Michael Gerber Quotes

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.

There's nothing new under the sun. We talk about the same things all the time on air.

Being a mother is a little like 'Groundhog's Day.' It's getting out of bed and doing the exact same things again and again and yet again - and it's watching it all get undone again and again and yet again. It's humbling, monotonous, mind-numbing, and solitary.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes.

I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.

Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching the same things on TV. There is a world out there going on that I'm missing.

I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual.

Sometimes it feels like my life is just one long day.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over.

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, I washed dishes for a living. I had no high-school diploma, I had no agent, and my literary successes were non-existent... but it was the only thing I ever wanted to do, so I did feel trapped.

I am bored with it all.

Let's pass the small business credit enhancement bill so small business can get back on its feet.

I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.

You can be hostile to greed. You can be hostile to income inequality. You can be for raising raises... but you can't be hostile to businesses because 98 percent of businesses are small business people.

With all the awards I've won, you'd think that I'd at least be able to make a living. It's a really terrible situation.

People are so caught in a routine, doing the same things over and over.

I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.

I feel like the Earth is a re-print of a re-print of a print of a re-print.