Matt McDermott:
CLASS OF 2008
Long Branch High SchoolClass of 2008
Long branch, NJ
Matt's Story
Matt is from Long Branch, New Jersey. Matt's schools include Long Branch High School. Matt later attended Rowan University (Music Education) .
Music Matt likes includes GENESIS, Frank Zappa, Dream Theater. Books Matt likes include The Dark Tower Series, Kite Runner, The Eyes of the Dragon. Movies Matt likes include Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Zombieland, There Will Be Blood. TV shows Matt likes include Futurama, Seinfeld, Important Things with Demetri Martin.
One of Matt's favorite quotes is:""My country is the world, and my religion is to do good" - Thomas Paine
"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows"
-Buddha Gotama
Sit
Rest
Work.
Alone with yourself,
Never weary.
On the edge of the forest
Live joyfully,
WIthout desire.
-Buddha Gotama
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
-Buddha Gotama
"Truth is sought for its own sake. And those who are engaged upon the quest for anything for its own sake are not interested in other things. Finding the truth is difficult, and the road to it is rough."
-Alhazen (Arab sc...Expand for more
ientist)
"As ever when we unweave the rainbow, it will not become less wonderful."
Richard Dawkins
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever" - Carl Sagan
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real
tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." -Plato
"Inside every cynical person there is a disappointed idealist"
-George Carlin
"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny."
-Frank Zappa
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it,
no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense."
-Buddha Gotama
"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."
-Buddha Gotama
"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."
-Buddha Gotama
But after observation and analysis,
when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all,
then accept it and live up to it.
-Buddha Gotama".
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