Raymond Carver Quotes

The flesh and bone leg is just beautiful. It's elegant. You know, when it's working, it's incredible. But if it's not working, well, you know, your life is certainly far from over.

I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

I'm my own boss, my own editor, my own shooter, my own writer, everything. This is all stuff I learned through trial and error... failing at a lot of things has taught me how to succeed at them eventually... you roll with the punches.

I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

I think me having one hand made me work even harder than many other people.

There's not really a guy like me out here doing it with 7 1/2 fingers - still.

My dad never quit no matter what. He couldn't see, but he never let that stop him. Most people, when something like that happens, they just think their life is over. But that's not true. My dad can still do things like a normal person. He still cooks; he still watches my sister and my brother's baby when my mom's not home.

You know, some people think since I can't move I am a vegetable. Wrong. Just picture yourself as you are, just always sitting down and if you need something a hot babe takes care of you. I am exaggerating a little, but this is how I see it.

Since I was 18 I was in the record industry doing my own thing, and I had to be that strong person.

The question I asked when I woke up was not how am I going to live without legs - but how am I going to do all the things I want to do without legs? There was no doubt that I was going to do them, I was just curious to find out how - but I knew I was going to find a way.

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Touch a man who can't walk up right, and that lame man, he's gonna fly.

People ask how I learned to play bass with one hand. Well, with a face like mine, you learn to do a lot of things with one hand.

I knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no stranger to the word no. You just have to keep going.

The one-legged never stumble.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

Disco boy, no one understands, but thank the lord you still got hands.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I'm not used to having a boss. I'm the boss. I don't need the money. I'm filthy f... rich!

Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, "I'm not opening." That's a successful guy.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.