Head Against Quotes

78 quotes by 70 authors

• What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you're slamming your head against the… — Lewis Black
• If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you… — Jeff Bezos
• Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a… — Sydney J. Harris
• Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to go out on… — Tim Green
• You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent.… — Rose McGowan
• It's always a better choice to write a new book than it is to keep pounding your head against the submissions wall with a book… — Diana Peterfreund
• I certainly had no feeling for harmony, and Schoenberg thought that that would make it impossible for me to write music. He said, 'You'll come… — John Cage
• In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall. — John Cage
• After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, ‘In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony.’ Â… — John Cage
• You should be willing to bang your head against a wall until you find the solution. — T.V. Mohandas Pai
• You cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there. — Michael Chekhov
• Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain... Climbing… — Chris Darwin
• Sixteen years I've pounded my head against the mentality of America, which...I'd say it's about an 8th grade emotional level. — Bill Hicks
• To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come even to orange tones, chromes and pale yellow ... I make a plain background of the richest,… — Vincent Van Gogh
• If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. — John Kruk
• But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore. — Harry Anderson
• When I read passages like this, I want to look for the nearest wall to bang my head against. — S. T. Joshi
• The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much… — Douglas Adams
• If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it. — Lenny Wilkens
• I refused to beat my head against stone, of course. — Herbert Lom

Who Wrote These Head Against Quotes

70 authors contributed a total of 78 Head Against Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 Head Against Quotes by John Cage
• 3 Head Against Quotes by Cassandra Clare
• 2 Head Against Quotes by Veronica Roth
• 2 Head Against Quotes by Antonio Gramsci
• 2 Head Against Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• 1 Head Against Quote by Nick Cave
• 1 Head Against Quote by Holly Black
• 1 Head Against Quote by Simone Weil
• 1 Head Against Quote by John Green
• 1 Head Against Quote by Scott Pelley
• 1 Head Against Quote by Melina Marchetta
• 1 Head Against Quote by Richard K. Morgan
• 1 Head Against Quote by Donald Glover
• 1 Head Against Quote by Kiersten White
• 1 Head Against Quote by Don Henley
• 1 Head Against Quote by Tom Holt
• 1 Head Against Quote by Peter Maxwell Davies
• 1 Head Against Quote by Karen White
• 1 Head Against Quote by Lukas Foss
• 1 Head Against Quote by Isaac Marion
• 1 Head Against Quote by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
• 1 Head Against Quote by Sarah Rees Brennan
• 1 Head Against Quote by Gustav Mahler
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• 1 Head Against Quote by John McEnroe