Joe Barrett > Quotes

“Maybe, you try not to have a ridged opinion about anything. Maybe, you just let happen, happen.”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“The Church should be about individual expression, not conformity! The Church should be about compassion, not judgment!”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“I’ve seen people react to situations in ways that I think are bad for the world. It doesn’t matter if it happens at work or at school or at home, you know? People shouldn’t hurt other people and then lie about it. Or try to convince themselves that they’re right when their actions are wrong. People should speak up when they see bad things happening, don’t you think? When people make the world a worse place, it’s important to expose it, so it doesn’t stay hidden, right? Isn’t that kind of what you were”
― Joe Barrett, Daisy in the Doghouse

“Stop expecting good things because that will only let you down. Stop expecting bad things, because that’s only gonna weigh you down. Stop judging people like their bad choices are some kind of burden that you have to personally bear. Just make the decision to ignore before and after, and just be, here and now.”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“~ Life is short, Lambchop. It’s weird and it’s unpredictable and it’s erratic – like Cirque du Soleil run amuck, when you’re really living it, I mean. It’s this big, wonderful mess of weirdness and violence and fear and sometimes beauty. And sometimes love. And you can’t get any of the good stuff without all the mess. So why don’t you stop looking for an exit and stop trying to predict the ending and just be. Just be. No plans. No future. Just now.”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“It’s the capitalistic solution to what socialism and communism have never been able to accomplish.”
― Joe Barrett, Daisy in the Doghouse

“Stop expecting good things because that will only let you down. Stop expecting bad things, because that’s only gonna weigh you down. Stop judging people like their bad choices are some kind of burden that you have to personally bear. Just make the decision to ignore before and after, and just be, here and”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“So, the depth of greatness is all relative to a person’s experience, I guess.”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“And encouraging a laughing fit in front of a living thing being torn apart isn’t being careful.” “I’ve got to imagine the hedgehog was dead when they threw it in the panther cage, Cat.” “This isn’t funny, Jack.”
― Joe Barrett, Daisy in the Doghouse

“And inside it feels the way that Spring feels, after a long Winter, when no matter how shabby and worthless you are, you still get to enjoy the same warm air and sunshine that all the better people around you are enjoying.”
― Joe Barrett, Managed Care

“And the whole IRS audit thing, how they froze all of his accounts.” What’s that, now? “Come again?” I blurt, staring at Sarah in a complete state of shock. “You know, how he has all this money and he can’t get to any of it because the IRS has frozen his accounts while they investigate the sale of his business?” I stare at Sarah in a complete state of shock. “You knew about that, right?” she asks, a bit anxious. I stare at Sarah in a complete state of shock. “Tell me you knew about that,” she says, pleading. “He wasn’t keeping it from you and your parents, was he? Was he? Oh, my God, he was!” I stare at Sarah in a complete state of shock.”
― Joe Barrett, Unplugged