Snider Quotes & Sayings

It ain't the despair that gets you, it's the hope, — Todd Snider

You don't have to win to be a winner. If you give 100 percent, getting yourself mentally and physically prepared to play the game, if you look in the mirror and can say you give it everything to win, that's it. You're not going to win every time. — Duke Snider

I've produced things myself, I was like telling the producers how to do the show. They really didn't appreciate that, they just wanted a dumb rocker on the show and they got some guy telling them how to do their job. So being too smart can get in the way. — Dee Snider

But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in. — Dee Snider

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good. — Dee Snider

You have to have a strong idea for a hit movie, a strong core idea that resonates emotionally. It also has to technically achieve its goal - it's got to be well-written, well-paced, and interestingly told. — Stacey Snider

I was interviewed by the Moscow Times and they said how's it feel to know that every Russian school child has to read your Teenage Survival Guide? I said slightly terrifying. — Dee Snider

My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac. — Duke Snider

The bulk of my calls are from agents who are letting you know about material that's coming your way. — Stacey Snider

For 'Fright Night,' we really want to convey the fun attitude of the movie and show the intensity of Colin Farrell as a predator. He's not a brooding vampire - he's dark and dangerous. — Stacey Snider

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it. — Duke Snider

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody. — Dee Snider

I love scary movies. — Dee Snider

The sport to which I owe so much has undergone profound changes, but it's still baseball. Kids still imitate their heroes on playgrounds. Fans still ruin expensive suits going after foul balls that cost five dollars. Hitting streaks still make the network news and hot dogs still taste better at the ballpark than at home. — Duke Snider

Hemingway was very sparse in his writing. Kris Kristofferson is like that. He can take four words and say it all. — Todd Snider

They say 74% of everything you're learning in college is a bunch of bullshit you'll never need 83.4% of everything you've got, you bought to satisfy you're greed Because 91% of the world's population links their pssessions to success Even though 88% of the wealthiest 1% of the population drinks to an alarming excess More money more stress. — Todd Snider

The only way the gender divide affected me was the social things the younger guy executives could do with their bosses. I don't know what went on in the clubs, because I didn't go. I made sure my work was stellar, and that compensated for whatever social time we weren't spending together. — Stacey Snider

A man once said that the pinnacle of success Was when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity A noble enough idea I suppose How on Earth he does this heaven only knows I know I need a lot more of all three of those Before I'll ever have the nerve to turn up my nose At any money, or compliments, or publicity — Todd Snider

One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real! — Stacey Snider

We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it out. When they tore down Ebbets Field, they tore down a little piece of me. — Duke Snider

What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie. — Stacey Snider

Fall is my favorite time of year, even the traffic lights change color. — Jerry Snider

They say the average bank robber lives within say about 20 miles of the bank that he robs There's this little bank not so far from here I've been watching now for a while Seems like lately alls I can think about is how bad I wanna go out in style — Todd Snider

Sometimes, sitting in the park with my boys, I imagine myself back at Ebbets Field, a young girl once more in the presence of my father, watching the players of my youth on the grassy fields below - Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges. There is magic in these moments, for when I open my eyes and see my sons in the place where my father once sat, I feel an invisible bond among our three generations, an anchor of loyalty and love linking my sons to the grandfather whose face they have never seen but whose person they have come to know through this most timeless of sports. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Don't be limited by your job description. — Stacey Snider

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect. — Dee Snider

I shall be obliged if you will send Nora and the girls to church every Sunday for the next month to pray for the continued health and strength of the messrs. gilliam, reese, snider, campanella, robinson, hodges, furillo, podres, necombe and labine, collectively known as the The Brooklyn Dodgers. If they lose this World Series I shall Do Myself In and then where will you be? — Helene Hanff

My car broke down. Instead of AAA, I called AA by mistake. They could only move my car twelve steps. — Jerry Snider

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing. — Dee Snider

Not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field. — Duke Snider

Sharing our stories is a vital part of doing life together. The disciples shared their stories and changed the world, not because they were extraordinary men, but because they told about an extraordinary God. — Cindee Snider Re

Today's baseball players are walking conglomerates. They have fantastic salaries, multiple investments, but we had one thing they don't have today, the train ride. We didn't always like it, but those rides kept us close as a team and as friends. Something you can't get on a two hour plane ride that used to take you fifteen hours on a train. — Duke Snider

I have always felt that my career was not going to be a straight shot up, but more of a kind of rolling wave, so that I could raise my children. So I got pregnant when I was the head of production at a studio, and I became chairperson at a bigger studio when I was pregnant with my second daughter. You just do it! — Stacey Snider

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems. — Duke Snider

The hallmark of a disorganized individual is that they never finish what they start. — Matthew Snider

I think it would be difficult to get drunk in China. I tried to drink some beer with chop sticks and it took me a whole day to finish one can. — Jerry Snider

What if illness - the stripping away of our health, our dreams, our understanding of who we are and what our future holds - is really a gift - God offering Himself to us unencumbered by all the noise, all the things that clutter our hearts and so easily fill our days? Because what if that quiet, stripped-away space is where hope is found? Where God leans in close whispering love to our weary souls until it becomes as familiar as the beating of our own hearts? — Cindee Snider Re

I was born and raised a Christian, and I still adhere to those principles. — Dee Snider

There is no role too small for a big actor. — Jerry Snider

I don't know much about that whole grunge thing. — Todd Snider

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details. — Dee Snider

Get a hobby. Maintain your friendships. Hang out with other people. — Stacey Snider

At age 64 I started working at a preschool. I figured the kids would have a lot to teach me. — Jerry Snider

He (Jackie Robinson) was the greatest competitor I've ever seen. I've seen him beat a team with his bat, his ball, his glove, his feet and, in a game in Chicago one time, with his mouth. — Duke Snider

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know. — Dee Snider

The familiar warmth from the church saturated his heart. Was this what Mom meant by Christmas joy? — Jennifer Gladen

He (Jackie Robinson) knew he had to do well. He knew that the future of blacks in baseball depended on it. The pressure was enormous, overwhelming, and unbearable at times. I don't know how he held up. I know I never could have. — Duke Snider

You need to be grounded internally and excited about the world around you. If I were out of touch, it would be hard for me to know why Michael Cera is so cool. — Stacey Snider

I'm still confounded by how few female directors there are. I don't get it. — Stacey Snider

We can feel isolated and powerless when living with chronic illness, but what if your story begins to bridge the barrier or open a way for someone to connect? What if your story offers a glimmer of hope to someone standing at the edge of desolation? ...What if your story starts the conversation? — Cindee Snider Re

Attention everyone,we're having an earthquake drill at 11:02, 11:03, 11:04, 11:05, 11:06, and 11:07. — Jerry Snider

I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as recorded by my band Twisted Sister. There is almost nothing on which I agree with Paul Ryan, except perhaps the use of the P90X. — Dee Snider

I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't mean I think everything needs to leave the house. If it helps me through my life and doesn't bore anybody in theirs. — Todd Snider

It's good to remember even during your darkest hour, you are not here to be punished.You are here to serve. — Jerry Snider

Being asked to help can sometimes be as difficult as asking for , because it can feel awkward, uncomfortable, aggravating and inconvenient. Yet we are called to open the door to inconvenience. — Cindee Snider Re

...our stories are who we are, where we begin. They connect us, tearing down walls and shattering isolation. For story is where hope begins. — Cindee Snider Re

My attitude toward spiders is similar to my attitude toward ballerinas: I am in awe of your natural beauty and flawless instincts, but if you come in my house I will kill you. — Eric D. Snider

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order. — Dee Snider

Could our plodding, our daily persevering through a life we didn't expect, don't want and didn't choose, actually bring blessing? — Cindee Snider Re

You can't do everything, at the same time, always, and forever. But if you look at your life and your career as a long, winding river, you can get to your destination. — Stacey Snider

I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the street? Yes, they do. But at the same time, it's not a media center out here. People get used to you. — Dee Snider

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games. — Duke Snider

(Skip Litz) was road managing Todd Snider one time, which meant he had to sneak Todd's tiny dog, Lulu, into hotels. In Atlanta, Skip checked Todd into a hotel that didn't accept dogs. Then Skip carried Lulu in his arms, right through the lobby, and a guy behind the hotel desk saw this happening and said, 'Is that a dog?'

Skip looked the guy square in the eye and said, 'No.' Then he and Lulu got on the elevator, and no one said another word about it. — Peter Cooper

I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity, thank you. — Dee Snider

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate. — Duke Snider

I - and I bet all the panelists here - truly believe that movies really can change the world. — Stacey Snider

It's a circus out there, mama
and your baby's got the sideshow blues. — Todd Snider

My wife said never to judge her until I walked a mile in her shoes. That's how I found out I like wearing high heels. — Jerry Snider

Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time. — Dee Snider

And that afternoon, as the sun slanted low through the changing autumn leaves, I remembered to savor the moment, soak in the beauty, breathe deeply and feel the immensity of God. — Cindee Snider Re

The point of my explanation is I'm very subjective when it comes to describing my characters: they are all a little bit a part of me from the outside in or the inside out - but to put your mind at ease, I built Paul Snider from the outside in. — Eric Roberts

I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable. — Stacey Snider

I'm wearing out this new Coal Men record. I think it's masterful start-to-finish. Dave Coleman is one of Americana music's great songwriters, and I hope this record gets the attention it deserves. — Todd Snider

You can't stop rock-n-roll! — Dee Snider

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things. — Dee Snider

Be serious. You've got to do the job you were hired to do well, but there's always more you can do. When I was an assistant, I would say to myself, 'You may not be an executive, but act like one.' I would volunteer for any creative assignment - read scripts, do 'coverage,' write notes. — Stacey Snider

I think I'm an alright twitterer. — Todd Snider

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. — Duke Snider

Bret Michaels and Dee Snider and I know how to step on a stage and front a band, and we're not ashamed to. We're not shoe gazers. — Sebastian Bach

Chronic illness is hard. Pain is hard. Isolation is hard. The financial cost is hard. Grieving is hard and necessary and sometimes takes far longer than we every imagined. — Cindee Snider Re

I've got a lot to do, and I hope that by the end of it all, people will say that Dee Snider was an entertainer, and he did his job well. — Dee Snider

Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away — Dee Snider

It was a terrible psychic blow ... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where Duke Snider used to hit one? Point out Apartment 5Q? — Joe Flaherty

Well, my dad was into music, but he wasn't into me being into music. In my house when I was a kid, when I was real young, my dad wanted us all to play sports, and we were jock-like. We had a lot of money. And my brother was sort of the light of our family, and he was a good athlete. And I wasn't a very good athlete, but I tried to be. And then when I was 15 my dad went bankrupt, and we moved to Houston. And I went with him, but then I went back to Portland. — Todd Snider

My family is out of the ordinary in our physical lifestyle and the day-to-day things that we deal with, but my approach to them is pretty rational and sound. And I'm the quiet one! It's very different from my performing life. — Dee Snider

School of Rock. The best music school anywhere. This whole idea of getting kids not just taking lessons and learning notes and chords, but learning songs and playing with other young musicians, and getting out on stage ... I was so impressed that my daughter Cheyenne goes to School of Rock on Long Island. — Dee Snider

This is fundamentally true of the media business, the rigmarole you go through while trying to make 25 movies while not seeing your kids. — Stacey Snider

Recently God asked me the same question in a new way, "And if I don't allow you to heal, if I never remove the pain, will you still trust Me? — Cindee Snider Re