Gilda Radner Quotes

You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down.

I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry.

People tend not to dwell on drama.

When I get down, I don't waller around for long.

It's been a very strong force for me over the years. I don't know exactly why. For some people, fear can be a very useful thing. They can use it to recognise there's something missing, and heal themselves. But fear can also destroy some people. I think I'm the first type of person. I'm pretty anxious, always thinking 'what if?' about the bad stuff.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.

I honestly believe life is a combination of laughter and tears, and it's almost always better to laugh than to cry.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.

I don't have time to be depressed.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.