Being Henry Quotes

“When you finish a negative sentence, it grows immediately into a paragraph, and then into a thesis, into so many words that grab your ankles and hold you in place. When a negative thought comes into your mind, you have to literally say out loud, “I have no time now.” People will look at you strangely, but you have to just keep saying it until it lodges in your mind. Release the negative thought before you put a period on the end of it. If you put a period on the end of it, you’re in the morass. On the other hand, if you don’t finish the negative thought, you can get it out of your brain by replacing it with a positive. What kind of positive? What I always say in my talks is that it is a moist chocolate Bundt cake with soft chocolate chips. No frosting.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“It has always struck me that our emphasis on the top 10 percent of a class says they are more valuable than the bottom 3 percent. If this country is going to remain strong, we need every child to be great at what it is they can do.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade and float over everybody.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“....because you really don't know what you can accomplish until you try. All you have to do is try, and you will amaze yourself.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“Again: trust your tummy, not your head. Your head only knows some things; your tummy knows everything, if you listen.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“I didn’t take pictures. I didn’t. I didn’t. I didn’t. And then I tried. You try, and then you figure out how you do it. And it does not ever have to be perfect. You can cast a fly rod and not be perfect—then lo and behold, there’s a big speckled trout on the end of your line.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“trust your tummy, not your head. Your head only knows some things; your tummy knows everything, if you just listen.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“I’m pretty sure I never let any of it go to my head. The only time I got crazed with a fan was when someone didn’t see me as a person or disrespected me. This still knocks my socks off: once I was in a men’s room and somebody opened the stall and said, “Hey, could I get your autograph?” “Do you know where we are?” I asked.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“And in reading Ouspensky—difficult but not totally impossible—I came away with this idea, which became one of the cornerstones of my existence: never finish a negative sentence. When you finish a negative sentence, it grows immediately into a paragraph, and then into a thesis, into so many words that grab your ankles and hold you in place. When a negative thought comes into your mind, you have to literally say out loud, “I have no time now.” People will look at you strangely, but you have to just keep saying it until it lodges in your mind. Release the negative thought before you put a period on the end of it. If you put a period on the end of it, you’re in the morass. On the other hand, if you don’t finish the negative thought, you can get it out of your brain by replacing it with a positive. What kind of positive? What I always say in my talks is that it is a moist chocolate Bundt cake with soft chocolate chips. No frosting.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“It has always struck me that our emphasis on the top 10 percent of a class says they are more valuable than the bottom 3 percent. If this country is going to remain strong,”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“I wasn’t going to get geometry then, or in fifty years.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“When I'm sent directions to drive to a location, I always say "you know, I look like an adult. But I'm a four year old who can drive." So the directions had better be very precise.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“Go out the door you go in" - meaning the book resolves where it began.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

“It has always struck me that our emphasis on the top 10 percent of a class says they are more valuable than the bottom 3 percent. If this country is going to remain strong, we need every child to be great at what it is they can do.”
― Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond