Ray Bradbury Quotes

Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

I've lost jobs before; I've had contracts not renewed, and it didn't get me down. I didn't get upset; I just keep it moving. That has always been the case, and that will always be the case. You must look out for you.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.

Nothing has been handed to me my entire life. You have to go there and take it. My mom taught me that.

One hundred percent my mother, who would always say, "If you want something done, do it yourself." She must have said that 100 times to me - as a child, as a young woman, yesterday on the phone.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.

I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

I know how to look after myself.

What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the future, you will be all right regardless of the circumstances.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.