J.D. Roth Quotes

Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.

The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.

I just wanted to be in show biz. I wanted to make music and sing and dance, tell jokes and stories, make ya smile, make ya cry - and charge you $ 8.50

Don't be a complainer; make things better, let it go, or take action to make it better.

Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him.

A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way.

Resisting is worth doing.

People love to make excuses, forget all the excuses, if it doesn't work out, failure is the best thing that can happen to somebody, people are extremely scared of failure.

Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.

I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.

You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.

Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.

You chose us. Now we have to choose you.

Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.

Nothing says 'dropping out of society' like learning the banjo.

My work is giving space - learning of its way and being in its service at the same time. We each have responsibility to express ourselves. And in this expression is the key to our healing.

Benjamin, we’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?

He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.

Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.

Everybody has their opinion and they are going to critique you.

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right?

Be honest, be brutally honest, and if you want something go out there and get it.

I don't know how many times we have to be reminded that life is extremely short.

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard.

Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.

I live and breathe and do four times as much four times as fast as anyone else.

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.

And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.

'Hostel' is that's how I feel about what's going on in Iraq. There's people that just want money and people are being sacrificed for it.

I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation.

Being a rock star is being a rock star, I don't need to go into the details. What would you do if you were a rock star?

I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?

The relentless attempts to be thin take you further and further away from what could actually end your suffering: getting back in touch with who you really are. Your true nature. Your essence.

Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much.

Nobody's going to get a hot dog at my concert!

I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.

Music videos are like girlfriends. I'm constantly amazed on what other people doing

It's amazing how much punishment we can take.

What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.

People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.

Fine," he says. "Then I love you.

There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.

No. Because it's so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?" "And a half," he says.