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Flailing Quotes

The messy middle before things click.

Some quotes admit to years spent flailing in their twenties and thirties without a clear plan, pushing back on the idea that they were simply chaotic. See Advice quotes for guidance on getting unstuck.

I want people to know that I'm not just this crazy person flailing around. A lot of thought goes into what I do.

Quotes by Tom Green

My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's the most important?' I always say acting. Without knowing why you're singing or what you're singing about, it's...

Quotes by Sutton Foster

I spent a lot of time flailing around, not really sure what I wanted to do, in my 20s and early 30s.

Quotes by Scott Speedman

Growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s, I was often capricious and temperamental, quick to laugh, even quicker to feel despair, prone to flailing my arms, pouting and crying when things didn't go my way, or I thought something was...

Quotes by Margaret Trudeau

Action Quotes

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.

Quotes by Kobe Bryant

I was 16 years old, and I was just flailing around, looking for an interest. I heard, you know, these jazz records. They were modern records, at the time in the '50s, and I realized that I didn't fully get...

Quotes by Harvey Pekar

When you take other people's opinions, you end up flailing and you have no center.

Quotes by Gary Allan

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

Quotes by Eric Hoffer

I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.

Quotes by Dave Matthews

Advice Quotes

In voiceover, you have to restrain yourself when you're acting in the sound booth in front of the microphone. If you lean left or you lean right, you're going to lose the voice. Yet you yourself become animated when you're...

Quotes by Brendan Dooling

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.

Quotes by Benjamin Walker

Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex.

Quotes by Al Goldstein

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'flailing' describe in these quotes?
Mostly a sense of drifting without clear direction, whether in one's twenties, in early career choices, or physically, as in childhood tantrums involving flailing arms.
Is there a quote pushing back on being seen as chaotic?
Yes, one speaker insists they aren't just a crazy person flailing around, arguing that real thought goes into their work despite how it might look from outside. See Advice quotes for related guidance on direction and purpose.
What does the acting advice quote mean?
It highlights acting as the most important skill for a triple-threat performer, treating a lack of clarity on priorities as its own kind of flailing.
Is there a quote about childhood behavior?
Yes, one recalls being capricious and prone to flailing arms, pouting, and crying growing up in 1950s Vancouver whenever things didn't go their way.
What should I look at next?
Browse Action quotes or Balance quotes for more on finding steadiness and direction.

Others describe flailing more physically, like childhood tantrums or restless energy that needed an outlet. Browse Action quotes or Balance quotes for related themes of movement and steadiness.