Colin Farrell Quotes

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.

Survivors can't always choose their methods.

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Nations in great crises and difficulties have often done that which in their prosperous and powerful hour they would not have done.

At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.

I do what I've got to do to survive, to keep my teeth in my head, and my head on my shoulders. I apologize to whoever can't put that together and understand that.

Desperate times make for desperate songs.

When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.

Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.

The impossible becomes possible when your back is against the wall

I did what sports were supposed to be like, and I was living in my car. So you know what, fine. I'm gonna talk a bunch of sh*t. I'm gonna pose in a couple of pictures. And I'm gonna break a couple of girl's arms, and I'm not gonna feel the least bit sorry about it because you know what? At least I can feed my dog.

In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

I know exactly what it's like to not have a penny. I know exactly what it's like trying to get a job. I know exactly what it's like having bloody one tin of Ambrosia left in the cupboard. But I know I can survive.

If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that.

I had to steal to survive.

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.'

I've always believed in survival.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.