Famous Mamet Quotes & Sayings

When we were young, there weren't very many smart people in the investment world. You should have seen the people in the bank trust departments. Now, there are armies of smart people at private investment funds, etc . If there were a crisis now, there would be a lot more people with a lot of money ready to take advantage. — Charlie Munger

But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything. — Karl Marx

A performance is a conversation between you and an audience. — Livingston Taylor

To speak truth to power is not a particularly honorable vocation. — Noam Chomsky

My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario. — Patricia Cornwell

My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last. — Q'orianka Kilcher

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written. — Arlen Specter

The first effect marriage had on me was to increase my lack of interest in sex ... Actually our marriage was a sort of friendship with sexual privileges. — Marilyn Monroe

Amorous cat, alas
You too must yowl with your love...
or even worse, without! — Basho Matsuo