--- title: "11 You Quotes By Sinbad" description: "11 You quotes by Sinbad. Plus more from Sinbad and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/sinbad-15610_back_what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear-78_788351.jpg" --- > [What holds you back in comedy is fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/sinbad-15610_back_what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear-78_788351.jpg) > [There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/there-s-no-one-defining-moment-that-kills-you-or-makes-you/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/sinbad-15610_defining_there-s-no-one-defining-moment-that-kill_2692557.jpg) > [If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/if-you-got-a-name-like-barack-obama-you-re-supposed-to-fight/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/sinbad-15610_barack_if-you-got-a-name-like-barack-obama-you_1313999.jpg) > [If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/if-you-re-not-happy-before-you-re-successful-you-re-going-to-be/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/sinbad-15610_because_if-you-re-not-happy-before-you-re-succes_2745672.jpg) > [Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/don-t-let-people-treat-you-like-you-re-stupid-if-it-sounds-too-good/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/sinbad-15610_be-true_don-t-let-people-treat-you-like-you-re-s_1179059.jpg) > [I never should have done 'Celebrity Apprentice.' I didn't want to do it because I didn't want Donald Trump to say, 'You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-never-should-have-done-celebrity-apprentice-i-didn-t-want-to-do-it/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/sinbad-15610_apprentice_i-never-should-have-done-celebrity-appre_397664.jpg) > [I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-would-be-an-activist-but-never-a-politician-as-an-activist-nobody/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/sinbad-15610_activist_i-would-be-an-activist-but-never-a-polit_3107238.jpg) > [We ask for way too much stuff - way too much stuff. You got a job making $100 a year and bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/we-ask-for-way-too-much-stuff-way-too-much-stuff-you-got-a-job-making/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/sinbad-15610_about_we-ask-for-way-too-much-stuff-way-too-mu_2651327.jpg) > [Who the heck is Donald Trump to fire me? I regret I didn't tell Donald Trump, 'You need to fire your barber.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/who-the-heck-is-donald-trump-to-fire-me-i-regret-i-didn-t-tell-donald/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/sinbad-15610_barber_who-the-heck-is-donald-trump-to-fire-me_3206228.jpg) > [We all want something else other than what we have and don't realize what you got works. It works. It does work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/we-all-want-something-else-other-than-what-we-have-and-don-t-realize/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/sinbad-15610_adventure_we-all-want-something-else-other-than-wh_3032258.jpg) > [I spent money, and I kept thinking, 'I get one more movie and I'll wipe these bills out,' but that movie never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-spent-money-and-i-kept-thinking-i-get-one-more-movie-and-i-ll-wipe/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/sinbad-15610_bills_i-spent-money-and-i-kept-thinking-i-get_2427438.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## More by Sinbad > [There is two different Donald Trumps. There is the Donald Trump of the '90s... Now you've got this other one. The post-dementia Donald Trump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/there-is-two-different-donald-trumps-there-is-the-donald-trump-of-the/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [You can be too pretty for comedy - man or woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/you-can-be-too-pretty-for-comedy-man-or-woman/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [I never should have done 'Celebrity Apprentice.' I didn't want to do it because I didn't want Donald Trump to say, 'You're fired.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-never-should-have-done-celebrity-apprentice-i-didn-t-want-to-do-it/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [Most entertainers start at a young age saying, 'I don't want to be normal. I don't want a regular job.'... I think that's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/most-entertainers-start-at-a-young-age-saying-i-don-t-want-to-be/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [Good barbecue has to fall off the bone when you grab it, and, to me, it's not pull-hard chewy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/good-barbecue-has-to-fall-off-the-bone-when-you-grab-it-and-to-me-it/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [Here's the thing about Apple, we complain and they give us more battery life. We complain and they'll give us more stuff. Everything's beta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/here-s-the-thing-about-apple-we-complain-and-they-give-us-more/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [I'm so tired of reading all the negativity about black fathers running away and no black men as role models in society. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-m-so-tired-of-reading-all-the-negativity-about-black-fathers/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [What holds you back in comedy is fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [Being in a smaller environment - sometimes I like that. As a comic, we start off in comedy clubs, and there are people right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/being-in-a-smaller-environment-sometimes-i-like-that-as-a-comic-we/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [I'm just a '70s freak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-m-just-a-70s-freak/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [I respect anyone who could take a stagecoach ride from the East Coast to the West. You had to be a very special kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-respect-anyone-who-could-take-a-stagecoach-ride-from-the-east-coast/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [I judged entertainers who worked county fairs at age 55 because they had to. Now I get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/i-judged-entertainers-who-worked-county-fairs-at-age-55-because-they/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/being-on-a-horse-is-one-of-my-most-natural-places-to-be/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [My thing is this: You've got to talk about politics because it's out there. But I try to respect the fact that even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/my-thing-is-this-you-ve-got-to-talk-about-politics-because-it-s-out/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) > [Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/don-t-let-people-treat-you-like-you-re-stupid-if-it-sounds-too-good/) [Sinbad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinbad/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/sinbad/#itemlist", "name": "11 You Quotes By Sinbad", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What holds you back in comedy is fear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sinbad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/sinbad-15610_back_what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear-78_788351.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/sinbad-15610_back_what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear-78_788351.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/sinbad-15610_back_what-holds-you-back-in-comedy-is-fear-78_788351.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What holds you back in comedy is fear.” — Sinbad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sinbad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/there-s-no-one-defining-moment-that-kills-you-or-makes-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/sinbad-15610_defining_there-s-no-one-defining-moment-that-kill_2692557.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/sinbad-15610_defining_there-s-no-one-defining-moment-that-kill_2692557.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/sinbad-15610_defining_there-s-no-one-defining-moment-that-kill_2692557.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you.” — Sinbad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sinbad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/if-you-got-a-name-like-barack-obama-you-re-supposed-to-fight/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/sinbad-15610_barack_if-you-got-a-name-like-barack-obama-you_1313999.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/sinbad-15610_barack_if-you-got-a-name-like-barack-obama-you_1313999.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/sinbad-15610_barack_if-you-got-a-name-like-barack-obama-you_1313999.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight.” — Sinbad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just get magnified.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sinbad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinbad/if-you-re-not-happy-before-you-re-successful-you-re-going-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/sinbad-15610_because_if-you-re-not-happy-before-you-re-succes_2745672.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/sinbad-15610_because_if-you-re-not-happy-before-you-re-succes_2745672.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/sinbad-15610_because_if-you-re-not-happy-before-you-re-succes_2745672.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful…” — Sinbad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. 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