Famous quotes containing the word stuck:
“Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through lifes currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)
“Al: Aint you gonna look back, Ma? Give the old place a last look?
Ma Joad: Were goin to California, aint we? Alright then, lets go to California.
Al: That dont sound like you, Ma. You never was like that before.
Ma Joad: I never had my house pushed over before. Never had my family stuck out on the road. I never had to lose everything I had in life.”
—Nunnally Johnson (18971977)
“He doesnt want you for friends, thats why he did it. You see, when guys have been in the line as long as we have, you find out its no good to make friends, cause when a friend gets itwell, its rough on you. The buddies that come with you youre stuck with, but you dont make no new ones. Its the dyin truth.”
—Gil Doud, U.S. screenwriter, and Jessie Hibbs. Johnson (Marshall Thompson)