Harvey Pekar Quotes

It only seems as if you're doing something when you worry.

Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to get it.

I worry too much.

I have always worried about things more than I should.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot.

Most men have worried about things which never happened, and more men have been killed by worry than by hard work.

Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes you end up worrying more about the worry and you are not resolving things that are right there in front of you. I have been like that all my life, and it's hard to change.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done.

I think so much about everything. I'm obsessive.

All worry is fear-based.

Ninety per-cent of what we worry about never happens, yet we worry and worry. What a horrible way to go through life! What a horrible thing to do to your colon!

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

Better to be busy than to be busy worrying.

Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

I'm better when I'm busy. I am happier. I am a bit useless when I'm not busy. I start thinking too much, which is never a good thing. When I'm busy I have a better perspective on what really matters - the priorities.

In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.

I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.

Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.

I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough.

I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

I overthink a lot of things.