Matthew Desmond Quotes
The home is the center of life - a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets, a place to be ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.
-
'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
-
I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
-
I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
-
I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
-
We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
-
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
-
How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
-
Levi's can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.
-
On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
-
There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view, some people and cultures will be right (to a greater or lesser degree), and some will be wrong, with respect to what they deem important in life.
-
Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
-
My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career that is split between London and New York.
-
I'm not partial to any system, but at the same time, I'm a Korean actor, so I expect to work mainly on Korean projects.
-
I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
-
You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
-
For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
-
Home is the nicest word there is.
-
I struggled academically in high school because it was hard to focus. It was hard to focus on those things that were other than artistic stuff.
-
It was inevitable for people to try to create a sense of normalcy in a place where nothing was normal. It helped one get through the day, to add predictability to a life that was inherently unpredictable.
-
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
-
I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It's not because I don't like it. I would love to know more. It's just my dad never taught me that stuff because my dad wasn't a mechanic.
-
The home is the center of life - a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets, a place to be ourselves.
