Sometimes You've Gotta Quotes & Sayings

This is a world where everybody's gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody's gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that ... Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I don't wanna do. All the things that I don't wanna be. Places I don't wanna go, like India, like getting my teeth cleaned. Save the whale, all that, I don't understand that ... — Charles Bukowski

I think you gotta have balls to be an Avenged fan sometimes. A lot of our fans get hated on just as much as us. To me Avenged fans aren't just fans of a band, they are fans of everything that surrounds it, like a life style. We live it, you live it. You go to the shows and you can feel it. It's a great experience and people that aren't involved will never understand. So they can stand on the side lines and talk, but we will continue to do just what makes us happy. — M. Shadows

I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing. — Joss Whedon

You can't be a human and a guy and not connect with Pippin ... I often feel like Pippin. I come offstage sometimes like 'Oh my God, I've got to do this next time! I've gotta go there. I'm going to make this choice.' — Matthew James Thomas

Did you ever think the reason you haven't found the right man is because it's not your time? Sometimes God kets bad things happen to us as a sign that something is not right. He also does it to make us stronger. God got a plan for you, and you gotta stop fighting it. Focus on YOU, and let God lead that man to you. — Braya Spice

Sometimes it all gets a little too much, but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up. — Shawn Mendes

...setting out together in a marriage is a lot like setting out on the river. Some parts will be rough; some will be smooth. You can't see from the start where it's gonna travel and where it's gonna end up. Sometimes it'll turn a sharp corner; sometimes it'll drift along awhile. Thing is, no matter what the river does, both parties gotta paddle equally, see? — Lisa Wingate

See, when we get sent out into the world we come here carryin' two sets of gifts. The gifts of the father an' gifts of the mother. The two human bein's that made our life. We came here carryin' those two sets of gifts, each one equal to the other. But sometimes the world gets hold of us and makes us see diff'rent way. We get told as men that we gotta be strong, gotta be fearless. Lotta us kinda start ignorin' the gifts of our mother. Go through life just usin' gifts of our father. Bein' tough, makin' our own plans, livin' in the head. But if you do that you can't be wholee on accounta you gotta use both of them equal setsa gifts to live right, to fill out the circle of your own life. Be complete. Gotta use the mother's gifts too. Like gentleness an' nurturin' livin' in the heart. — Richard Wagamese

Sometimes You Just Gotta Stay Silent Cause No Words Can Explain The Shit Thats Going On In Your Mind And Heart — Bryant McGill

Sometimes you've gotta wreck the truck to get the insurance money to make the payment on the truck. — Larry The Cable Guy

Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt ... — Jill Scott

I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer. I don't like it. There's no noise on the computer. I like a typewriter because I am such a slow typist. I edit as I am committing it to paper. I like to see the words before me and I go, "Yeah, that's it." They appear before me and they fit. I don't usually take large parts out. If I get stuck early in a song, I take it as a sign that I might be writing the chorus and don't know it. Sometimes,you gotta step back a little bit and take a look at what you're doing. — John Prine

Songs are puzzles - you get an intro, or maybe an end, but you gotta fill in the rest. Sometimes they come easy and sometimes they're a pain in the ass. — Mark Kozelek

Sometimes you've gotta stand up for yourself, even when you know you ain't got a chance. — Sara King

I gotta be honest with you. I'm kind of jealous of the way my dad gets to talk to my mom sometimes. Where are all those old-school women you can just take your day out on? When did they stop making those angels? — Bill Burr

Sometimes you've gotta humor the old people. — Jennifer Brown

Sometimes, when people think they're putting obstacles in your path, they're actually laying your stepping-stones. You just gotta recognize them as one and the same. — Daniel Black

But sometimes you gotta do stuff you don't want to do. — P.C. Cast

Sure, sometimes you gotta let things go, but other times you can't till you set things right. And I know darn well it ain't worth arguing with a preacher. The only truths they believe are their own words. — Erin Bowman

You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage. — Gabriel Iglesias

Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Everytime I call my baby, to try to get a date
My boss says, no dice, son, you gotta work late
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues. — Eddie Cochran

Happiness is like the weather. Sometimes it's rainy, sometimes it's sunny, and you gotta just go through and accept what's there in front of you. — Jared Leto

I had to admit, standing there, that sometimes you just gotta admire the passion of the truly insane
a passion that bulls right past all sense or reason. — David Brin

I think you gotta be who you want to be until you feel like you are whoever it is you're trying to become. Sometimes half of doing something is pretending that you can. — Julie Murphy

Rapping can be repetition sometimes. Sometimes you gotta highlight your words in a certain kind of way. So I always was a fan of sing-rapping. It was always funny to me a little bit, and I think that being funny and being able to laugh, even at yourself, is a form of flattery. — ASAP Ferg

Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done. — Derek Landy

If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I've gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder. — Shakira

People are gonna disappoint you sometimes. We're flawed creatures. Not one of us is perfect, not even you, and you've gotta let people mess up and then you've gotta forgive them. That's just life. — Jenny Han

Sometimes, you gotta start small to fix what's broke. Even if it's hard work, it's worth each little step if it's something you love. — Laura Ware

You gotta remember: we're musicians ... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry! — Corey Taylor

Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice; those kids gotta get to school! — Dave Attell

I get it," said Link. "Even if it wrecks everything, even if you know you're gonna get busted, sometimes you gotta do it anyway."
"Something like that. — Kami Garcia

Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all. — Chuck Brown

Sometimes, you gotta do things that aren't easy for the sake of everyone. You've been sheltered like a little kid, but now you know things are going on, and you don't have a choice. You're involved. — Addison Lane

Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning. And you're just gonna have to work through that wall. But if you know something is there, you've gotta just keep doing it until you get it right. So, I'll work on a song for three months if I have to, to get it right. — Benny Blanco

Sometimes you're not like the person you'd want to hang out with. Would I really want to hang out with me full time? No, you've gotta find people who balance you out. — Emma Stone

Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy. Because all the other things you could believe hurt too much. — Pat Murphy

Sometimes you just gotta let sh-t go and say 'to hell with it' and move on. — Eminem

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money. — Edward James Olmos

Sometimes you gotta fail in order to succeed — Sampson Davis

That's the difference between crime and business. For business you gotta have capital. Sometimes I think it's the only difference. — Raymond Chandler

Sometimes I gotta look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, they're still saying you're too fat, but you're here! They gotta take it or leave it.' And in most cases, if they leave it, it's all good because they don't need to be in my space anyway. — Kelly Price

Everybody has a heart. Sometimes you gotta work hard to find it -Mouse — Pam Munoz Ryan

It will scramble your head and drag your brain about, sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out. — Bob Dylan

You gotta lay down the law; being nice or polite is a weakness that only encourages unwanted attention. I'd be less of a bitch if I didn't have to worry about getting my motives twisted. Sometimes you just have to be rude. — Xandrie Kovak

sometimes you gotta Run before you can Walk. — Tony Stark

I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it. — Mitch Hedberg

If you want to finish, sometimes you can't just finish. You gotta finish fast! — Eric Thomas

Sometimes life just makes you grow up. You can't fight it, son. You just have to wipe your eyes and keep puttin' one foot in front of the other and do what you gotta do. — Jasinda Wilder

Sometimes you gotta look yourself in the mirror and say, 'You are the prettiest princess in all the land.' I do it once a week. — Jack Barakat

Sometimes in life if you wanna do something good, you gotta do something bad. — Timothy Olyphant

Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you've gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them. — Mel Brooks

Sometimes you can make friends, and sometimes you can take friends. Sometimes people want to be friends with you, and you gotta be like, 'Okay, I can deal with this person's personality and be their friend, but not necessarily do I have to change who I am. I'm not gonna change myself to be their friend.' — J. B. Smoove

Sometimes you gotta do what's right for you and forget about everybody else. All that matters is what you want. What you need. — Miranda Kenneally

Getting a room's not always enough. Sometimes you gotta close the door. — Nora Roberts

Sometimes you gotta accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be .. — Anonymous

Look, I have no idea what's going on," I said, catching my breath. "I don't like myself either. I don't know what's happening to me. I don't want to tell you to fuck off. But you gotta understand, everything in my life feels different. I just want so badly to know if you like me. And I know how asinine that sounds. If you want me to leave you alone, I will, but sometimes ... sometimes you meet somebody and you know that whatever you did before, whatever your life was before, it must have been right ... nothing could've been too bad or gone too far wrong because it led you to this person. You're that person. Do you want me to go away? — Ethan Hawke

Sometimes you just gotta cry, but you never,ever do it in public. — Nina Totenberg

I wrote the song 'Down to Earth' a few years ago, and i was really excited to record it for My World album. It's a huge fan favourite. So many people feel where i'm coming from. It doesn't need any spectacular stage effects in the touring show; the best thing i can do is just sing it straight from my heart. I'm not afraid to show my emotions; if you love someone, you should tell them. If you think a girl is beautiful, you should say that. Usher says some songs work best when there's a sob in the singer's voice. You gotta let that deep feeling come through. And that's how i felt about this song. Sometimes the emotion of it is enough to bring tears to my eyes. — Justin Bieber

Sometimes, to help the people you love, you've gotta commit a felony. — Christopher Titus

And you and I know you're the best thing that ever happened to me, and, yes, that's an expression, something people say, that has no meaning, but what I mean is there isn't anybody in the whole world who has loved me the way you have, not my mother, not my old man, not my friends.
There's nothing preventing me and you from loving each other and being some kinda world-class shining beacon of love except how bad do we want it and what are we willing to do for it?
Now, I know I did you wrong, and I was freaking out and being stupid and I was mean to you. You know sometimes I get all fucking confused and I can't see outside of my own asshole. I'm unhappy. Why am I unhappy? It's gotta be somebody's fault, right? It couldn't just be that I'm a self-centered fuck spinning around inside my own dank cloud of concerns.
There isn't anything I can think of that I really want or that the best part of me wants, that loving you won't start doing. I love you. — Ethan Hawke

Sometimes you gotta just take things for what they are and appreciate them, not try to label it or explain it. Explanations take the mystery out of it, you know? — Sarah Ockler

Sometimes when you feel the urge, you've just gotta go. — Mike Shannon

Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings. — Jeff Garlin

I didn't set out like, "I'm gonna do this album, and I really want a #1 album." So it wasn't even on my mind like a goal to accomplish ... but as soon as it sunk it that it was an accomplishment, I realized I gotta start acknowledging milestones [I've] accomplished because sometimes you get so caught up in the bigger picture that you gotta stop and notice the steps you take to get to the bigger picture. — Ryan Montgomery

Sometimes you just gotta wear the tinfoil hat. — Gary Hopkins

Sometimes you just gotta trust that your secret's been kept long enough. — Anne Cameron

It's a bitch and life's a rollercoaster ride.
The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes.
It's hard believing that the thrill is gone,
But we gotta go around again, so let's hold on.
- Lie to Me — Jon Bon Jovi

You don't come to terms with something before you do it. It's only after you've done it that you realize, you know, maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Sometimes you gotta fall down to know the feeling to get up. — DMX

Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top. — Tyra Banks

Life is just what it is - a long road trip that sometimes has bumps and sometimes doesn't. Either way, you just gotta keep rollin' along. — Rebecca Holland

How can even the idea of rebellion against corporate culture stay meaningful when Chrysler Inc. advertises trucks by invoking "The Dodge Rebellion"? How is one to be bona fide iconoclast when Burger King sells onion rings with "Sometimes You Gotta Break the Rules"? How can an Image-Fiction writer hope to make people more critical of televisual culture by parodying television as a self-serving commercial enterprise when Pepsi and Subaru and FedEx parodies of self-serving commercials are already doing big business? It's almost a history lesson: I'm starting to see just why turn-of-the-century Americans' biggest fear was of anarchist and anarchy. For if anarchy actually wins, if rulelessness become the rule, then protest and change become not just impossible but incoherent. It'd be like casting a ballot for Stalin: you are voting for an end to all voting. — David Foster Wallace

Sometimes you just gotta hope for the hope of having hope some day. — Jeffery Thompson

Sometimes you gotta mess up a little bit to wake up — Archie Manning

Sometimes you gotta let people take the hit. How do you think a quarterback learns how to deal with the fear of getting hit? — Rachel Van Dyken

Sometimes you just gotta get in front of the camera because sometimes you have a long break between things, or you're auditioning and maybe nothing's really happening. — Jonathan Lipnicki

When you tell your dreams you gotta tell people you trust, 'cause sometimes they'll snatch your dream right away from you. — Michelle Muriel

I grabbed the oh-shit handle with one hand and whooped, bracing the other hand on the dashboard. I couldn't help myself. Everything was going to hell, George was dead, and I was on my way to commit either treason or suicide, but who the hell cared? I was off-roading across a river in a government SUV. Sometimes, you just gotta kick back and enjoy what's going on around you. — Mira Grant

Everybody else cain't be wrong all the time. Sometimes it's gotta be you. — Angela Flournoy

If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying ... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets. — Vince Vaughn

For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory. — Anna Gunn

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN ONLY BE IN YOUR HEART, NOT YOUR LIFE. — Chiki101

Look, sometimes it's OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it's not because they've got a broken wing and they're hurt and they're an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it's mended and you're getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she's sensitive and she's smart, she's artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you're a better guy than this. — Matthew Quick

Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy, when you come right down to it, not lettin' the fear get you so turned around you start doin' stupid things, instead of what you know you ought to do. — Poppy Z. Brite

Knowing takes its own time. I swear sometimes you've gotta get really, really uncomfortable before it shows up. — Deb Caletti

Sometimes, you just gotta be the weird one. It's always the weird one that stands out anyway, right? Nobody cares about the sheep; it's the wolf they're all after. — C.M. Stunich

Sometimes you gotta say what's in your heart... And you have to stand for what you believe. No matter what."
~'Dr. Michael C. Anders, — Stephanie Osborn

Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot. — Aziz Ansari

Sometimes, you gotta pretend everything is okay — Unknown

Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality — Mark Knopfler

Sometimes you've gotta hide the medicine in the food. You can't slap somebody in the face with facts, all the time. It's too harsh — Michael B. Jordan

Sometimes you gotta bust apart to get yourself put back together. — Alden Bell

Sometimes you just gotta suck at being the person people think you are. — Ellie Rose McKee

Getting over it/ just means getting around it/ and sometimes/ you gotta go through it/ leave it torn and blasted apart — Shane Koyczan

Like you have seven people with their hands up. I gotta make a choice. Y'know, that's tough. Sometimes I gotta go with someone that has an idea and make several calls in a row, because they got an idea. — John Zorn

Well it happened, you know? And There's nothing we can do about it now. You can blame and blame yourself, thinking og thw things you might've done differently, or ask if maybe it was her time, and ask if this has something to do with god, maybe, but sometimes I think things just happen. There's nothing you can do about it-you just gotta deal with it. Sometimes life really sucks. you know? sometimes it just sucks — Sara Shepard

As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor. — Travis Fimmel

Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach ... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going. — Tanya Masse

You gotta go in the mud sometimes to figure who you are. — Andy Irons

Sometimes you gotta stand by your failures to recognize your success — Joe Budden