Matthew Quotes

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.

People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.

I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.

The job of the president of the United States is not to love his wife; it's to manage a wide range of complicated issues.

Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet.

Behind any Strength lies a greater Love.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

I wish I was more adventurous.

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt thyself.

My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.

Out of the current confusion of ideals and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.

You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.

The law says you cannot touch, but I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house.

Say, has some wet bird-haunted English lawn Lent it the music of its trees at dawn?

Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

I think that if Hollywood has a problem, it constantly underestimates the intelligence and integrity of fans.

I hated repeating myself. The last films I've done - not once did I ever have the feeling that I was dialing it in.

I think 'unbelievable' is an unbelievably stupid word.

There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed.

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun.

All true stories end in death.

Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of them.

Hmm mmm I mean, work is work, I'll take whatever work I can get.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.

Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord's.

Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.

What sort of personality does one need to have, as a twenty-first-century mechanic, to tolerate the layers of electronic bullshit that get piled on top of machines?

Life is a series of commas, not periods.

The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

Pain destroys the illusions of false, that is, elitist pleasures. It burns from the inside out. It, therefore, sensitizes us to what is truly beautiful in life.

Each of us is the sum of our scars.

The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.

People are disappointed if you're not entertaining and to be entertaining often means to be drunk.

I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.

As for my personal life, I'd love to start a family of my own. I think I'd make a great dad, and I think shortly I would make a great husband.

I think having eight kids evens things out a bit. You learn about the world; you learn about the world; you learn you've got to get along. We're all - if anything - very adjustable.

It's not foreign for me to be talking about my problems in circles.

I have what I like to call a 'chinneck.' My chin just flows rather easily into my neck.

If God doesn't build the vision, He will tear it down.

Truth be told, our modern education systems crush the very spirit they claim to instill.

The thing that I'm most proud of in my life is that if a stranger came up to me and said, 'I can't stop drinking. I can't stop drinking. Can you help me?' I can say, 'Yes, I can help you.'

I gravitate towards sort of broken characters who try to be better people.

Romance is not an idea, but a moment. An unspoken glance when someone looks into your eyes and knows exactly who you are, what you need.

Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long.

Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.

Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature.

The tree is known by his fruit.