Matt Taibbi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
-
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
-
There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
-
My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
-
Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
-
I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
-
I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
-
As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
-
Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
-
The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.
-
It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.
-
In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
-
My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
-
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
-
If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
-
If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you.
-
I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
-
I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.
-
My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that.
-
We can code wills, escrows, trusts, notaries, revokable charge backs, proof of contracts, intellectual property enforcement. What Wall Street does can be done in code by Bitcoin.
-
'Wouldn't you like to come in and have a cup of tea and dry off?''Lady, don't you realize that we don't even have time to pull up our shorts?''Pull up your shorts?''YES, PULL UP OUR SHORTS!' I screamed at her and walked off into the wall of water.
-
I always love making albums. I'm passionate about it and it's something that's healthy for the soul and spirit.
-
I suppose I’ll have to clean up Freddy’s brains; I hate to leave a mess for the home owners. Hand me that plastic bag; I need to put it over his head to keep him from leaking. Oh, relax, Freddy; I’ll tear an airhole for you.” - Mercer
-
The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.
