Matt Damon Quotes
It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.
Quotes to Explore
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know?
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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When you have more people investing in VR games, whether it's us or Sony or someone else, that means a greater pool of VR developers out there who know how to make VR games.
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It's not the average people that come to my show.
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My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be.
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I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
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When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.
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For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.
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I don't see myself only as a member of the New Orleans community. I see myself as a part of the human community. I see myself as a part of the community that's trying to put things in the world that add value to people's lives.
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In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed.
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It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.
