Max Barry Quotes

• She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced. She could lay down a perfect argument and they just invented new bullshit on the spot to justify why the answer was still no. When people said, Convince me, she knew it didn’t mean they had an open mind. It meant they had power and wanted to enjoy it a minute.

  Max Barry

  Mean, Bullshit, People

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• That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

  Max Barry

  People, Justify, Values

  Max Barry (2007). “Company”, p.111, Vintage

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• I read once that you need two things to be happy: any two of health, money, and love. You can cover the absense of one with the other two... But now I realized this was unmitigated bullshit, because health and money did not compare with love at all.

  Max Barry

  Love You, Two, Bullshit

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• What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body.
  But the possibility of a naked body is something special.

  Max Barry

  Special, Naked, Body

  Max Barry (2000). “Syrup: A Novel”, p.161, Penguin

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• Corporations! It's like there are these gigantic monsters living among us, and we don't mind that they're monsters because when we look at them they smile and hand us cheeseburgers. That's nuts.

  Max Barry

  Hands, Nuts, Mind

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• Culpa mía. El equipo tenía dispositivos de seguridad, pero la principal pieza de protección era el cerebro. Se presumía que cualquiera que entrara en la sala era lo bastante inteligente como para mantenerse alejado de objetos calientes, afilados o que contuvieran un gran impulso.

  Max Barry

  Intelligent, Safety, Brain

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• Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as you and me. What's with that?

  Max Barry

  People, Different, Hey

  Max Barry (2004). “Jennifer Government”, p.179, Vintage

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• Recuerdo cuando siempre podías confiar en esos chiquillos de la calle para reventar a unos cuantos por las últimas Nikes", afirma el Vicepresidente John. Ahora asaltan a la gente por Reeboks, por Adidas... por genéricos, por el amor de Dios".

  Max Barry

  Nike, Kids, People

  Max Barry (2004). “Jennifer Government”, p.14, Vintage

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• I will not be what I was made, but what I make.

  Max Barry

  Hecho

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• By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually exclusive. So if we value freedom, there's only one conclusion. It's time to get rid of this leftover relic we call Government.

  Max Barry

  Government, Long, Action

  "Jennifer Government". Book by Max Barry, 2003.

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• The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.

  Max Barry

  Desire, Fundamentals, Want

  Max Barry (2013). “Lexicon”, p.165, Hachette UK

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• There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.

  Max Barry

  Meaningful, Country, Jobs

  Max Barry (2007). “Company”, p.334, Vintage

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• Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.

  Max Barry

  Simple, People, Use

  Max Barry (2003). “Jennifer Government: A Novel”, Vintage

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• When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.

  Max Barry

  Done, Language, Poetic

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• Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.

  Max Barry

  Tattoo, Smart, Eye

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• Alguien del Internet Writing Workshop me envió un enlace a Gender Genie, donde puedes pegar una sección de texto y un algoritmo detecta si el autor es hombre o mujer. O, si eres autor, puedes saber si realmente estás dando en el clavo con tus personajes del sexo opuesto. Es decir, clavando sus diálogos.

  Max Barry

  Sexo, escritura, carácter

  "Hand Me My Y-Chromosome". Personal blog, maxbarry.com. August 08, 2005.

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• every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged

  Max Barry

  Stories, Pages, Mark

  Max Barry (2013). “Lexicon: A Novel”, p.10, Penguin

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• I usually like to interact with people who don't speak until it's necessary but I was intimidated by Carl's physique. I didn't feel inferior so much as incompatible. Carl existed on a plane where success was measured by physical feats. He had a brain because his body needed it, rather than the opposite. I didn't understand such people. I didn't know what they wanted, or might do.

  Max Barry

  Opposites, People, Brain

  Max Barry (2011). “Machine Man”, p.71, Vintage

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• I think this is the first time I've altered a book based on what you guys told me. So it's an occasion! Soon I'll be putting up polls to choose between plots, and then it's a short stop to accepting anonymous contributions and stapling them together while I sip margaritas on the deck of a Pacific cruise ship.

  Max Barry

  Book, Thinking, Guy

  "Retrospective #6: Reviewing the Future". Personal blog, maxbarry.com. August 24, 2005.

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• When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently want that person to be thrilled.

  Max Barry

  Book, Thinking, Shells

  "Now for an Elephant Stamp". Personal blog, maxbarry.com. October 08, 2005.

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• Look, I understand that for a lot of people, the US is superior to their country of residence in myriad ways, but I'm Australian. We have it all: the weather, the beautiful cities, the brand of football that involves neither padding yourself up like Santa Claus nor standing in a line in front of goal and covering your testicles.

  Max Barry

  Beautiful, Football, Country

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• Apparently we're now in a state where most ads are full of people looking at us in a way that would heat us up down to our toes if it happened in real life, and we don't think anything of it.

  Max Barry

  Real, Pensamiento, Gente

  "They Want You". Personal blog, maxbarry.com. October 16, 2005.

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• Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because saying, 'Hey, is that only six donuts?' would betray their donut experience. It's not great for your career to be known as the person who can spot the difference between six and seven donuts at a glance.

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  Monday, Morning, Careers

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• I don't play the lottery. I don't care what my horoscope says. I think most things about the world could be improved if people thought more about what they're doing. When someone gets upset with their computer, I tend to side with the computer. I think art is overrated, and bridges are underrated. In fact, I don't understand why bridges aren't art. It seems to me they're penalized for having a use. If I make a bridge that ends in midair, that's a sculpture. But put it between two landmasses and let it ferry two hundred thousand cars per day and it's infrastructure. That makes no sense.

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  Art, Thinking, Bridges

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• People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.

  Max Barry

  People, Giving, Pages

  Max Barry (2013). “Lexicon”, p.128, Hachette UK

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