Chris Hardwick > Quotes

“No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who’s ALWAYS had EVERYTHING work out for them with ZERO struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don’t exist.”
― Chris Hardwick

“Worry is a misuse of your imagination.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“You don't have to believe everything you think."

- Chris Hardwick, "The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)”
― Chris Hardwick

“When you don't take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to wherever it takes you.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“People LOVE giving bad news. They love it. This is because negative information GREATLY empowers the giver and makes them feel important.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“When you don’t take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to wherever it takes you. Awesomely, YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“Nerds obsess. We zealously deconstruct. We have a very active internal monologue (which may feel more like a dialogue sometimes). I think that so many of the things we undertake are a partial attempt to distract this monologue. We are hyper-self-aware. We have difficulty “chilling out.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“Are you a passenger on a ghost ship or are you the pilot?”
― Chris Hardwick

“by structuring it in your life as a musical diary or log, you can control your feelings and change them on a dime if you need to.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“Choosing one thing usually doesn't mean killing all of the other options forever. Oftentimes, you can always go back and change your mind if you want. If not, and you realize the decision did not pan out the way you had hoped, you now have a lesson for future decisions.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“For this reason I have never played WoW (World of Warcraft online) because I know that I would end up donating thousands of hours to Blizzard Entertainment while paying them for the privilege.”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level

“NEVER forget that news shows and newspapers are run by companies that survive on ad sales driven by ratings, and the best way to achieve that is to keep you crapping in your Dockers so you’ll tune in. (That part’s actually OK. You should’ve gotten rid of the Dockers in ’99.)”
― Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level