Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Favorite Quotes: February 2017


"Recently I saw a film by a 21-year-old, Steven Spielberg. It was 24 minutes of film called Amblin, produced for around $17,000. It rocked me back. He displayed an amazing knowledge of film-making as well as creative talent.”
Jerry Lewis, The Total Film-Maker (1971)

“Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?”
-XXX: The Return of Xander Cage

 “If camping is so great, why are the bugs always trying to get in your house?”

“I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you're doing.”

“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.”

“Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.”
-Jim Gaffigan, Dad is Fat

“You work for the devil, you better be ready to die for him.”
-Garth Ennis, The Punisher

“A future of automation and total surveillance are the longer term ideas people should be thinking about. In Neal Stephenson's book "The Diamond Age" billions of nanobots fly around and, among other things, film everything. It's one thing to imagine God watching you--consider your entire life recorded for later viewing without any context or empathy. Mankind will grind to a halt, we're not wired for that kind of scrutiny.”
-Phil Alterman

“Getting to Hell is easy. The rest is where it gets hard.”
-Westworld

“I want to live. I want to love. But it’s a long hard road out of Hell.”
-Marilyn Manson

“Mormons are totally punk.”
-Carlton Mellick III, Punk Land 


-Compiled by Phony McFakename


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