Quotes About The Brass Ring

#1. Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.

Jason Calacanis

#2. It's fine to be on the hamster wheel, running and running, trying to grab the brass ring or whatever you define as success, but your relationships, that's really all that matters when it's all said and done.

Katie Couric

#3. I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agreed. That's every artist's dream. That's the brass ring.

Joss Whedon

#4. If you're in the room, you've grabbed the brass ring. You are all winners.

George Clooney

#5. I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well.

Dan Quayle

#6. Not all of us need to spend every second of our lives trying to get somewhere other than where we are. Not all of us have to grab the brass ring on the carousel. Some of us just like to go around and enjoy the ride.

Barbara Freethy

#7. Never had anyone said, Listen. Life is short. Pretend your body is still in its twenties. Jump for the brass ring. Swing for those bleachers. Dive into the deep end of the pool. Act like a fool if you must, but at least *live*.

Cathie Pelletier

#8. For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.

Kate Walsh

#9. It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.

Julie Andrews

#10. It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.

Samuel L. Jackson

#11. I do happen to have a good life ... But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this.

George Clooney

#12. I'm a weak character, without guts or ambition. I caught the brass ring and it shocked me to find out it wasn't gold. A guy like me has one big moment in his life, one perfect swing on the high trapeze. Then he spends the rest of his time trying not to fall off the sidewalk into the gutter.

Raymond Chandler

#13. You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to reach for the brass ring

Sandra Lee

#14. I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story just beyond my reach. To grasp that brass ring I need to continue to fine-tune my talents.

Michael Welch

#15. To "those about to marry," Ibsen therefore says in effect, "Be sure you are not in love!" And to those who are in love he says, "Part!

Henrik Ibsen

#16. Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an Ego that denies.

Beatrice Webb

#17. Being Governor of a state is generally considered a prelude or stepping stone to a U.S. Senate seat. Not so in Alabama. The governor's office has always seemed to be the ultimate brass ring

Steve Flowers

#18. There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

Charles Bukowski

#19. Fred at six years old thought her the nicest girl in the world, making her his wife with a brass ring which he had cut from an umbrella.

George Eliot

#20. The vast Pacific ocean would always remain the islanders' great solace, escape and nourishment, the amniotic fluid that would keep them hedonistic and aloof, guarded, gentle and mysterious.

Francine Du Plessix Gray

#21. Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.

Mae West

#22. I was a sober as the next guy. The only problem is the next guy was Dean Martin

Red Skelton

#23. Bergamot is a mild diuretic and has anti-inflammatory, which makes it helpful in the treatment of varicose veins.

Nathaniel Wake

#24. I couldn't write. I grew tense. I was strangled by my own ego, by my petty desire for what I perceived to be the literary brass ring. I was missing the point, of course. The reward is in the doing.

Dani Shapiro

#25. I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear

Joni Mitchell

#26. I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to the point where we are sitting here.

Justin Long