Matt Groening Quotes

I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing 'The Tracey Ullman Show' for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show.

Matt Groening

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LifeMeHellDoingDrawingFox

This unchecked spending is growing faster than our economy, faster than inflation, and far beyond our means to sustain it.

Jim Nussle

GrowingBeyondEconomyInflationFar

Look what's happened to Barack Obama over the last two years or George Bush for eight. It's a blood sport. But at some point I may feel the need to run for office again.

Joe Scarborough

FeelLookBloodRunOfficeNeed

I expect my next job to be outside government.

John Engler

JobGovernmentOutsideNextExpect

I tried snowboarding at 14, and I absolutely fell in love with it. I snowboarded every day off I had, every weekend I had off of school, every holiday we had off from school, and it became a huge part of my life, not just what I love to do, but really just kind of who I was.

Amy Purdy

LifeLoveDaySchoolMy LifeKind

Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound.

Sugar Ray Leonard

BestFightSchoolBlueChampionYou

Marriage was probably the worst mistake I ever made in my life.

Tony Dorsett

LifeMarriageMistakeMy LifeWorst

Boldness doesn't mean rude, obnoxious, loud, or disrespectful. Being bold is being firm, sure, confident, fearless, daring, strong, resilient, and not easily intimidated. It means you're willing to go where you've never been, willing to try what you've never tried, and willing to trust what you've never trusted. Boldness is quiet, not noisy.

Mike Yaconelli

TrustFearlessStrongConfidentYou

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Mira Nair

CommunicationKnowledgeUnderstanding

Palestinian children deserve the same right to be free in their own land as Israeli children in their land. A two-state solution will finally bring Israelis the security and normalcy to which they are entitled, and Palestinians the sovereignty and dignity they deserve.

Denis McDonough

ChildrenFreeSolutionSecurityLand

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

Christopher Fry

WomanHonestSupernaturalMade

Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners' minds work - where they're strong, where they're weak, where their biases lie. I can judge that for people close to me. But it's harder with digital tools, particularly search engines.

Clive Thompson

WorkBestLieMemoryPeopleMe

I think the key to writing hit songs is simplicity.

Bonnie McKee

SimplicityWritingThinkKeySongs

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