Matt Groening Quotes

I'm a writer who just happens to draw.

Matt Groening

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• I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Time
  • Focus
  • Hair

• I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Father
  • Dad
  • Care

• Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Computers
  • Trial
  • Fees

• We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • High
  • Quality
  • Challenges

• The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one, we appealed to the sentiments and interests of the different groupings in the region and had them with us. In the second one, we did it on our own, on the basis of false premises, with extremely brutality and lack of political skill.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Different
  • War
  • Political

• When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • Long
  • Day
  • Health

• It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Up
  • Best
  • End

• When a song wants to be written, it will be written.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Song
  • Will
  • Wants

• I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • People
  • Business
  • Help

• I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Drama

• Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Remember
  • Political
  • Moral

• Even if it's a wonderful life, you wanna go somewhere and see the way other people reflect on the world and the lives that we're all living... I think regional theater is the life blood of our cultural lives.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Ambition
  • Scale

• I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.

  

  Action Bronson
  • People
  • Music
  • Why

• I'm feminine, but I wouldn't say that I'm girly in any way at all.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Way
  • Say
  • Girly

• The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as 'I am such an important man' or 'I am so and so'. Level the mound of 'I' to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • God
  • Important
  • Tears

• That happy age when a man can be idle with impunity.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Happy
  • Age

• That beats any meat injection … that beats any fuckin cock in the world … Ali gasps, completely serious. It unnerves us tae the extent that ah feel ma ain genitals through ma troosers tae see if they're still thair.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • World
  • Serious

• My whole thing is I’m not into civilization as a whole. The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization . . .I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me, really wants it to happen.

  

  Andy Hurley Fall Out Boy

• I feel like I can represent both countries, in a way, because I have a Korea face, but I was born and raised in the States.

  

  Chloe Kim

• One kiss, my bonny sweetheart; I'm after a prize tonight,But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light.Yet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,Then look for me by moonlight,Watch for me by moonlight,I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.

  

  Alfred Noyes
  • Light
  • Morning
  • Gold

• What's missing is the testosterone. What's missing is the fury. What's missing is the passionate convicted commitment. And I got a lot of mine from my religious background. So y'all best stop imagining the way Dr. Zorba looked, or some defenseless Hasidic Jew with a little yarmulke on his head, 'cause that ain't here for you.

  

  David Lee Roth Van Halen
  • Missing
  • Fury
  • Testosterone

• Most difficult is the labeling by other people that models are empty-headed bodies. I think if you look for negativity, you can find it anywhere.

  

  Boyd Holbrook
  • People
  • Negativity

• I'm a writer who just happens to draw.

  

  Matt Groening