Matt Taibbi Quotes

The joy of being a consumer is that it doesn't require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the first urge that gurgles up from your stomach. And then obey the next. And the next. And the next.

Matt Taibbi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 2, 1970

Topics

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If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I'll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don't believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.

Joel Kinnaman

GoodHeroDarknessEvilVillain

The history of trying to start a daily where there already is one is that it has never worked.

John Morton

DailyHistoryStartTryingNever

In a second-class courtesan house, the courtship was much briefer. It could even be one night; usually it went on a little bit longer. But as the years went by, that period of courtship was shorter and shorter.

Amy Tan

NightHouseYearsLittleEvenMuch

I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would be suffering the moral paralysis of 'white guilt.' But the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt.

John Piper

LifeHopeSufferingPrideMy Life

Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years.

Steven Van Zandt

WorldRockBandYearsScreamOnce

I studied martial arts before I studied dance.

Robert Battle

DanceArtsMartial ArtsBefore

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

GreatOrganizationYouPlansBelong

My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really.

Christopher Nolan

MeListeningDirectionKnowTryOut

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

Conor Oberst

TimeFocusWavesReadingEnoughGo

Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer.

Antonio Perez

SpaceMovingBrandKnowDigital

Moonshots live in that place between audacious projects and pure science fiction.

Astro Teller

LiveSciencePlaceScience Fiction

It's a funny thing, but it's often overlooked that I'm a huge devout lover of French cooking. I have the utmost respect for them, though they have lost their respect for me because they think the way I cook is nutty.

Wylie Dufresne

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