Matthew Weiner Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
-
I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
-
I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
-
I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
-
My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
-
If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
-
It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
-
When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
-
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
-
I love anything to do with history.
-
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
-
What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
-
The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.
-
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
-
Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
-
In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
-
We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
-
I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
-
I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for.
-
I have had the good fortune to live - as an inside witness and, even, a modest participant - at a time when our understanding of this wonder we call 'life' has made its most revolutionary advances.
-
We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
-
As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.
-
Usually, when you get early versions of scripts, they are not very good. I found 'Borgen' amazing from the very first read-through because of how fast-paced and gripping it was. It felt more international because of the way it didn't dwell on the characters' personal lives as many Danish shows used to, but still, nobody thought it would travel.
-
I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV.
