Marc Maron Quotes

It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By "we" I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're a culture of seven-year-olds. Have you ever had that moment when are you updating your status and you realize that every status update is just a variation on a single request: "Would someone please acknowledge me?

That's the big challenge of life"”to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don't annoy your friends with your whining.

Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to the first time someone said, "No you can't.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?

That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept that you're fragile, vulnerable, and sometimes stupid. Realize that you're not immortal and you've got to take care of yourself. And then laugh it off and fly away.

If you can't afford the good food or if you can't afford health care or if you don't have a job or if your car is dangerous because you can't get it fixed and you DIE, you just lost the game-bzzzzz-thanks for playing extreme capitalism.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

Faith in the face of disappointment is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.

The truth is, I can't read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes me feel better.