Matthew Quotes

TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing.

The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish, for he learns to economize his time.

I'm obsessed with coffee. My doctor says if I don't cut back, I am going to permanently damage my esophagus. No joke.

I love polite people, late September, weeping mortar, and my fantastic fands (fans/friends)

Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.

There is one death bed repentance recorded in the Bible (the thief on the cross), so that no one despair, but there is ONLY one, so that no one will presume.

True honesty is the willingness to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may, and say what it will, only so you may know who you are - beyond all ideas.

Life is a beautiful collection of temporary experiences. Treasure your unique collection, and enjoy sharing it with others.

You're learning to be nourished by the love you give, not by the validation offered in response to your giving.

I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

There's nothing better than a world where everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.

I think everything in life is an evolution, isn't it?

The quickest way to forget about your pain is to help someone who hurts more.

Cargo pants freak me out. Too many pockets. I always forget where my wallet is.

None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

Photography is about light and what it does and how it is captured on a piece of negative.

By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him as a God against us, but by the light of the gospel we see Him as Emmanuel, God with us.

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.

I've taken magic lessons since I was five-years-old. When I was little I would wear a top hat and cape, and I'd get relentlessly beat up by jocks. That's why I don't care for sports.

It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.

If you don't pass through anything in life, you can't be anything.

It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.

Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.

Yes! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone.

The older you get, the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin’ man, l-i-v-i-n’

It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.

God is not a respecter of persons but a respecter of principles that are in his word.

Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.

A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.

Where progress is desire, change is Inevitable.

Perhaps one day you'll look in the mirror and realize, the person you see appearing in awareness is actually awareness itself - momentarily appearing as a person.

We entertain ourselves with worry when we don't know what to trust. When you trust in what remains beyond temporary form, you are trusting in all that you are, as all that is.

I found out that smoking is the leading cause of statistics.

Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won't ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you're a victim. You are not.

Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.

Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.

Anybody who does not value what you have does not deserve your relationship.

Remember, the pain of rejection is nothing compared to the pain of regret.

We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils.

The Christian life was never meant to be lived alone. Together we're a body. A family. The people of God.

The greatest illiterate is the inability to learn the great things of life from small things around.

This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims.

'Friends' was a magical thing, and no one's going to ever have anything like that again.

Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them.

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence.

I was wearing women's jeans way before it was cool for guys to wear them. I have a weird torso - it's incredibly short, and only girl-pants fit me properly.

Never let a few people that don't get you, shape you, into their limited knowledge of what you can become.