Hal David Quotes

Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a peak until you're coming down. And that's it you know, you never know what's round the corner. But it's all good. "If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits.

I really think positive and hope that everything works out. Because you can't really change anything.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you can do about it, and so you just live with it and move on.

It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.

If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered.

I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times.

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.

I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done.

When you can't change what's bothering you, one typical response is to convince yourself that it doesn't actually bother you.

Bemoaning your fate is not going to solve the problem.

You just go out there and do the best you can. If it hits, it hits. And if it doesn't, you go on to the next thing.

We can't have the mindset of becoming complacent with losing.

My natural reaction is to smile through things.

Everything happens just like it's supposed to happen; you've just got to roll with it and keep moving forward.

You win some and lose some. It's all part of the game. You have to take it in a very positive way.

Estragon: Nothing to be done.

Don't cry over spilled milk. By this time tomorrow, it'll be free yogurt.