Early Quote by Nikki Glaser

When I found stand-up, it was like finding home.

— Bobby Lee

The thing is, I always thought I could do stand-up, and so I just stayed focused on the belief that I could succeed.

— Bo Burnham

I was lucky -- I found what I love to do early in life,

— Steve Jobs

Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I…

— Greg Giraldo

When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do.

— Laurence Fishburne

It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do…

— Qandeel Baloch

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for…

— Demi Lovato

Suddenly I felt that determination well up, which had helped me to accomplish things in the past, even when I was only six years…

— Gisela Hausmann "Naked Determination 41 Stories About Overcoming Fear

I was always just an ambitious kid from early. I always knew that I had a purpose and I was destined for something big,…

— Little Simz

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

— Tracy Morgan

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to Talk Soup, where I was writing and performing…

— Aisha Tyler

As I always have with stand-up or anything, you kind of draw on what you're going through in your life.

— Aziz Ansari