Jeff Bridges Quotes

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.

You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

He that's secure is not safe.

I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.

When in doubt, don't.

Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

Everybody assumes I know everything, so they send me these notes sometimes, and I don't know what they're talking about.

It's always dangerous quoting numbers and expectations.

Expectations are dangerous. I recommend not having any, if only to avoid disappointment.

In my experience, previously counted chickens never do hatch.

Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.

Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.

I'm afraid to live any place but in expectation. I'm no life-risk.

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

I shall start at the beginning. Though of coarse, the beginning is never where you think it is.

I think we have every reason to hope for the best but expect and prepare for the worst.

Life is not what you expected it to be.

If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game.

Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.