“I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I'll still smoke in a movie. I have other vices, you know, like potato chips and chardonnay - but not together.” KnowsYearsStillsTogetherFoundYears AgoVicesQuittingNineSmokeSmokingPregnantChipsPotatoesI QuitNine YearsQuit SmokingWere PregnantPotato ChipsChardonnay Author:Jean Smart
“All my heroes, I guess, like John Wayne and all those guys, they drank and they smoked and did all the manly things. It was expected of you. And now abstinence in all kinds of forms is a part of living. It's a pretty - I don't smoke anymore, I quit that 42 years ago” YearsKindFormGuyHeroYears AgoExpectedQuittingAll KindsSmokeDrankWayneManlyMy HeroI QuitAbstinence Author:Larry Hagman
“Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from school. And I didn't like the direction journalism was taking. I thought if I could write books, I could work at home and have the best of both worlds. I wrote my first mystery while still working full time, and it didn't sell, but the next one did sell, so I quit my job for the world of fiction. Scary, but I've never regretted it for a single day.” IfsWorldWritingYearsFirstsChildrenStillsTwoBookHomeAbleWantedSchoolJobsNextFictionMysteryYears AgoSellsScaryQuittingJournalismIf I CouldI QuitThe Next OneSmall ChildNever RegretBest Of Both Worlds Author:Mary Kay Andrews
“I'm not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.” YearsWholeTvsCoupleNewsYears AgoQuittingNot InterestedOutlookI QuitOutlook On Life Author:Tom Petty
“I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write full time. I just liked writing more…plus, I knew even then that as a full-time writer, I'd get plenty of chances to do business-type stuff, while as an accountant, I probably wouldn't get a lot of opportunities to write about dragons.” WritingYearsJobsOpportunityStuffChanceBusinessFiveTypeYears AgoTwentiesFinancialQuittingPlentyEnjoyedFive YearsDragonsPlusTwenty FiveI QuitAccountantsAnalystsDay Jobs Author:Patricia C. Wrede
“I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.” WantYearsDiesYears AgoQuittingFlyingAirplaneTouristsTourismWanting To DieI Quit Author:Billy Bob Thornton