A Quote by Amanda Blake

With Red Skelton, you could fall flat on your face and he'd do his sketch around it.

Amanda Blake

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Amanda Blake
American - Actress
February 20, 1929 - August 16, 1989

One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I could be a comedian like Red Skelton - that's what I watched on TV - then maybe I would have friends. I just remember that if I told stories to my friends, they listened. And in my family, with nine people talking at the same time, it's really hard to get people to listen to you. We were all craving attention.

Sandra Cisneros

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

Eddy Arnold

The man has a curious inborn conviction of his own superiority which is quite unshakeable. All his life he has bullied and browbeaten those around him by his high-and-mightiness and his atrocious temper. As a boy he terrorized his entire family by his tantrums, when, if thwarted, he would throw himself on the floor and yell till he went blue in the face. It has been much the same ever since. Everyone's terrified of his rages. He has only to start grinding his teeth, and people fall flat before him.

Anna Kavan

Confidence comes from knowing what you're doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.

Tom Landry

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Ben Stein

We got our grounding by playing live. You had to fall flat on your face, pay your dues and grow.

Dave Clark

Confidence is simply that quiet assured feeling you have before you fall flat on your face.

Leonard Binder

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

James Thurber

When people come and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

Geoffrey Rush

We say justly that the weak person is flat, for, like all flat substances, he does not stand in the direction of his strength, that is, on his edge, but affords a convenient surface to put upon. He slides all the way through life.... But the brave man is a perfect sphere, which cannot fall on its flat side and is equally strong every way.

Henry David Thoreau

If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.

Eddie Marsan

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

Richard Branson

When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

Geoffrey Rush

One thing about pushing yourself outside your comfort zone is that you're going to make mistakes, and you're going to fall flat on your face sometimes.