Curtis Jackson Quotes

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

I find heartbreaking stuff really funny.

A drunk truck driver ran over me. I was in a Volkswagen. It was horrible. It sounds like a cliche, but anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I give a lot of credit to my dad, who was a very strong guy.

I can find the worst thing in the world funny. My humour is dark. If I'm talking about the worst situations in my life, it's like a comedy - you can laugh at my pain.

I thought he had been shot.

I've never been shot, but this probably what it feels like, that second of nothingness right before the pain catches up to the bullet.

I had to groan a bit on the couch when my brow was mopped - as it is when you've been shot across the chest.

I survived a terrorist attack and got stabbed another four times, literally stabbed in the heart, and somehow, I'm going to be 100 percent OK.

It's not until after you've been hit by a car and landed all right that the fear kicks in.

I broke my back, I broke my ankle. I didn't cry then.

I've had both my eye sockets crushed, I've been set on fire, uh, that was not fun, I've torn a pec, torn biceps.

If you're injured, it's always mentally hard.

When I woke up I didn't know why I was in hospital so I was asking 'Why am I here?' I was pulling all the tubes and my brother Eduardo tried to stop me so we had a fight. The accident was just so unlucky, but I know I am lucky to be alive.

The key to gallows humor is to make the joke, no matter how certain the gallows is.

I find myself laughing at really bad situations.

The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.

People who have very devastating lives sometimes have the most wild, avant-garde humor. It's like when you've seen it all and been through it all, nothing is off-limits in a way.

The toughest time was lying in a Tenerife hospital with no-one speaking English, next to a window with the sun beating down and my leg tied up, thinking I would never box again or even walk again. It took every bit of shine off winning the world title.

When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me.

I've just got a really sick sense of humour that's separate from reality.

In one week, I got hit by a car - it busted through my hand - and my mom got cancer.

Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin peeling away. Grace. My bones squeezed, pinched, pressed against my muscles. Grace. Her eyes held me even after I stopped feeling her fingers gripping my arms. Sam," she said. "Don't go.

i am like a survivor of the flood walking through the streets drenched with God surprised that all of the drowned victims are still walking and talking

Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did I for a while,” said Ford, “and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. I kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic.