I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep.
MATTHEW QUICK Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.
MATTHEW QUICK I feel like I’m broken—like I don’t fit together anymore. Like there’s no more room for me i...
MATTHEW QUICK When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles ...
MATTHEW QUICK You're different. And I'm different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I kno...
MATTHEW QUICK You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
MATTHEW QUICK This is when I learned that nice people sometimes felt they had to pretend to be mean and awful.
MATTHEW QUICK I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do.
I'm hoping he can save me, even though I reali...
MATTHEW QUICK When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lo...
MATTHEW QUICK I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been...
MATTHEW QUICK Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not becaus...
MATTHEW QUICK The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves ...
MATTHEW QUICK Man the great light, even when no one is looking.
MATTHEW QUICK I am practicing being kind over being right.
MATTHEW QUICK Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to oth...
MATTHEW QUICK I write about people who are usually damaged or neglected by society finding each other and forming ...
MATTHEW QUICK When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can w...
MATTHEW QUICK Don’t do it. Don’t go to that job you hate. Do something you love today. Ride a roller coaster. ...
MATTHEW QUICK Perfect doesn't exist for people like us, Bartholomew. Passable. That's what I want. Just simply pas...
MATTHEW QUICK Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this real...
MATTHEW QUICK I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endi...
MATTHEW QUICK In my arms is a woman who has given me a Skywatcher's Cloud Chart, a woman who knows all my secrets,...
MATTHEW QUICK God doesn't do coincidences. You can bet your ass.
MATTHEW QUICK There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of i...
MATTHEW QUICK Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's...
MATTHEW QUICK And I still love you in my own fucked-up way. I miss you, I really do. Can we still be friends?
MATTHEW QUICK I'm an incredibly emotional person, but I always feel bad about that. The work is therapy... I n...
MATTHEW QUICK I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always ...
MATTHEW QUICK You may exist in
this world--but I exist too
and I will not yield
MATTHEW QUICK You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life
MATTHEW QUICK The P-38 WWII Nazi handgun looks comical lying on the breakfast table next to a bowl of oatmeal.
MATTHEW QUICK The voice that navigated was definitely that of a machine, and yet you could tell that the machine w...
MATTHEW QUICK He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the...
MATTHEW QUICK They've never had to make any real decisions at all. Their lives are easy and unremarkable. They're ...
MATTHEW QUICK I like to pretend I'm a prisoner kept in a dark, dank cell who's only allowed fifteen minutes a day ...
MATTHEW QUICK Cliff says Sylvia Plath's work is very depressing to read, and that his own daughter had recently su...
MATTHEW QUICK I went to the park and watched the pigeons bob their heads and I felt so lonely that I hoped someone...
MATTHEW QUICK Maybe if we would just picture our enemies jerking off once in a while, the world would be a better ...
MATTHEW QUICK I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm sorta like a rock star to these people.
MATTHEW QUICK I need you so fucking bad.
MATTHEW QUICK It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.
MATTHEW QUICK I still love you in my own fucked-up way.
MATTHEW QUICK Bence savaşlarda düşman öldüren askerler yerine, harika öğretmenlere madalya verilse, dünya ...
MATTHEW QUICK He's just going to buy alcohol or drugs, you know", Lauren said, which made me sad, because she didn...
MATTHEW QUICK I found posts about how to slit your wrists the "right way", so you will actually die, and that depr...
MATTHEW QUICK Sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship, Leonard. It really does.” “Here’s looking at ...
MATTHEW QUICK I was right; just as soon as you take the first step toward getting to know someone your own age, ev...
MATTHEW QUICK And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, be...
MATTHEW QUICK Keep weeding, Dad.
Weed your mind.
And man the great light.
Even when no one is looki...
MATTHEW QUICK Maybe that's why adults drink, gamble, and do drugs - because they can't get naturally lit anymore. ...
MATTHEW QUICK Only you weren't regular at all -- you were full of magic.
MATTHEW QUICK Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up an...
MATTHEW QUICK When people have awful ideas about your identity, that's just the way it will stay no matter what yo...
MATTHEW QUICK You believe in the future now. It's easy for you, because you love the present.
MATTHEW QUICK My life will get better? You really believe that?" I ask.
“It can. If you’re willing to do...
MATTHEW QUICK I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sad...
MATTHEW QUICK Show me it’s possible to be an adult and also be happy. Please. This is a free country. You don’...
MATTHEW QUICK So the key is doing something that sets you apart forever in the minds of regular people.
Somet...
MATTHEW QUICK I can tell you get it -- you're different. And I know how hard being different can be. But I also kn...
MATTHEW QUICK I'm going to kill you later today," I say to that guy in the mirror, and he just smiles back at me l...
MATTHEW QUICK The bullies are always popular.
Why?
People love power.
MATTHEW QUICK we can simultaneously be human and monster—that both of those possibilities are in all of us.
MATTHEW QUICK That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right fo...
MATTHEW QUICK I got to thinking that the world would be a better place if they gave medals to great teachers rathe...
MATTHEW QUICK DO ANYTHING! SOMETHING! Because you start a revolution one decision at a time, with every breath you...
MATTHEW QUICK You think someone is really important and different, but then you get to know them and it ruins ever...
MATTHEW QUICK I'm sorry I couldn't be more than I was
MATTHEW QUICK People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.
MATTHEW QUICK Did you ever think about all of the nights you lived through and can't remember The ones that were s...
MATTHEW QUICK The whole time I pretend I have mental telepathy. And with my mind only, I’ll say — or think? �...
MATTHEW QUICK Miracles happen on Christmas, Pat. Everybody knows that shit.
MATTHEW QUICK You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!
MATTHEW QUICK Why didn't my father get to give Mom the fairy tale? Why do most people fail to give each other the ...
MATTHEW QUICK When I read the actual story - how Gatsby loves Daisy so much but can't ever be with her no matter h...
MATTHEW QUICK So I eagerly crack open the book and can feel myself getting smarter as I turn the first few pages.
MATTHEW QUICK since I am sort of afraid to talk
MATTHEW QUICK it’s important to treasure your woman while you have her because if you don’t, you can lose her ...
MATTHEW QUICK I do see why Nikki likes the novel, as it's written so well, but her liking it makes me worry now th...
MATTHEW QUICK So I pull Tifanny closer, kiss the hard spot between her perfectly plucked eyebrows, and after a dee...
MATTHEW QUICK I need you, Pat Peoples; I need you so fucking bad.
MATTHEW QUICK Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweigh...
MATTHEW QUICK He did not deserve to die, and his death absolutely proves that life is random
and fucked-up an...
MATTHEW QUICK Why did You give us so many stories about miracles? Why did You
send Your Son down from heaven?...
MATTHEW QUICK People can be cruel,' he says with a sympathetic look that makes me trust him even more. And right t...
MATTHEW QUICK Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly...
MATTHEW QUICK There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other...
MATTHEW QUICK When I read the actual story-how Gatsby loves Daisy so much but can't ever be with her no matter how...
MATTHEW QUICK I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again tha...
MATTHEW QUICK There have been setbacks, illnesses and other obstacles, so inevitably I've had disappointments....
DIANA QUICK The dangerous plant did not flower in every generation, they said.
AMANDA QUICK I'd love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I'm thinking of one of those roles that Laur...
DIANA QUICK I walked across Tuscany from Siena to Rome, which was a lovely way to see the landscape. It was sunn...
DIANA QUICK I buy most of my plants from nurseries outside London these days, but there is a man who mysteriousl...
DIANA QUICK Good looks are not something you earn. But as you get older, how you look is a reflection of the lif...
DIANA QUICK I have a cottage near Aldeburgh, and from there it's a sturdy two-mile walk across farmland to a...
DIANA QUICK That's an interesting question. It does seem that's where a lot of the flair, the misfits, the flamb...
MIKE QUICK I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not...
DIANA QUICK I'm a complete addict of The 'X Factor,' so I can see why everyone gets so inspired. But...
DIANA QUICK I believe that the captain started to try to steer into the waves from this speedboat. When he turne...
RUSSELL QUICK I've lived a dream for 40 years, ... It's been an unbelievable series of phenomenal experiences.
RICHARD QUICK You have no idea of what you are doing to me,” he warned.
She smiled. “Are you trying to fr...
AMANDA QUICK When you are rich and powerful, no one will challenge you to your face or give you a chance to expla...
AMANDA QUICK Henceforth, whenever we are threatened with being cast adrift upon love’s transcendent, golden sho...
AMANDA QUICK That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian pri...
DIANA QUICK With four minutes left, I really thought we were going to win despite guys fouling out. The score wa...
EDDIE QUICK This is a senior-laden group of guys that work hard. It was a good win. I'm proud of the guys.
EDDIE QUICK In the second half, we attacked and got great contributions. At halftime, I told our guys we have to...
EDDIE QUICK We've spent a lot of time talking about situations and keeping our composure. We've lost our composu...
EDDIE QUICK The core of this team is the seniors. They're the ones that are pulling the weight. These are true H...
EDDIE QUICK We would either grow up, mature as a team and hang in there or maybe we would say that we weren't go...
EDDIE QUICK Our goal is to get to the last four minutes of a game with a chance to win. I don't think we're grea...
EDDIE QUICK Playing the area's best teams has helped us because we've been in close games. Lately, we've been ab...
EDDIE QUICK This group is mentally and physically tough. We've got a lot of football players and guys that have ...
EDDIE QUICK The game didn't end either of our seasons. We've been in a lot of close games, so I hope we build on...
EDDIE QUICK I don't wear much make-up in my non-working life, though I love to dress up and put on a face fo...
DIANA QUICK I have so many memories, both at Stanford and in the coaching profession in general, ... I have been...
RICHARD QUICK Give me a sandwich and think you saved the world? It don't work like that! God sent you to give me t...
MATHEW QUICK My father was a very warm, gregarious, sociable person who had many interests. He lived his life ver...
DIANA QUICK I did a couple of sketch shows with Mike Palin and Terry Jones... and then I got hired by Granada to...
DIANA QUICK Almost singularly, the main point is Boeing has come to this membership and asked this membership to...
GARY QUICK We're out picketing now,
GARY QUICK It's getting better every day.
GARY QUICK I'd like to hand it off to him.
JAY QUICK We jokingly fight with each other. We're very competitive in a lot of stuff that we do. It doesn't b...
JAY QUICK Since it wasn't working out in basketball, I wanted to make every effort to make it in track and be ...
JAY QUICK He was responsible for so many things -- street paving, street cleaning.
HOWARD QUICK I thought Franklin was the best. He was too smart to be president. He made the spit balls for other ...
HOWARD QUICK I've grown to love the man for what he stood for. His principles were beyond reproach.
HOWARD QUICK A lady can always find the appropriate words for any occasion - Aunt Horatia
AMANDA QUICK It was a great accomplishment for everyone. This is a starting point for next year. The seniors star...
JOEL QUICK On the last possession, we all looked at ourselves and said if we play the best defense we have play...
JOEL QUICK I did a little prayer while I was up there. I was just focused on the form and knew it was going to ...
JOEL QUICK We knew the whole time we could play with them. We wanted to pound it inside, kick it back, and keep...
JOEL QUICK Once you get to state, anybody can beat anybody. It's just a time when you get teams going beyond 10...
JOEL QUICK (Jack Quick) is just amazed at all the changes. Everything was just cornfields, the school and basic...
JOEL QUICK It's just cool to have all these family connections and all the memories. From when I hear my uncle ...
JOEL QUICK There is no meaning of life. Life exists, to exist.
JESSE TAYLOR QUICK I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spo...
MATTHEW SWEET Whoever pays the consultant gets pretty much what they want to hear.
MATTHEW STEWART I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.
MATTHEW BRODERICK Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.
MATTHEW ARNOLD Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Life is full of confusion. Confusion of love, passion, and romance. Confusion of family and friends....
MATTHEW UNDERWOOD After a storm comes a calm.
MATTHEW HENRY The typical Western is kind of a good-guy/bad-guy thing, and that's great, but initially when I ...
MATTHEW SETTLE An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it's reckless stewardship. A conservative...
MATTHEW SCULLY I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know w...
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completel...
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
MATTHEW SHIPP Arguably, the families most at need of housing assistance are systematically denied it because they&...
MATTHEW DESMOND Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, '...
MATTHEW LILLARD I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid.
MATTHEW MORRISON Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.
MATTHEW MACFADYEN I have very fond memories of the '80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly rememb...
MATTHEW RHYS I've always lived by the ocean, and I always will. There's nothing like taking a walk and be...
MATTHEW UNDERWOOD No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun; And he who flagg'd ...
MATTHEW ARNOLD I want to play the Green Lantern. I'd love to do a comic book hero. Go to the gym, get all buff,...
MATTHEW SETTLE Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they're built to be buoyant. It's easy to demean them.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Yeah, I did a cameo in an upcoming movie called Constantine.
MATTHEW MCGRORY A lot of the stories about urban America tend to be written on the margins. We focus a lot on these ...
MATTHEW DESMOND In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I&...
MATTHEW RHYS Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They'r...
MATTHEW LILLARD Veal, by definition, is the product of a sick, anemic, deliberately malnourished calf, a newborn dra...
MATTHEW SCULLY As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted ...
MATTHEW MACFADYEN We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them t...
MATTHEW STEWART I love Los Angeles, and it's been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the...
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY It's weird how your perspective changes. At the start of your career, you think, 'I just wan...
MATTHEW RHYS Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind, Hath look'd on n...
MATTHEW ARNOLD I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts.
MATTHEW ASHFORD The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
MATTHEW ARNOLD Odin, thou whirlwind, what a threat is this Thou threatenest what transcends thy might, even thine...
MATTHEW ARNOLD Nature's great law, and law of all men's minds?-- To its own impulse every creature stirs; Liv...
MATTHEW ARNOLD On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din! But 'twas not love w...
MATTHEW ARNOLD A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.
MATTHEW PRIOR The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, ro...
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
MATTHEW PRIOR We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to bless...
MATTHEW SIMPSON For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.
MATTHEW PRIOR Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence.
MATTHEW GREEN Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives: She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives: Lay...
MATTHEW PRIOR Man was born for society. However little He may be attached to the World, He never can wholly forget...
MATTHEW LEWIS We sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have -- Power.
MATTHEW BOULTON There are two types of teachers in the world: there are those who play school and teachers that teac...
MATTHEW DICKS Dare to Differ
MATTHEW GOLDFINGER Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And ...
MATTHEW SCULLY Looking for and enjoying beauty is a way to nourish the soul. the universe is in the habit of making...
MATTHEW FOX In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
MATTHEW PRIOR And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
MATTHEW PRIOR They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think.
MATTHEW PRIOR Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
MATTHEW PRIOR To John I owed great obligation; but John, unhappily, thought fit to publish it to all the nation: S...
MATTHEW PRIOR Unquiet souls. In the dark fermentation of earth, in the never idle workshop of nature, in the etern...
MATTHEW ARNOLD Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
MATTHEW PRIOR Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
MATTHEW PRIOR One lesson we can learn from pre-industrial peoples is the power of storytelling. I am struck by how...
MATTHEW FOX Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
MATTHEW PRIOR With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden a...
MATTHEW ARNOLD The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
MATTHEW ARNOLD Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
MATTHEW PRIOR With close-lipped Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbor to Despair.
MATTHEW ARNOLD