Adam McKay Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I'm sure when they partied when Rome was burning, that was a really great party.”

“My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?'”

“The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.”

“Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.”

“Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.”

“I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.”

“I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.”

“Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.”

“I was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma.”

“America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.”