“People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll listen to anyone. [Written by Andre and Maria Jacquemetton]” TruthDesireAdviceTelevisionTvMad MenTv ShowDon Draper Author:Don Draper from 'Mad Men'
“I keep going to a lot of places and ending up somewhere I've already been” PlacesMad MenDon Draper Author:Matthew Weiner
“Change is neither good or bad; it simply is.” InspirationalTelevisionTvMad Men Author:Matthew Weiner written for Don Draper on 'Mad Men'
“Change is neither good or bad; it simply is. [Written by Matthew Weiner]” InspirationalInspirational QuotesChangeTelevisionMad MenAmc Author:Don Draper from 'Mad Men'
“I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part of me is attuned to the work. I soak it up into my pores during the day, and at night—in the moments before I pass off into sleep—ideas explode into my head like fireworks. There is no greater joy than the burst of solution to a problem. Incredible that anything could happen to take away this bubbling energy, the zest that fills everything I do. It's as if all the knowledge I've soaked in during the past months has coalesced and lifted me to a peak of light and understanding. This is beauty, love, and truth all rolled into one. This is joy.” LifeTruthJoyLearningMeaning Book:Flowers for Algernon Source: Flowers for Algernon
“Peggy, just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face.” MadmenMad Men Author:Don Draper
“I had a dream I was on the shelf in the refrigerator. Someone closes the door and the light goes off, and I know everybody's out there eating. And they open the door and you see everyone smiling and they are happy to see you but maybe they don't look right at you and maybe they don't pick you. And then the door closes again, the light goes off.” Mad Men Author:Matthew Weiner, Mad Men Finale
“There were elements of Mad Men at Newsweek, except that unlike the natty advertising types, journalists were notorious slobs and our two- and three-martini lunches were out of the office, not in...Kevin Buckley, who was hired in 1963, described the Newsweek of the early 1960s as similar to an old movie, with the wisecracking private eye and his Girl Friday. "The 'hubba-hubba' climate was tolerated," he recalled. "I was told the editors would ask the girls to do handstands on their desk. Was there rancor? Yes. But in this climate, a laugh would follow.” WomenSexism1960sMad MenNewsweekGirl Friday Author:Lynn Povich