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Ryan Murphy Quotes

Total quotes: 85
“I try to do good things, right? But I'm not a good person. That's my flaw. I'm ambitious. I am political. I'm conniving.”
— Payton Hobart, The Politician, Season 1: The Assassination of Payton Hobart
Tagged: Good Person, Ambition, Conniving , Politics
“Can you imagine those poor Salem witches traveling all the way down here in covered wagons without a proper charcuterie platter or a bidet? Absolutely savage!”
— Myrtle Snow, American Horror Story, American Horror Story Season 3: The Sacred Taking
Tagged: Salem, poor, Witches, wagons, posh, bidet, savage
“Myrtle: Madison, you are the worst kind of Hollywood cliche. You are a bubblehead with crotchless panties.

Madison: And you're a dried up, old hot pocket, but I don't judge.”
— Madison Montgomery, American Horror Story, Coven: Protect the Coven
Tagged: Hollywood, cliche, bubblehead, Metaphor Examples, Crotchless, dried up, hot pocket
“I love you. Unconditionally. You are the front man of my favorite rock band, you are the star of my favorite movie, you are my king of kings.”
— Alice, The Politician, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Love, Unconditionally , rock band, king, Star
“You girls need to learn to fight. When witches don't fight, we burn.”
— Fiona Goode, American Horror Story, American Horror Story Season 3: Bitchcraft
Tagged: Girls, Fight, Witches, burn
“Music gives us permission to feel.”
— River Barkley, The Politician, Season 1: The Harrington Commode
Tagged: Music, Permission, Feelings
“This emptiness is a gift. You finally know what it's like to lose.”
— Georgina Hobart, The Politician, Season 1: The Assassination of Payton Hobart
Tagged: Empty, Gift, Loss, Feelings
“Politics isn't about policies, a candidate is elected on a story.”
— Payton Hobart, The Politician, Season 1: October Surprise
Tagged: Politics, Policies, Election, elected, Story
“Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me.”
— Madison Montgomery, American Horror Story, American Horror Story Season 3: The Sacred Taking
Tagged: surprise, last of me
“A person can't be truly selfless and survive.”
— Payton Hobart, The Politician, Season 1: The Assassination of Payton Hobart
Tagged: Selfless, Survival, Human Nature
“I've never wanted kids... don't have the time, don't have the uterus.”
— Ryan Murphy, Glee, Season 1: Vitamin D
Tagged: Pregnancy, uterus
“Shine that light on me, make me feel like I matter. Even if it's a lie.”
— Jack Costello, Hollywood, Limited Series: Hooray for Hollywood
Tagged: Light, Shine, Lie, Special
“We're dealing with children, they need to be terrified, it's like mother’s milk to them—without it their bones won't grow properly.”
— Sue Sylvester, Glee, Season 1: Vitamin D
Tagged: Children, Discipline, Mother's Milk
“You think this is hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told they're going in another direction. That was hard.”
— Sue Sylvester, Glee, Season 1: Wheels
Tagged: Baywatch, body shaming
“We need to focus on bringing our best, not worrying about what anyone else is bringing.”
— Blanca Rodriguez, POSE, Season 1: Mother of The Year
Tagged: Focus On What Grows You, Growth, Encouragement, Teamwork
“You know what, I used to love coming here. But now this just reminds me of everything that I’ve lost.”
— Santana Lopez, Glee, Season 5: The Quarterback
Tagged: Loss, Regret
“Nowadays being anonymous is worse than being poor. Fame is the most important thing in our culture now. And if there is one thing I’ve learned it is that no one is just going to hand it to you.”
— Rachel Berry, Glee, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: anonymous, poor, Social Media
“My father always said you'd become a man when you bought your first house. I'm not sure what he meant, though, because he burned ours down during a drunken fight with mom.”
— Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Glee, Season 1: Showmance
Tagged: homeownership, Arson
“Friends? You think it's friendship I want from her? Is that what you think? You're wrong, it's respect. It's the only thing I ever wanted from her, or any of them for that matter. It's the one thing I've never got.”
— Joan Crawford, FEUD, Bette and Joan: Pilot
Tagged: Friendship, Respect, Disappointment
“I am not gay, and I am certainly not sinful. What I am is a woman, Mother. Not your son, but your daughter.”
— Blanca Rodriguez, POSE, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Coming out, Transgender
“Everybody wants to get with this. Women, men, animals in the zoo, plants probably.”
— Chad Radwell, Scream Queens, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Hot, Zoo, Men, Women, Sex
“Have you ever liked someone so much you just wanna lock yourself in your room, turn on sad music and cry?”
— Rachel Berry, Glee, Season 1: Showmance
Tagged: crushes, Sad, cry, Sad music
“A house is much more than a home. It's family. And every family needs a mother who is affirming, caring, loyal, and inspiring.”
— Pray Tell, POSE, Season 1: Mother of The Year
Tagged: Moterhood, Mom's, mother's day, What Makes A Home
“Is there anything more wonderful than the promise of a new child...or more heartbreaking when that promise is broken?”
— Constance Langdon, American Horror Story, Murder House: Home Invasion
Tagged: New Child, Heartbreaking, Broken Promises
“Cordelia: Careful, girls, it's not a game.

Madison: It's the best game and we need a goddamn break.”
— Madison Montgomery, American Horror Story, Coven: Go to Hell
Tagged: Careful, Girls, Game, Break
“I believe strongly in the power of television, because I believe the following: if you see yourself and some part of your human experience reflected back at yourself, you will not feel alone.”
— Ryan Murphy, Read the Full Transcript of Ryan Murphy's Powerful Trailblazer Honors Acceptance Speech
Tagged: TV, Why TV Matters, The Art of Television
“Just because you have an idea does not mean you know how to properly execute it. Ideas are ingredients. Only a real mother knows how to prepare them.”
— Elektra Abundance, POSE, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Ideas, Making Ideas A Reality, Thought vs. Action, Getting Ideas Ready for the World
“God, my husband is upstairs. He's finishing a giant jigsaw puzzle of Peggy Guggenheim's Venetian Palazzo.”
— Georgina Hobart, The Politician, Season 1: The Assassination of Payton Hobart
Tagged: Venetian Palazzo, Peggy Guggenheim, Puzzle
“I'm sorry. Did I ask you to pull down my panties and blow a compliment up my butt?”
— Chanel Oberlin, Scream Queens, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Rude, Sassy, Compliment
“Misty: You bitch, you thought that I'm some dumb swamp rat you could leave behind to die?

Madison: Ummm, yes.”
— Madison Montgomery, American Horror Story, Coven: Go to Hell
Tagged: Metaphor Examples, dumb, swamp, Rat, Death, Rude, Sassy
“Madame Delphine LaLaurie: It's my home.

Papa Legba: No, it's mine,... welcome to hell”
— Papa Legba, American Horror Story, Coven: Go to Hell
Tagged: Home, Incorrect, Hell, Welcome
“Shouldn't you be in college or something? I thought gay people are all successful overachievers.”
— Kitty, Glee, Season 4: The New Rachel
Tagged: College, gay, Overachievers, stereotypes
“Your life going off the rails is the best thing that could happen to you.”
— Georgina Hobart, The Politician, Season 1: The Assassination of Payton Hobart
Tagged: Life, Going off the Rails, Best Thing
“Grace: You're an awful person. 

Chanel: Maybe. But I'm rich and I'm pretty, so it doesn't really matter.”
— Chanel Oberlin, Scream Queens, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Awful, rich, Pretty
“Not much of a house with only one bitch in it. More like a studio apartment.”
— Elektra Abundance, POSE, Season 1: Mother of The Year
Tagged: insults
“I've buried more friends in the last year than any of you can count! And when it's all over who knows how many of us will be left? So I don't need a bunch of immature 20-somethings, who just figured out how to wipe their own asses telling me how to act or feel! When y'all have walked a mile in my shoes, y'all come find me.”
— Pray Tell, POSE, Season 1: Love is the Message
Tagged: AIDS, HIV, Confronting Death, Sorrow
“Hey, how do you spell loser? I'm gonna write it on his forehead!”
— Dave Karofsky, Glee, Season 1: Mattress
Tagged: Loser
“Trust gives people power over you.”
— Elektra Abundance, POSE, Season 1: Mother of The Year
Tagged: Cynical, Not Trusting Anyone, Paranoid
“Oh child, no one ever plans on having sex. And I can't be your mother and your conscience. I'm not always going to be here to protect you. You are a good looking young man. And soon, you are going to want to start exploring. But you gotta make smart choices.”
— Blanca Rodriguez, POSE, Season 1: Access
Tagged: Sex
“I won my first dance competition when I was three months old.”
— Rachel Berry, Glee, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: infants, dance competition
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