Quotes about Screwed Up

Fiction is about stuff that's screwed up. Votes: 4

People who go into show business are screwed up. Votes: 4

My plumbing is all screwed up. Because it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal. Votes: 4

I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition. Votes: 4

I'm sorry your pretty little world got all screwed up, but everybody's does, and you go on. It's how you go on that defines you. Votes: 4

I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. Thats how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. Votes: 4

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters. Votes: 4

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor. Votes: 4

You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich house and it's some weird coloured embossed stuff. Votes: 4

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. Votes: 4

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears? Votes: 4

I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow. Votes: 4

If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, 'Aarggh! Screwed up again!' Fortunately, babies are free of self-criticism. They just keep practicing. Votes: 4

Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You're not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don't punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You'll bounce back eventually. You'll make up for it. Votes: 4

When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got screwed up and we saw 'The Bad Seed' instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails. Votes: 4

People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an equally screwed up man that no one ever comments about, or a nicer woman that no one comments about. Votes: 4

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling. Votes: 4

Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost. Votes: 4

As I say the words, I realize how true they are. And maybe that's the trick to getting through it, through life: realizing that everybody, including ourselves, is lugging around some kind of screwed-up baggage. Maybe we are put here to help each other carry the loads. Votes: 4

If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy. Votes: 4

All of my friends were seeing a therapist, and I thought something was wrong with me that I didn't see a therapist. So I went to a therapist to find out why I wasn't seeing a therapist. And it turns out I'm very screwed up. Thank God I found a therapist to tell me for $125 an hour. Votes: 4

If the oncoming mutation to interstellar immortality is screwed up by the politicians, it will be because those of us who see the opportunities in modern science are not adroit enough to outmaneuver the forces of inertia, stupidity and greed. Well, if we're not intelligent enough to overcome such obstacles, then we don't deserve to carry off the mutation at this stage of evolution. Votes: 4

We're just as screwed up as you. Votes: 0

I screwed up. Again. You're shocked, I'm sure. Votes: 0

Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared Votes: 0

I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.' Votes: 0

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I? Votes: 0

All my movies got screwed up because of my personality. Votes: 0

I'm a sucker for a screwed-up protagonist. We all have issues. Votes: 0

I'm screwed up, mixed up, messed around, dive-bombing, crashing and burning. Votes: 0

Families are the deepest, most screwed up relationships that we have. Votes: 0

Were really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way. Votes: 0

I've screwed up and I've overcommitted and it's typical of me. Votes: 0

Women always put men first. That's how everything got so screwed up. Votes: 0

I'd rather be screwed up with you than smooth with anybody else. Votes: 0

Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is. Votes: 0

I doubt trees are ever told to 'be the screwed-up ninth-grader.' Votes: 0

Oh yeah, I'm mentally screwed up for life. But I look good. Votes: 0

I believe in me. I'm a little screwed up, but I'm beautiful Votes: 0

God did create a world without sin. We just screwed it up. Votes: 0

No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all. Votes: 0

I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair Votes: 0

I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage. Votes: 0

I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am. Votes: 0

Those who remember the past tend to get the story really screwed up. Votes: 0

There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up. Votes: 0

Some of the funniest people I know are not screwed up in the head. Votes: 0

Truth I have no trouble with, it's the facts I get all screwed up. Votes: 0

I don't know if child actors are necessarily more screwed up than most people. Votes: 0

In the screwed-up life I’d been dealt, she was my only source of comfort. Votes: 0

My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up. Votes: 0

I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up. Votes: 0

That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better Votes: 0

We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see. Votes: 0

It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up. Votes: 0

My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map. Votes: 0

You create a fearful culture where you spend a lot of time looking at where you screwed up, Votes: 0

I bet the pill is harder to get than drugs--which shows how screwed up this world really is! Votes: 0

I very much own the fact that I'm a misfit. The Internet makes everyone realize they're screwed up. Votes: 0

What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly. Votes: 0

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. Votes: 0

I don't write about anything I don't love even if that love sometimes gets all screwed up and tormented. Votes: 0

The commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper says it tastes just like regular Dr. Pepper. Well, then they screwed up! Votes: 0

I have no sex appeal and it has screwed me up for life; my gynecologist examines me by telephone. Votes: 0

You may have created my past and screwed up my present, but you have no control over my future. Votes: 0

When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up. Votes: 0

I wish we did have responsibility for the hair. I have been screwed up by the hair on many occasions. Votes: 0

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson. Votes: 0

And then I screwed up and the Colonel screwed up and Takumi screwed up and she slipped through our fingers. Votes: 0

Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer. Votes: 0

Our current perception is very cloudy and all screwed up. As our perception increases through meditation, we're seeing life more correctly. Votes: 0

A good conspiracy is unprovable. I mean, if you can prove it, it means they screwed up somewhere along the line. Votes: 0

You can't undo yesterday, you can work on today, tomorrow, you will wonder how you screwed up 2 days in a row Votes: 0

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, there were a lot more arts in the public schools. Politically, America has screwed up on that. Votes: 0

Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private. Votes: 0

Listen, I would never judge someone who screwed their babysitter for years or knocked up their secretary, so don't ask me to. Votes: 0

I though I screwed everything up," I say.He smiles. "You're only one person. In the whole universe. You can't screw everything up. Votes: 0

Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad. Votes: 0

I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or 'the flu'? Votes: 0

The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label. Votes: 0

As ecstatic as I was at the birth of my daughter, I felt selfish bringing her, and later my son, into our screwed-up world. Votes: 0

gettimg attached to things is pointless. Thats how things get screwed up.People care to much about everything. Let it go. You'll be happier. Votes: 0

We share out craziness, our neuroses, our little bit of screwed-up-ness that comes from our family. We share it. And it feels like love. Votes: 0

It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair. Votes: 0

People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode. Votes: 0

I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. Votes: 0

Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up. Votes: 0

You know how screwed up censorship is, two girls just agreed to make out naked in front of their fathers, and we went wait, don't curse. Votes: 0

You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you. Votes: 0

Medical costs are soaring because our health-care system is totally screwed up. Doctors and hospitals have every incentive to spend on unnecessary tests, drugs, and procedures. Votes: 0

I love being from a screwed up family. We have everything in my family: prescription drug abuse, mental illness, one of my uncles is a Mormon. Votes: 0

Quite honestly, a baby covered in blood, still slightly blue, eyes screwed up, in the first few minutes after birth, is not an object of beauty. Votes: 0

Warren Beatty once quipped that the best time for a wedding was noon, because if the marriage didn't work, you hadn't screwed up the entire day. Votes: 0

When you screw up in the ring, it's so embarrassing. But the fans don't know you screwed up unless you act like you just made a mistake. Votes: 0

Some Pulitzer winners - novelists - have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn't been my experience. Votes: 0

Screwed-up people settle fights through violence. Screwed-up people start wars that could kill millions. Normal people settle fights through cookies, cakes, and pies. Normal people are fat. Votes: 0

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time. Votes: 0

I remember playing John Wayne Gacy, serial killer, very sick, neurotic, screwed-up guy. You know what? There's a part of me there, too, and you explore that. Votes: 0

Shane talking to Claire - "In this whole screwed up town, you're the only thing that's always been right to me," He whispered. "I love you, Claire Votes: 0

Even if I screw up in my personal life, as long as I'm not destroying myself, I just think, "Okay, I screwed up." I'm not Mother Theresa. Votes: 0

I want to explain everything to him, show him that it's really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is. Votes: 0

Your past doesn't define you. Only your present and your future. If your life is screwed up, stop making excuses. What are you going to do about it today? Votes: 0

You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich house and it's some weird coloured embossed stuff. Votes: 0

there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal. Votes: 0

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up. Votes: 0

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course. Votes: 0

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up. Votes: 0

It was my dream that screwed up, the stupid hearthside idea that it would be wonderful to follow one great red line across America instead of trying various roads and routes. Votes: 0

People say 'Poor guy.' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm some victim. There's nothing poor about me. Votes: 0

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids. Votes: 0

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids. Votes: 0

I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault. Votes: 0

Everybody's a bit screwed up, you know. You can take it as symptoms of a disorder, or you can take it as personality. Me, I'd rather think it as parts of personality. Votes: 0

I have a roommate, and I signed a year lease. I screwed up! That's like I wrote a joke that didn't work, but now I have to tell it for a year. Votes: 0

We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times... It's a really freeing process when you're not hitting the jokes too hard. Votes: 0

One of the torturous things about my job is that, as time goes on, you get more and more clarity on all the things you've screwed up and all the mistakes you've made. Votes: 0

But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me. Votes: 0

It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more. Votes: 0

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive. Votes: 0

Foosball screwed up my perception of soccer. I though you had to kick the ball and then spin around and around. I can't do a back flip, much less several simultaneously with two other guys. Votes: 0

I detest computers. If you had a device like that 30 years ago that froze up constantly, misbehaved constantly, lost your information and screwed up when you needed it the most, it would have been laughable. Votes: 0