Jerry Lewis Quotes

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

An unused life is an early death.

Man knows so much and does so little.

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

I always want to learn but I am sure on my dying day I will feel like I left something in the bucket.

My childhood taught me nothing... zero.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

It's unfortunate we've never been just songwriters.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

Don't go to the grave with life unused.

Consider what it is like to go into a new classroom and to see before you suddenly, and in a way you cannot avoid recognizing, the dreadful consequences of a year's wastage of so many lives.

To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.

We can spend our whole lives underachieving.

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

What a pity so few

For a lot of different reasons I didn't fulfil my potential.

Roberto Mancini did not make the most of me.

I don't think people in England ever saw the best of me.

Balotelli, and a few others, have everything that I would have liked to have. It angers me that he does not use his talent to his full advantage.

I was only used as a fullback at K-State - I wish I was used more.

Bollywood has not utilised my potential! But unfortunately, we can't plan and have things our way.

Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.

You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.