Daniel Handler Quotes

There's nothing worse in life than to sit there and be the victim of a process that's outside your control.

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

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

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

We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie.

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.

There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.

Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless.

I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems.

If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless.

I can't do nothing just a little.

I hate being helpless, and I hate having to ask people to do things for me.

After being on the field for so long and feeling like you have some control over the outcome or what's happening out there, now I'm upstairs, and I have no control over anything. I'm working through that.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers.

Like everybody else, when I don't know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds.

Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.

When you're facing a difficult issue that you absolutely can do nothing about - I can't fly the plane; I can't change the weather - falling asleep, you'll either wake up and things will be fine or you won't.

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.

I know there are certain things that I just can't win.

Will I ever get control of my life? Will I always be shoved back and pushed around by those I trust?

The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.