Comeback Quotes

#1. I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special.

Suzi Quatro

#2. [After the twins' birth,] I spent two years doing nothing. I was a wife and a mom. But you need that time to grow. You can't be afraid of, 'Oh, I'm out of the public, then I'm going to have to make a comeback.' It's ridiculous. No.

Jennifer Lopez

#3. The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.

Bert Blyleven

#4. To admit you want to have a comeback means you have to admit you weren't what you were supposed to be. You dropped below your own standard.

Marilyn Manson

#5. Captain Billings," he drawled finally, "if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass, don't you know.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

#6. Comeback is a good word, man.

Mickey Rourke

#7. He squinted and said, "Hmmm," which translated from "male" means, "I don't actually agree with that idea, but I don't have a comeback line to common sense.

Suzanne Kelman

#8. Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does.

Harper Lee

#9. There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.

Anne Lamott

#10. You didn't choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very important things he wants you to accomplish with your life.

Shannon L. Alder

#11. I argued that she wasn't even alive when My Little Pony originally aired, but she retorted that she wasn't alive now, either, and there's just no good comeback to that.

Aprilynne Pike

#12. You may talk about Sweden, you may talk about Rome,
but Rockville Center's Floyd Patterson's home.
A lot of people said that Floyd couldn't fight,
but you should have seen him on the comeback night.

Muhammad Ali

#13. There were so many viciously sarcastic ways to respond, Jaden's brain was temporarily paralyzed due to witty comeback overload.

Courtney Kirchoff

#14. I thought that Christianity was undergoing a bit of a comeback?' 'Well, if you're into rock bands and happy-clappy Christianity, I suppose it is

K.M. Ashman

#15. I made a little money. And like the Bible says, I was enjoying the fruits of my labor. This is my comeback. This is me doing what I love to do.

Mr. T

#16. It's time for an American comeback ... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'

George Allen

#17. Every setback is a setup for a comeback!

Joel Osteen

#18. Arguing with the girlfriend. Mid argument she says "Were you on Monday night Raw last night?" I had no comeback.

Zack Ryder

#19. Jace slammed his hand down on the stele. "Clary-"
"She said she doesn't want it," said Simon. "Ha-ha."
"Ha-ha?" Jace looked incredulous. "That's your comeback?

Cassandra Clare

#20. If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Stefano Langone

#21. I've always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that's kind of just been my MO for my whole career.

Serena Williams

#22. I'm making the comeback of the century.

Bob Backlund

#23. What you think is a setback, is really a set-up for a greater comeback!

Joel Osteen

#24. And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first!

Susan Kay

#25. I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, "Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear." I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.

Suzanne Collins

#26. It is not what we choose that is important; it is the reason we choose it.

Caroline Myss

#27. You flunked out of Being a Human 101 but aced Assholery III? The sarcastic sneer on her lovely lips was sexy as fuck and I couldn't help laughing at the witty comeback.

Raine Miller

#28. Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.

Joanne Froggatt

#29. I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger to be able to handle the workload. You can only train for that by pitching innings. You can't simulate pitching off a mound in a game inside a weight room.

David Cone

#30. I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.

Oscar De La Hoya

#31. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.

Michel'le

#32. Curran grinned and my heart made a little jump. I didn't expect that.
"That's it? That's your witty comeback?"
"Yep." Eloquence 'R' Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic - safer that way.

Ilona Andrews

#33. Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.

Karisma Kapoor

#34. She already told me that she doesn't have to be nice, so why do I? Because my mother raised me right? That's why wolves always win. Because the rest of us mind our manners and get devoured for our efforts.

Sheryl J. Anderson

#35. It's like saving up that perfect comeback you read in a book or heard on TV - it always sounds good in your head, but it never quite fits in real life.

Rysa Walker

#36. Having been aware of the Red Sox since the 1946 World Series, having been growled at by Ted Williams as a young reporter in 1960, having been present at the horror of 1986 and the comeback of 2004, I have seen the highs and lows of some other people's favorite team.

George Vecsey

#37. I'm playing an Amazon warrior princess in a new radio comedy series called 'Elvenquest,' and I'm playing a Russian genius in the comeback of 'Red Dwarf.'

Sophie Winkleman

#38. Your setback is just a setup for your comeback.

Steve Harvey

#39. To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.

Paul Ryan

#40. I'm a comeback waiting to happen. No one deserves it more than I do.

Sean Young

#41. ...unfortunately, I am incapable of thinking up perfectly biting, split-second retorts, in any language. The French even have a word for this: l'esprit de l'escalier; staircase wit, something you only think of on the way out.

Tania Aebi

#42. He walked away through the crowd before i could decide if i'd been insulted or not. Just as well. For the life of me, i couldn't think of a good comeback line.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#43. A conquering force sustained the old folks and now centers us. Forming a collective of comeback saints, let us rally behind them and move forward. We're called to a new awakening and application of what we've learned from those who've looked over Jordan.

Deborah L. Parker

#44. Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.

Mitch McConnell

#45. Nevertheless, they can go screw themselves and they might just have to because I successfully managed to highjack both their boyfriends. Ha! That's the comeback! I can totally feel the inter-synaptic high-fives taking place in my brain.

Addison Moore

#46. Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

David Baldacci

#47. I instantly regretted my comeback but that's the thing about unkind words. You can try to undo the damage, but (a) it's hard when you're all coffee-ed up, and (b) you can't take it back, ever.

Rachel Cohn

#48. One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating.

James Randi

#49. And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people.

Taylor Dayne

#50. All you want to do is run out there and get laid and get beat up and get screwed up and get old and sick and banged around by samsara, you fucking eternal meat of comeback you

Jack Kerouac

#51. What is working in the economy is a natural comeback plus some effects of the policies we've been following. But I'm sort of worried about the long term effects.

E. J. Dionne

#52. You're so full of shit, you ought to be a cow manure

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#53. You know, marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.

Bob Hope

#54. Trouble. Sweetheart. Sang. Don't. Don't slip away." He sniffed.
I felt a droplet meeting my forehead.
Gabriel was crying.
"I need you," he whispered. "Comeback to me. I need you.

C.L.Stone

#55. No matter what we might be walking through, we can still have confidence that Jesus is the God of the comeback and that our story is not over as long as Jesus is in it.

Louie Giglio

#56. You only think of the best comeback when you leave.

Jimmy Fallon

#57. Comeback stories are popular because there is truth in them. It is a morality tale. The good guy has to win. The underdog has to defeat the big bad wolf. David beat Goliath did he not? The bad guy has to lose. That is how it works.

Kambiz Mostofizadeh

#58. The comeback of true green olives was part of a Spanish food revival in the early 2000s. I credit Sam and Sam Clark of Moro Restaurant in London with making them cool again.

Bee Wilson

#59. A setback is nothing but a setup for a comeback.

Dennis Kimbro

#60. A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

Shawn Johnson

#61. The decision about digital or film is going to be made for us. I think the answer is that film is gonna be gone, although I think it'll make a comeback; it'll be like vinyl records or something.

James Gray

#62. Get the point?" I asked, offering the boys a triumphant smile.
Gabriel, Zeb, and Dick stared at me, aghast.
"What? Sarcastic postkill comeback. Isn't that what you're supposed to do in situations like this?
Too harsh?

Molly Harper

#63. A great champion deals with setback with a comeback,

Donna De Varona

#64. I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

Pam Grier

#65. It's been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven't been away, guys. I've been working steadily for the last 63 years.

Betty White

#66. You can tell all Namorn this is what happens when I am vexed," she informed him softly.
"Little *bitch*," he snapped.
Sandry looked him over soberly. "If you had understood that earlier, we could have avoided this unpleasantness," she replied.

Tamora Pierce

#67. I owe a great deal of thanks to this man who will be gracious enough to say I've helped him with his career and comeback, but it's every bit the opposite.

Shane Black

#68. My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again.

Thomas Muster

#69. I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a self-sustaining, vibrant, long-term artist, and I'm not going away! And if you don't give me credit, then the musical gods will!

Rufus Wainwright

#70. The name Kylie can be used for Scrabble, as it is an aboriginal word for boomerang. Which is why Ms Minogue is so good at comebacks.

Kathy Lette

#71. Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.

Sheena Easton

#72. I felt my cheeks turn red, and she laughed out loud. But I didn't mind too much, because the last thing she saw was my middle finger aimed in her direction as I stepped outside

Jessica Verday

#73. We have to judge presidents not only by the long-term consequences of their actions but also by how they make citizens in their own day feel. One reason that Nixon never succeeded in his comeback campaign is that he had such a negative impact on public trust at the time of his presidency.

David Greenberg

#74. Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

Greg Lake

#75. I think there are some songs that stand the test of time better than others for sure. I think some songs go out of favour; I'll get sick of a song for a while, and I won't play it; then it'll make a comeback.

Conor Oberst

#76. It's not easy being a father, but I've been allowed a comeback.

Alan King

#77. The people that can't sing anymore that had great voices are the people that went away for five years and then just decided to come back. And you just can't make a comeback. Comebacks are no good. You have to just keep singing. Or keep dancing.

Stevie Nicks

#78. Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.

Steven Adler

#79. You suck at working with someone, I say, because it's true.

Elizabeth Norris

#80. Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Aretha Franklin

#81. I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.

Alonzo Mourning

#82. The selection rules are the same for everybody. I am trying to make a comeback just like some other players who got dropped after the Pakistan tour. I hope my time will come.

Sourav Ganguly

#83. Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed.
'The first one. I really resent being called the second.

Melina Marchetta

#84. I was sure I'd have the perfect answer sometime tonight.

Karen Tayleur

#85. What makes a person a success is how they handle the lows in life and how they make their comeback.

Chelsea Krost

#86. I am facing a challenge,
I am not facing defeat.
Remember this.

Nikki Rowe

#87. If you live life so cautiously as to never fail, you end up failing at life itself.

J.S.B. Morse

#88. Whatever you need to come back from, I want you to hear this: if Jesus is alive from the dead - and he is - and if Jesus has conquered death and hell - and he has - then it's possible for every person to have a comeback story.

Louie Giglio

#89. Flames of outrage and reprisal had likewise made a comeback, his nearly forgotten, silent heritage no longer hidden by thirty years of compliance. Instead the fire grew, unmitigated by training, logic or reason.

Marcha A. Fox

#90. Remember that nurturing yourself is as important (if not more so) as nurturing others.

Mary Anne Radmacher

#91. It seems to me that religion is losing momentum and God is making a comeback.

Steve Maraboli

#92. Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.

Dalai Lama

#93. My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?'

Chance The Rapper

#94. I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Billie Holiday

#95. I knew that one movie could either kill my career or give birth to it. It's the same thing with Nelson. If you fail at Nelson [movie about nelson Mandela], you don't get to comeback and say, 'Well, I was trying. Let me do it again.' There are no re-takes.

Terrence Howard

#96. Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.

Pat Riley

#97. What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka" she asked.
"I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied.

Tamora Pierce

#98. If you go all in and all out for the cause of Christ, there will be setbacks along the way. But remember this: without a crucifixion there can be no resurrection! And when you have a setback, you do not take a step back, because God is already preparing your comeback.

Mark Batterson

#99. I would like to be able to say that I came back from this by just simply getting up from the sofa and rolling up my sleeves ... but I didn't. I could not even take things days by day. In realistic terms I fought to make it through the day - 5 minutes at a time.

Gisela Hausmann

#100. He is a man of great strength, determination, and resilience, and we truly hope that he will use those qualities to make a moral comeback as complete as the physical comeback he effected from the cancer that nearly killed him. Time will tell.

Reed Albergotti