Matt Quotes

According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is possible without catastrophic self-harm.

No one can out-sin the cross of Christ.

Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another.

As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.

Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine is better than Young Avengers. Better than Phonogram. Better than Watchmen. Better than The Bible.

Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God.

Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?

Not everything I do is gossip or bedroom. To the contrary, I think that's just an easy label to dismiss me and to dismiss the new medium.

There are times when American politics seems like little more than two groups in a fever to prevent each other from trespassing upon their respective soothing versions of unreality

The fact that you fell out of bed makes some people think you had more than one drink before you called for help.

The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution.

It sometimes takes 6 months or more after you've written and recorded it before you can start to enjoy the experience of singing the song.

I'm not saying I'm not a moody guy sometimes, but I think I have a pretty normal balance.

I'm interested in how a lot of people pull objects together to form an environment that we feel reflects ourselves or makes us feel comfortable.

Trying to make it and get people to respect your band, being a cool band-all of that stuff-I think we've arrived at a place where we have kids and everything is in perspective and it doesn't matter.

I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.

I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.

As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.

The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.

Look at your eyes. You've got bigger bags than Louis Vuitton.

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.

I don't mind throwing something away. It should be your best or it should be what you want people to hear and something that's good for people.

Beauty breeds beauty, truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read.

For some reason, a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they'd be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin.

It seems to me we are losing our way in an effort to get the ratings.

Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.

A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them.

It's important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don't want to bore people with it.

I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want.

I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! "Attempted murder"? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?

There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world.

I'd run over Russ Grimm's mother to win the Super Bowl, too.

I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell.

I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know?

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.

'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.

To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too.

Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.

Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year.

I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough.

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.

I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.

I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult.

I think Clint Eastwood is a well oiled machine. Everyone that works with him has the same reaction, "Can I stay with you?"

130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?

If you make the Internet, live on the internet.

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

I see myself being married to my girlfriend and backpacking all over the world. If I can go out and do a 15-mile hike and climb a 12,000-ft. peak, I'm good to go.

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.