Bill Murray Quotes

Don't listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they'd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.

I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

You cannot take all the chances you get.

I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.

I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.

The best decision I ever made was to drop out of school.

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

I'm my own boss, you know?

I'm in a situation where I can determine my own future.

At home, I make the decisions.

I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up.

You've got to live and die by your decisions.

I am incredibly lucky. I worked hard for my luck as well. I have made choices to do things because I wanted them to do them, not because they were the right thing to do.

Be willing to take on career risks.

I'm going to do everything I'm supposed to do - except roommates. No roommates. I quietly paid for my own room on the road. I didn't want to tell anyone.

What I am signing and what I'm not, I do not discuss with either of my parents. I decide.

I like to be in control of my own destiny.

The technical stuff does matter. It gives you a bit more ownership, a bit more power to choose what you do so that if you miss one, you can try to figure out a way, and that makes the next kick really exciting because it means you've got to commit everything to it.

We've always been do-it-yourself. In that we've had complete control.

If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.

I don't have anybody telling me what to say. I have people who would suggest, maybe, that I shouldn't do this, that or the other, but that's strictly up to me.

It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.

The freedom of America is the freedom to live your own life and take your own chances.

I always knew I had to be 100 percent in charge, even when I was a middle manager. I used to say to my boss, "Just give me enough rope and then fire me."

Losers take chances; winners make choices.