driving part.
What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation. . . . What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, "Read," but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, "Don't read, don't think, just write," and the result could be a mountain of drivel. If you're going to be a writer you'll probably take a lot of wrong turns and then one day just end up writing something you have to write, then getting it better and better just because you want it to be better, and even when you get old and think, "There must be something else people do," you won't be able to quit.
Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working? Exactly the same contention could be made about the sons of the wealthy who are left large fortunes. Yet the evidence suggests that, given economic freedom, people will generally choose to do that which interests them most. It is up to society to see that these interests are widened and that too requires investment.
When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near!
There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress. . . If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don't waste another year!
It's ok to FAIL it's not ok to Quit
There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people.
They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.
I had piano lessons when I was younger, but I quit because I didn't want to sit and learn the scales.
Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love - may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave.
Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.
I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
I do not know the word 'quit. ' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.
I saw a sign at a gas station. It said 'help wanted'. There was another sign below it that said 'self service'. So I hired myself. Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself. Then I quit.
To catch a wave, to stand up - it was just life-changing. There was nothing that even came close. I quit playing all other sports - by the time I was eleven, they were toast.
Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.