Max Barry: Quotes about people

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Max Barry: 68 quotes2 likes

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

Source: Lexicon

“I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President John said. "Now people get mugged for Reeboks, for Adidas — for generics, for Christ's sake.”

Max Barry book Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 1, page 5

“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 book Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 51, page 190

“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.”

Great Writing interviewhttp://www.greatwriting.co.uk/content/view/1038/

“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.”

October 16, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/10/16/news.html#theywantyou

“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 book Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 40, page 144

“Nobody gives a crap about ethics. That’s why people like me will always be successful.”

Max Barry book Company

Source: Company (2006), p. 335

“The atmosphere of desperate, ignorant terror essential to healthy rumors seeps away, replaced by a silent, wary paranoia. People bunker down, jealously keeping what they know, which is nothing, to themselves.”

Max Barry book Company

Source: Company (2006), p. 174

“Ninety-five percent of all jobs suck. That’s why people get paid to do them.”

Max Barry book Company

Source: Company (2006), p. 112