Matt Lauer Quotes

Over the course of 20 years that I've been at NBC, I have never seen the amount of money I make reported correctly by the media.

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• The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Government
  • Goal
  • Creating

• I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • American
  • Friend
  • Best

• The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Easy
  • Rights
  • Civil Rights

• Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.

  

  Nancy Willard
  • Question
  • Child
  • Silent

• Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Character

• This country is going to implode, or put another way, it's going to get crushed under the weight of poverty. You can't have one percent of the people who own and control more wealth than the other 90 percent of the population.

  

  Tavis Smiley
  • People
  • Country
  • Control

• We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Recognize
  • Arts
  • Cultural

• 'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Girl
  • Movies
  • Favorite

• She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.

  

  Fay Wray
  • May
  • She
  • True

• Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

  

  Larenz Tate
  • Up
  • Family
  • Mother

• Values are more important than money.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Important
  • Money
  • Values

• All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

  

  Ian Hislop
  • Up
  • Everyone
  • Legal

• Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Man
  • Justice
  • Violence

• I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Life
  • Want
  • My Life

• Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.

  

  Zendaya
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • Think
  • Look
  • Admire

• Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Life
  • Family
  • Health

• Vodka is a very deceptive drink, because you drink it and you think, 'What is this? This is pointless! It's- you can't taste it, you can't smell it... Why did we waste our money on this, bloody- why are we on a traffic island?'

  

  Dylan Moran
  • Money
  • Why

• Let me tell you another place to look for some savings. We are currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when they have a $79 billion surplus. It seems to me that if we're going to be strong at home as well as strong abroad, that we have to look at bringing that war to a close.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Money
  • Home
  • War

• You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.

  

  Krista Tippett
  • Up
  • Perfect

• Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there's usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do look for the comedy in those things.

  

  Colm Meaney
  • Comedy

• I always loved Kate Winslet, but after you meet her you really love her because she's a cool chick.

  

  Peter Farrelly
  • She
  • Cool

• Over the course of 20 years that I've been at NBC, I have never seen the amount of money I make reported correctly by the media.

  

  Matt Lauer
  • Money