Quotes tagged ‘Tenacity’

(4 total)

“I ain’t gonna lie to you, alright? Look, I just got out of rehab a couple days ago, and I’m trying to get my life together, you know? I’m trying. I have this little girl at home, and I”m trying to do the best I can for her so she has a future. I know I ain’t got the most education in the world. I kn…”

— Remi Aubuchon, Damon Wayans, Carlos Martinez, Vincent Laresca, imdb.com

“It was just so in the American Revolution, in 1776, the first delicacy the men threw overboard in Boston harbor was the tea, woman's favorite beverage. The tobacco and whiskey, though heavily taxed, they clung to with the tenacity of the devil-fish.”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

“I'd have walked on hot coals to get the part. I thought it was the best female role I'd read ever. I was so impressed by Ree's tenacity and that she didn't take no for an answer. For the audition, I had to fly on the redeye to New York and be as ugly as possible. I didn't wash my hair for a week, I…”

— Jennifer Lawrence, theguardian.com

“God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often”

— Stephen King, amazon.com