I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
Joan RiversRead
I've learned you don't always listen to your agents and managers. Sometimes they know nothing.
Interpretation
Sometimes, relying solely on the advice of others can lead to poor decisions; it's important to trust your own instincts.
Joan Rivers emphasizes the importance of personal judgment over external advice, suggesting that professionals, such as agents and managers, may not always have the best insight for every situation. This quote encourages individuals to trust their own experiences and instincts, especially when faced with crucial decisions.
In practice
In a motivational speech about entrepreneurship, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of trusting one's instincts.
I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
"I've learned what's funny verbally ain't so funny on e-mail: They don't hear your intonations. Melissa broke up with somebody over that. She tried to tell him: "That was a joke!" But he just didn't get it. Mick Jagger said, "F- 'em if they don't get the joke." And I love him. That comes with age: Knowing it's their problem, not mine."
I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive.
Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny.
Life is so tough. I don't know how old you are, but I've seen so much in a wink. One phone call and your life is changed forever. We all know that. You better laugh at everything.
I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.
It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there.
All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and I'll be happy to lead you back into the sunshine. I'm happy to go there because I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.
You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.
Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors they can no longer earn, and the duties they can no longer perform.
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.
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