Ben Marcus Quotes

Where would we be without inhibitions? They're quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now.

I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.

I understand why biting is seen so badly.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

I feel I should be doing stupid stuff, but I'm not going to.

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more of it there must be without.

Sometimes we have an objective reality that tells you you shouldn’t do what you want to do.

All the movements of our body are not merely those dictated by impulse or weariness; they are the correct expression of what we consider decorous. Without impulses, we could take no part in social life; on the other hand, without inhibitions, we could not correct, direct, and utilize our impulses.

Me being able to trash hotel rooms on set means I don't do it in real life.

I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that.

I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.