Overcoming Rejection Prints

Learning curve: 'Your book was crap!'

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

"Like I could date a guy from Notre Dame."

I have to get the Positive Thinker...

One of the failed candidates for the copyrighters job wants to know 'wat was rong with his applicashun'.

"But honey. . . he's just not our kind!"

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

New Orleans Will Come Back Blues.

worker rejects promotion to protect deniability

'I'm sorry, Bennett; but we gave the job to O'Toole. You have the know-how, but he had the know-who.'

'Whoops. There goes one of my prostheses.'

Covid Juggling

"My name is Jose Hernandez, and my story begins when my parents moved from Mexico to the United States to work the fields. I would find my own special calling."

Rubbish, Poppycock, Balderdash

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

Shipwrecked Ventriloquist.

'It wasn't just my own country -- I was without honor everywhere until I found Southern California!'

'Sorry, but I don't think you're right for our company.'

'You'll marry me? Really? Then forget it! I can't be with someone who's standards are that low!'

Mr. Chester's diplomacy

'I'll say one thing about your manuscript, Mr.Jackson - it's very shreddable.'

'How long have you been submitting novels, Grandad?'

It's sweet of you to ask, Randy, but I've decided just to rent some Mel Gibson movies instead.

'It's from the New Yorker, I've been rejected 200 times, once for each word.'

"Your book is a masterpiece, but, unfortunately, we're rather picky."

"This accident will not affect my career as a football pro. Fortunately, I'm left-footed."

'I have been searching my soul to find the real reason why I ended up here and one answer in particular keeps turning up.'

Abandon Hope/Resume Hope

"Cheer up, Nicole! What does Princeton know? Say, you got any plans for that last bit of cobbler?"

'Not getting into university is not going to stop me doing the things I hoped to do...'

"Sorry, but she says she's not interested. She just wants to play the field."

"Have you considered applying for a job a million mils from here?"

Self-made man from the school of Hard Knocks.

"We're not celebrities, and we don't want to get out of here..."

'No, no, of course I think you're beautiful ... it's just that, ever since you showed me those baby pictures of you ... well, I just can't seem to get those images out of my head.'