Matt Berry Quotes

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on the back of my neck these days. And there are certain things I want to do before my time is up.

If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Life's like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it's the ninth inning.

I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.

For many of us, we set out thinking there will be time in the future, and then suddenly we find ourselves at a moment when we have to acknowledge that the future isn't infinite.

I want to do as much as I can - I'm young, and I want to get out there while I still can.

I want to do as much as I can do while I'm young.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

This whole thing about, 'Take it easy, you had a heart attack, you might die,' I don't have time to take it easy. I might go at any point now. So, I want to get as much done as I can!

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very important to know - that you have the moment, then you lose the moment. You have to see your chances, you have to take them, and you also have to see when you don't have chances to take.

You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you.

When I did play, I tried to make the most of it.

I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.

You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will.

I don't look ahead to the future as a vast, endless one. I've begun to feel the calendar pages turning.

Really, ambition has gone. I look for things that tickle my fancy. You begin to see the end of life on the horizon. You think, 'It's not going on forever, this.' Let's make the most of what time I have left.

Age gives you a feeling that you don't have forever to win.

When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.

Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!

If one waits for the right time to come before writing, the right time never comes.