Douglas William Jerrold Quotes

People never notice anything.

I just try to take the best opportunities that I can get.

Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.'

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Don't be fool's, don't be complacent, and stop being apathetic.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act.

I'm always going to keep my eyes open.

You always have to be thinking about your opportunity. You always have to be ready.

Nobody is following us around and primping us or telling you what questions to ask. You have to keep your eyes open.

For me, it's always been to be on your toes about everything no matter what you do - my mom and dad always stressed that to me.

The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.

I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an obscure daily, so that when I arrived in a big city everything I tackled in the line of column conducting and syndicate peddling and playwriting had to bring promotion, because I had no social standing which could be endangered, no reputation to toss away and no pride which might suffer a setback. Everything I acquired had to be velvet. You cannot lose your silver spoon if you are brought up on pewter.

Watchfulness is experiencing a sudden glimpse of something without any qualifications - just the sudden glimpse itself.

No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen? Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer?

I'm always looking for opportunities, even when they're not offered to me. I will have no hesitation to pick up the phone and call a director or call a writer.

I want to work hard, and when good roles come along I don't want to pass them up.

Edward was always focused, watching and also listening to what others couldn't see.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.

The best people know that they should join a rocketship.

You must ask for what you really want. / Don't go back to sleep. / The door is round and open. / Don't go back to sleep.

Every time I see a certain room to grow, or a new opportunity to advance further, I go out and take it.

I think what you do is, you keep your sensors open. And it's - the more that you do the job, the more you come to understand in a kind of intuitive way that you're always - you know, your radar is on. And the thing is going around and around and around. And it's not picking up any blips.

Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.