“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
“Any fool can make a quilt; and, after we had made a couple of dozen over twenty years ago, we quit the business with a conviction that nobody but a fool would spend so much time in cutting bits of dry goods into yet small bits and sewing them together again, just for the sake of making believe that they were busy at practical work.” YearsBelieveMadeTogetherBitsCuttingFoolCoupleYears AgoTwentiesBusySakeConvictionQuittingPracticalsDryGoodsDozenSewingTogether AgainQuilts Book:Yours for Liberty Source: Yours for Liberty
“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 kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.” YearsKindMeanDifferentSchoolWonderfulPerspectiveOceanHigh SchoolYears AgoQuittingExpertsSurfingDifferent PerspectivePerspective On Things Author:Jeff Bridges
“Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.” YearsHas BeensGuyCertainSportsPresidentPlansReadyYears AgoI RealizedQuittingDrs Author:Bear Bryant
“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
“There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don't waste another year!” IfsYearsTodayPerfectIssuesWasteYears AgoStressEncouragementQuittingSmokingDistractionQuit SmokingAnother Year Author:Mark Twain