Walter Matthau Quotes

People say, 'When are you going to do serious stuff?' I look at them as though they were crazy. My serious stuff is my comedy. That's how I make my points.

Walter Matthau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1920 - July 1, 2000

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I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats.

Joe Davis

FatherTeacherWomanSchoolMeName

After a while, no matter how much you love any pop song, you're going to get tired of it. That's the way it is with any entertainment. It's good when you first hear it or see it, you like it for a while, then it gets old. It gets chewed up and spit out and it's done.

Joe Perry

LoveGoodTiredSongYouDone

Yelp is - I mean, Yelp's not even good for looking up the restaurant's phone number because, you know, on the site, they just want you to read their reviews and look at their ads. They don't even actually want to give you the information about the restaurant or the menu.

Andrew Zimmern

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Sometimes you'll write while listening to a piece of music and think it's great, but then you'll go back and read it without the music and go, 'This sucks.'

Jeff Nichols

MusicGreatListeningThinkYouGo

Anything that's living is a machine. I'm a machine; my children are machines. I can step back and see them as being a bag of skin full of biomolecules that are interacting according to some laws.

Rodney Brooks

ChildrenStepBagBackI CanSkin

It's good for me to be involved in different things.

Chris Cornell

GoodMeThingsInvolvedDifferent

The court has to decide which of our approved desires has the better claim, right here, right now, and a court has to do more than read fairly when it makes this kind of choice.

David Souter

BetterChoiceNowKindMoreRight

You can't fast-forward heartbreak, and you can't rewind love - and that's just one big bummer.

Chelsea Handler

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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.

Brian K. Vaughan

NiceFansBeenJustBooksSupremely

I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances.

Brad Goreski

TravelOnlyMostSuitcase

It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you are too kind, where does it all end? That not to help someone is somehow a good idea.

Peter Mullan

GoodBrainStrongEndMediaHelp

I'm very good at making mistakes, so I realized that I should embrace mistakes and learn from them.

Mark Frauenfelder

GoodMistakesLearnMaking Mistakes

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