--- title: "1 Getting tired Quotes By Steve Perry" description: "1 Getting tired quotes by Steve Perry. Plus more from Steve Perry and more Getting tired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/steve-perry-22465_bones_no-now-he-didn-t-want-to-let-himself-get_2708631.jpg" --- > [No, now he didn't want to let himself get too close because he knew it wasn't going to last. Good stuff never lasted. Change would come and wipe it away, and what was the point? It hurt too much every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/no-now-he-didn-t-want-to-let-himself-get-too-close-because-he-knew-it/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/steve-perry-22465_bones_no-now-he-didn-t-want-to-let-himself-get_2708631.jpg) ## More by Steve Perry > [Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/humans-suffer-from-self-centred-notions-as-to-the-nature-of-life/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [Poverty's potential for character building is far overrated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/poverty-s-potential-for-character-building-is-far-overrated/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [There's always a price for what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/there-s-always-a-price-for-what-you-want/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [When they'd been on the run, with death maybe lying in wait around any corner, they had never been more alive. When each day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/when-they-d-been-on-the-run-with-death-maybe-lying-in-wait-around-any/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/you-can-t-embrace-your-whole-life-if-you-re-shut-down-i-found-out/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/we-have-focused-only-on-the-negatives-and-not-enough-on-incredible/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.' I hear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/i-m-so-hard-on-myself-i-play-these-sketches-in-my-computer-for/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/teaching-is-the-highest-art-before-the-doctor-there-was-a-teacher/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [“Droga to życie. Życie to walka”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/droga-to-ycie-ycie-to-walka/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/there-may-or-may-not-be-a-god-or-gods-the-siblings-do-not-concern/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [I have simply said that there's just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It's not who I am. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/i-have-simply-said-that-there-s-just-a-side-of-me-that-could-not/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [You can’t embrace your whole life if you’re shut down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/you-can-t-embrace-your-whole-life-if-you-re-shut-down/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [What we're focusing on is the images that were in people's minds being replaced by fresh images, to make way for the rebirth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/what-we-re-focusing-on-is-the-images-that-were-in-people-s-minds/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/he-d-once-heard-a-story-about-a-monastery-on-the-top-of-some-mountain/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) > [“a second is as good as an eon, if you suceed...and as good as forever if you fail”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-perry/a-second-is-as-good-as-an-eon-if-you-suceed-and-as-good-as-forever-if/) [Steve Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-perry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/getting-tired/steve-perry/#itemlist", "name": "1 Getting tired Quotes By Steve Perry", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No, now he didn't want to let himself get too close because he knew it wasn't going to last. Good stuff never lasted. Change would come and wipe it away, and what was the point? 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