Ian Shoales Quotes

• Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.

  Ian Shoales

  Funny, Football, Player

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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• Never ask a woman why she's angry at you. She will either get angrier at you for not knowing, or she'll tell you. Both ways, you lose.

  Ian Shoales

  Anger, Knowing, Way

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• They don't produce anything. All they do is guide you through the labyrinth of the legal system that they created - and they keep changing it just in case you start to catch on.

  Ian Shoales

  Labyrinth, Legal System, Ethics

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• I know what love is: Tracy and Hepburn, Bogart and Bacall, Romeo and Juliet, Jackie and John and Marilyn.

  Ian Shoales

  Love, Juliet, Bogart

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• I don't like people who speak French in public places. This includes the French.

  Ian Shoales

  Speaks French, People, Speak

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• Sigmund Freud was a half baked Viennese quack. Our literature, culture, and the films of Woody Allen would be better today if Freud had never written a word.

  Ian Shoales

  Movie, Would Be, Culture

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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• Advice to rock gods: drugwise, stick to Ibuprofen, decaf lattes, and pale Pilsners ... If your stomach is not a flat slab, please leave your shirt on while performing ... If your girlfriend asks you to choose between her and your music, sell your instruments immediately - especially if you're a drummer ... Finally, go easy on the supermodels, don't forget to tune, and remember: a tiny bit of dry ice and lasers goes a long way. Ditto with tattoos.

  Ian Shoales

  Tattoo, Girlfriend, Rocks

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• L.A.: where there's never weather, and walking is a crime. L.A.: where the streetlights and palm trees go on forever, where darkness never comes, like a deal that never goes down, a meeting that's never taken. The City of Angels: where every cockroach has a screenplay and even the winos wear roller skates. It's that kind of town.

  Ian Shoales

  Taken, Angel, Cities

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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• Americans will buy anything, as long as it doesn't cross the thin line between cute and demonic.

  Ian Shoales

  Cute, Long, Lines

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• Everybody's excited about the new service economy, even though there is no actual service as near as I can tell.

  Ian Shoales

  Excited, Economy, I Can

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• I read a column by George Will that SCARFACE should be rated X because parents were taking their children to see it. So what? Why should the motion-picture industry be responsible for our morality? Dad says to Mom, `SCARFACE is in town.' `What's it about?' `Human scum who kill each other over cocaine deals.' `Sounds great! Let's take the kids!'

  Ian Shoales

  Mom, Children, Dad

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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• Why are we importing all these highbrow plays like `Amadeus'? I could
  have told you Mozart was a jerk for nothing.

  Ian Shoales

  Play, Jerk, Amadeus

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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• Men want to put their signature at the bottom; women don't want to finish that letter.

  Ian Shoales

  Women, Signatures, Letters

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• The word relationship best refers to the connection between parasite and host, or shark and remora. It's a biological term. I'd rather be a jerk than a scientist when it comes to love.

  Ian Shoales

  Love, Sharks, Connections

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• Favorite color: I hate colors.

  Ian Shoales

  Hate, Color, I Hate

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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