David Draiman Quotes

I find myself laughing at really bad situations.

He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."

I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all.

Nobody can make more fun of me than I already make of myself.

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago.

I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get.

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

I am a grateful... grapefruit.

Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

I probably deserve a bit of a kicking. And having been to boarding school, I've learnt to enjoy a good beating.

I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, 'I'm not even a 10th of this man.'