Simon Helberg Quotes

You yourself don't have to be shaken by mortal danger in order to feel your mortality.

Some people might think they're invincible, but I don't.

What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.

Everyone asks, Will he make it, will she make it? You never make it.

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we're going to die, I suppose.

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

It was despairing to find out that I am mortal.

I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.

When I fall, I fall hard.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

I'm that sensitive, honest guy who likes people, wants to know why, and who puzzles everyone by continually putting himself in harm's way.

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.

If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldn't live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it.

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

Even when you're 22 and you feel immortal, you know in your heart you're not.

Before my stroke, I thought I was infallible, because I was physically strong, and could do these endless hours with no effects, whatsoever. But sooner or later, we all hit a wall.

Any man can be defeated.