Matthew Gilbert Quotes

Irony tyrannizes us. All US irony is based on an implicit 'I don't really mean what I'm saying. ~ David Foster Wallace

Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory. ~ Matthew Weiner

Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there's no reason to add to everyone's misery by looking miserable yourself. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Letting go is a scary enterprise for those of us who believe that the world revolves only because it has a handle on the top of it which we personally turn, and that if we were to drop this handle for even a moment, well - that would be the end of the universe. But try dropping it, Groceries. This is the message I'm getting. Sit quietly for now and cease your relentless participation. Watch what happens. The birds do not crash dead out of the sky in midflight, after all. The trees do not wither and die, the rivers do not run red with blood. Life continues to go. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Life goes on, after all, and one must always seek the lesson even through the sorrow. Never remain static; never stop collecting information. And ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal. ~ Matthew Morrison

The gods of the traditional world, with their supernatural powers, have been replaced by humans with bombs and shopping lists; the apocalypse has moved onto an entirely secular stage, devoid of divine purpose, sanctity, or meaning. But ~ Matthew Barrett Gross

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can. ~ George Matthew Adams

I suspect scotch is something you have to convince yourself to enjoy, like sushi or the last few Radiohead albums, but I can't deny the result is nice. "You ~ Matthew Norman

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice. ~ Matthew Henry

Are you absolutely certain this is safe?" Matthew Galloway asked, peering suspiciously out over the lake. ~ Lauren James

Matthew makes an excellent cheesecake." He didn't, but he would learn. Immediately. Her gaze finally met his and held. "So he's okay?" "Yes. He's fine. Up and walking about, doing Matthew things." Like cleaning up another dead body. ~ Erin Kellison

People often ask if I think my life is dangerous, if I am afraid. I am much more afraid of remaining comfortable. Matthew 10:28 tells us not to fear things that can destroy the body but things that can destroy the soul. ~ Katie J. Davis

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm sorry, but I can't make a movie with the blonde from 'ER' who is starring in every single bad romantic comedy. ~ Matthew Fox

believed in The Good Luck of Right Now. Believing - or maybe even pretending - made you feel better about what had happened, regardless of what was true and what wasn't. And what is reality, if it isn't how we feel about things? What else matters at the end of the day when we lie in bed alone with our thoughts? And isn't it true, statistically speaking - regardless of whether we believe in luck or not - that good and bad must happen ~ Matthew Quick

I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy. ~ Matthew Quick

Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

THIS IS ME! MY FATHER WAS A GREATER WARRIOR THAN YOUR FATHER! YOU CANNOT EVEN LIFT MY SPEAR ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Damon stared at me while Chuck read the message, a tendon in his neck flexing. "And we need more guns," said Chuck from between clenched teeth. ~ Matthew Mather

The Internet is in cyberspace, but we" - he paused for effect - "are in meatspace, get it?" Opening ~ Matthew Mather

Journalism is literature in a hurry. ~ Matthew Arnold

Every snotty egotistical teenager thinks they're smarter than the world they crawled out of. It didn't take me so long to grow out of that. I think I was only in my early twenties when I realized I was just relying on received ideas. ~ Matthew Specktor

There's no great dividing line between being a kid and an adult. We're not all caterpillars turning into butterflies. You are what you are. When you grow up, you may be more careful than when you were a kid. You don't say what you think as much as you once did. You learn to play nice. But you're still the same person who did good things or rotten things when you were young. Whether you feel good about them or bad ... whether you regret them. Well, that's a different thing. But it's not like they disappear forever. ~ Matthew Dicks

I know you think you're a punk," Declan said. "But you aren't nearly as bad ass as you think you are."
"Oh, go to hell," Ronan snapped, just as the alter boys broached the rear doors.
"Guys," Matthew pleaded. "Be holy. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

Do you ever stop talking?" I say. "Seriously, it's like you have a superarticulate form of Tourette syndrome. ~ Matthew Norman

I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

I filmed an interstitial with Allisyn Ashley Arm and Matthew Scott Montgomery one day. And we made up this weird thing 'cause we had to lay in the grass for, like, ten hours, and it was really itchy. So we call ourselves The Grass Gang. ~ Tiffany Thornton

The greatest way to overcome resentment of past is by gratitude of present. What you have, your friends your family, the things that you have overcome but most importantly what you plan to do now. Self Actualization states that we can have what ever we want in the future by acting as if we already have it now. ~ Matthew Donnelly

You can't please everyone ... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters. ~ Matthew Vaughn

We go to literature because it shows us some set of humane values. It is showing us how to live. ~ Matthew Specktor

I had a fan who had a fictional relationship with me. She wrote letters to me and then wrote return letters to herself (from me). In her mind, we were married and had two children. Her parents finally uncovered this delusional life she was living and she got help. ~ Matthew McConaughey

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are a bunch of practical jokers who meet somewhere and decide to have a contest. They invent a character, agree on a few basic facts, and then each one's free to take it and run with it. At the end, they'll see who's done the best job. The four stories are picked up by some friends who act as critics: Matthew is fairly realistic, but insists on that Messiah business too much: Mark isn't bad, just a little sloppy: Luke is elegant, no denying that; and John takes the philosophy a little too far. Actually, though, the books have an appeal, they circulate, and when the four realize what's happening, it's too late, Paul has already met Jesus on the road to Damascus, Pliny begins his investigation ordered by the worried emperor, and a legion of apocryphal writers pretends also to know plenty ... It all goes to Peter's head; he takes himself seriously. John threatens to tell the truth, Peter and Paul have him chained up on the island of Patmos. ~ Umberto Eco

I know what it feels like to be bruised; I know what it feels like to carry things around with you that never totally heal. There's closure and then there's stuff that's kind of like, Well, I guess it's going to be in the minivan forever. And you carry it with you and you continue on your journey with your minivan full of stuff, which I think most of us do. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert