Unproductive Efforts Quotes

I've definitely had the experience where I was pursuing someone for a long time that I just obviously did not connect with, so I was always, kind of altering myself for her, But then you realize it's just not worth it. What's the point?

It is a stupidity second to none, to busy oneself with the correction of the world.

There's folks 'ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.

Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig.

To try to help somebody who doesn't want to be helped is ludicrous. It doesn't work.

My career is a burden, but I can't just fade out like a pathetic sore loser. More often than not, I'm just making a fool of myself for the hundredth time, and that wasn't part of the plan, initially. I'd be happier not having any kind of public presence whatsoever and just hiding behind the sleeves of the CD.

The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.

Sometimes it's kind of strange, and it's definitely something I have to work on in the future, but when I'm big favourite in fights, it's almost like I try too hard and try to force things to happen. That always seems to take a bad turn and makes my performance look bad, even if I win.

At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.

Do not seek prizes that aren't worth getting.

A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere.

Sometimes when you push something or you force something too much, the progress doesn't happen the way it should.

I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together.