Now kid, I know I haven’t been a perfect man.
And I’ve avoided doing things I know I can.
But if I learned one thing, the tattoo on my arm will burn into my thumb,
It would be that:
You must stick up for yourself, son.
Never mind what anybody else done.
— Yeasayer, Ambling Amp
I bet you’re the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I’ll be watching you.
— Full Metal Jacket, you will always make me laugh. Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann was so good he could never play anything but that character again. (via motionsensorsoundtrack)
Cliff Notes for Manhood
Did you know there are entire sites devoted to teaching men how to be… men? Are we that much of a bastard society?
Being a man is as simple as this:
1) Figure out your principles, you know, these are the things you stand for, and then
2) Do your damnedest to live up to them everyday.
Now, time for a couple footnotes:
1) Everybody’s principles are different. One of my top principles happens to be honesty. Turns out, some of my very best friends in the World are lying, dirty scoundrels. Luckily for them “don’t be a judgmental prick” is also on my list.
2) Some day’s you’ll fuck up. You’ll walk by that person you should’ve helped or you’ll punch someone who didn’t deserve it. Don’t dwell on it, take note and do better tomorrow.
Turns out the “cliff notes for manhood” are actually the exact same as the “cliff notes for being a decent human being.” Just do your best to live up to your Goddamned ideals people. This human being shit isn’t actually all that complicated.
I could not love a man more than I do Ron Swanson
I’m a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food.
Big Jay McNeely
Take note: This is how one gets down.
Steve McQueen– ironically displaying his signature, perfect balance of allegiance and rebellion.
“I live for myself and I answer to nobody.”
–Steve McQueen
Circa 1970– Tom Waits Sitting in a burlesque show dressing room with stripper between sets, Lower East Side. –Image by © Joel Brodsky/Corbis
I’m not here to complain or ask for pity. Life is hard for everybody, just in different ways. I’m not proud of my misfortune— I’m proud of my survival.
— Billy Joe Shaver, Honky Tonk Hero: An Autobiography
The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women.
— NY Times
