Gilda Radner Quotes

One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

The only thing constant in the world is change, that's why today I take life as it comes.

Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.

Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.

Never be so faithful to your plan that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. Never be so faithful to your plan that you are unwilling to entertain the improbable opportunity that comes looking for you.

I do like the idea that tomorrow I might find out that I'm going to be doing something that is completely unknowable today. I think it forces you to live in the moment in a very good way.

There's no fixed pattern or formula to life.

My life and career have been a big improvisation.

My life was always one year here, I squeezed out what I could from it, enjoyed it the most possible and changed. That was the way of life I had.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain.

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.

Thats the beautiful thing about being human: Things change.

My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the ever changing, ever evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever found. Say 'YES AND.”

Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

I know for sure that nothing is guaranteed. Life always changes. I know for sure that I'm open to all possibilities always... let's just say my life is never boring.

One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

I'm not somebody who plans. There were times I planned a lot in my life, and it never turns out how you plan it. So I think it's important not to. I'm a very spontaneous person.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

Don't plan too hard, because something much better might be out there.

The worst question is, 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I don't know. Variety is the spice of life. That's the best way to describe it.