“Appear tougher or cooler or funnier than you feel and there is a chance you’ll make it.”

—  Craig Ferguson, book American on Purpose

American on Purpose (2009)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Appear tougher or cooler or funnier than you feel and there is a chance you’ll make it." by Craig Ferguson?
Craig Ferguson photo
Craig Ferguson118
Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, … 1962

Related quotes

Suzanne Collins photo

“All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Source: Mockingjay

“We’ll make out for a while and you’ll feel better.”

Robyn Carr American writer

Source: Harvest Moon

“What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.”

Marian Keyes (1963) Irish writer

Source: The Other Side of the Story

Tom Brokaw photo

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”

Tom Brokaw (1940) Television journalist

Shannon Hale photo

“A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.”

Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist

Holly Black photo

“I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.”

Holly Black book Doll Bones

Source: Doll Bones

Robert T. Kiyosaki photo

“Eleanor Roosevelt said it best: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.””

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

Robert T. Kiyosaki photo

“If you can’t make up you mind decisively, then you’ll never learn to make money anyway.”

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

Chuck Palahniuk photo

“No, it’s not fair, but what makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead. You’ll find out for yourself soon enough. It won’t help the situation for you to get all upset.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Damned

Source: Damned

Rachel Caine photo

“Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”

“I hardly think there’s any chance of that,” Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Ghost Town

Related topics