When it is said that I keep it real, it's an understatement.
"The government can't cheat you anymore than you are already cheating yourself."
MG Hardie is a writer from California. His first book EveryDay Life was published in 2008. He has won two literary awards. His recently released title It Ain't Just The Size is a thought provoking exploration into the lives and minds of Americans.
MG Hardie is regarded as one of the fresh new American minds for Enlightened Political Analysis and Social Commentary. He is known for his unique perspectives on Race, Pop-Culture, Politics and Hip-Hop. He advocates equality, social justice and personal responsibility.
Hardie Coined Phrases
"White Acceptable", BMS (Bombs, Missiles and or Sanctions)", "Racially Ambiguous", "Maxed-Out" (Healthcare), "Pushing Maximum Density", "Selective Ignorance","Articulately Relevant", "Hip-Hop Dark Age", "Minority Overload", "A.S. (After Slavery)", "Bullshit Filter", "Cellphonin'", "Kill & Feel", "Black-White Man", "Visible Minority Positions", and more
The Best Kept Literary Secret of 2008
Reader Views Literary award in Humor- 2009
Afr'Am Literary award for Urban Title of the Year- 2009.
MG Hardie has been featured on
Menstuff.org
ChicFabu
BlogTalk withRoz
WBOX 640 A.M.
HYPE Radio
Life Remixed Radio
African-Americans on the Move Radio
Conversations Live
Let's Talk Honestly Weekly
Affiliations
NAACP BMI 100 Black Men
TITLE TYPE STATUS
EVERYDAY LIFE BOOK IN STORES
IT AIN'T JUST THE SIZE BOOK APRIL 2010
BLACK & BULLETPROOF BOOK OCTOBER 2010
CANDY SCREENPLAY UPCOMING
Author of Change
2010 Quotes
"I am just wondering how long it will be before they make a hip hop math video"
"I don't have a problem with the Arizona law. I have a problem with Chicano, Gay and Lesbian, Asian-American and African-American histories not being taught in American History courses."
"It's only a recession, when it's not apart of your agenda."
"How many immigrants and minorities does it take to make up "We" the people?"
"Things are not better, if by better you mean good enough."
"Pulling troops out of Iraq, Pakistan and Iran stand by."
"Who's in charge?"
"The Government doesn't want to regulate businesses, they want to regulate you."
"Banks gamble with your money, and somehow they always win."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"It's amazing how Wall Street's computers never get attacked by viruses."
"The current child support system is only fair because men don't have lobbyist"
"You could say that I don't sell books, I sell knowledge."
"I am available for productions of West Side Story, but I can only be in the day time scenes."
"Often courage requires more than just talk."
"Saying that I keep it real is an understatement."
"Just because it sounds crazy, doesn't mean that it won't work."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"The 1st crisis we all face is realizing that our parents are human."
"It isn't difficult to write a book, but it's damn hard to write an original one."
"What my books do is collapse the distance between human beings."
"When you're outside the box, you don't have to think outside of it."
"In church people raise their hand towards the sky, for energy, hope, acceptance."
"Education is unapplied Knowledge."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"The children are not out of control. The parents are."
"My Dadness is finely tuned."
"The One Who Loves the Least Controls the Relationship"
"I am not interested in being your first love. However, I am interested in being your last."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"If you can't lift her, you can't be with her."
"When it comes to Domestic Violence the victim is sometimes the Attacker."
"Ph.D.'s marry Down, M.D.'s dont."
"In terms of romance, some guys need strawberries, whip cream, wine, and some guys don't."
"Wives the measure of your Husband's self-worth, is
"Men have Teams. Women have Sponsors."
"I don't know anything about good sex, but I do know a thing or two about authentic sex."
"How are you going to try and control somebody when you can't control yourself?"
"Remember that just because God has blessed Others doesn't take
Humor
"Cougar, meet Mountin' Lion."
"Ladies, drunkenness is not sexy."
"You know you're fat when he suggest 24-hour fitness for your first date."
"Extra Sextra"
"You know you're ghetto when you use your mug shot as your profile picture."
"Today I wore my homemade cologne. It's called "Man". I wish more people would trying wearing theirs."
"Sexciting"
"I'm more worried about the terrorist right here, than the ones overseas."
"There is benefits, and there are badafits."
"There are trash cans and there are trailer park trash cans."
"They can't get enough of my juicy quote goodness"
"Trash can"
"Weed time is a better effect than bullet time"
"Chronic Delay"
"My life on the G List"
"You know you are ugly when the only photos your parent have are your baby pictures."
"Men, if you lose some weight your Penis will appear to be longer. It wont be longer, but it will Seem like it."
"I never said that I was a Gentleman. I said I was a Man."
Politics
"I am just wondering how long it will be before they make a hip hop math video"
"I don't have a problem with the Arizona law. I have a problem with Chicano, Gay and Lesbian, Asian-American and African-American histories not being taught in American History courses."
"It's only a recession, when it's not apart of your agenda."
"How many immigrants and minorities does it take to make up "We" the people?"
"Things are not better, if by better you mean good enough."
"Pulling troops out of Iraq, Pakistan and Iran stand by."
"Who's in charge?"
"The Government doesn't want to regulate businesses, they want to regulate you."
"It is Sobering that Tens of Thousands of people are protesting for Illegal Immigrants, and before this day is over a man will be beaten or killed simply because he is a Black Man... and there will be no protest."
"Banks gamble with your money, and somehow they always win."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"It's amazing how Wall Street's computers never get attacked by viruses."
"The current child support system is only fair because men don't have lobbyist"
"The problem is that no amount of Amnesty will ever get Sean Bell to his Wedding."
Philosophy
"Daily Billions of people use computers to flaunt their ignorance."
"My theme music is my heartbeat."
"So you know what our theme music is..."
"Making out is Sex"
"The Shadows in Life are often caused because we are
"Life can be lived by Physical and Spiritual senses."
"Truth is so elusive that it can only be found right under your nose."
"Give people enough rope and they will hang themselves. The problem is that they usually hang themselves in front of you."
"Over the years Hundreds of Billions of people have searched/looked for Truth, the reason the search continues today is because no one likes the Answers they find."
"Contrary to what is being said, we are not doing all we can."
"Any form of inequity is tantamount to slavery."
"Daily Billions of people use computers to flaunt their ignorance."
"My theme music is my heartbeat."
"So you know what our theme music is..."
"Making out is Sex"
"The Truth used to set you free, now it just gets you labeled."
"The Shadows in Life are often caused because we are
Standing in our own Sunshine."
"Life can be lived by Physical and Spiritual senses."
"Truth is so elusive that it can only be found right under your nose."
"Give people enough rope and they will hang themselves. The problem is that they usually hang themselves in front of you."
"Over the years Hundreds of Billions of people have searched/looked for Truth, the reason the search continues today is because no one likes the Answers they find."
"No one is special naked, but we can all be special in the dark."
"Contrary to what is being said, we are not doing all we can."
"Any form of inequity is tantamount to slavery."
"Conditions change when we stop accepting them as normal."
"There is no such thing, as too much truth."
"If it is the definition that bothers you, change it."
"How can man be inherently bad, if we need to be tempted."
"Limit your thinking and you limit yourself."
"Some people don't know the difference between second chance and last chance."
"Half dead is mostly alive."
"Americans need equality not superiority"
Acronyms-"U.C.B, M.A.N, F.A.H. , O.C., F.B.F. UnClean Bitches, Musty Ass Niggas, Funny Ass Hell, Out of Control, Full Blown Freak"
"People don't want truth, they just want what they can live with."
"A
lot of people don't know if they are the kind of person that would take
the Blue pill, or the Red pill. After reading my books you'll have that
answer."
"Game is for the weak."
"Othered Babies"
"Hip Hop has lost it's feel"
"We have many laws for trouble makers, we need some laws for trouble seekers."
"Figuring life out, takes a lifetime."
"There are those that stand in the face of criticism and there are those that run. I know which one I am which one are you?"
"Optimism has ruined the country."
"Oil is America's crack."
"Going to school is the most selfish thing you can do."
"Anybody can fail"
"Back-in-the-day the Dopest lyricist could take a skeleton beat and rock the hell out of it. Now-a-days the mildest of beat rock the hell out of the lyricist."
"I have been told that my work is too ambitous, my ressponse is that is exactly what Barack Obama was told."
"Quit trying to park in a space that is already taken."
"If you give someone enough rope they will hang themselves. The problem is that they usually hang themselves in front of you."
"I often find my books in the black section. It is interesting that I haven't been able to locate the white section."
"Laughing out Loud is an activity, not just an acronym."
"There is no such thing, as too much truth."
"If it is the definition that bothers you, change it."
"How can man be inherently bad, if we need to be tempted."
"Limit your thinking and you limit yourself."
"Some people don't know the difference between second chance and last chance."
"Half dead is mostly alive."
"Americans need equality not superiority"
"HIV hasn't stopped anyone from having Sex, and that's sad."
"Who else is tired of music companies making Bullshit and calling it Hip Hop?" Acronyms-"U.C.B, M.A.N, F.A.H. , O.C., F.B.F. UnClean Bitches, Musty Ass Niggas, Funny Ass Hell, Out of Control, Full Blown Freak"
"People don't want truth, they just want what they can live with."
"A
lot of people don't know if they are the kind of person that would take
the Blue pill, or the Red pill. After reading my books you'll have that
answer.""Game is for the weak."
"Othered Babies"
"Hip Hop has lost it's feel"
"We have many laws for trouble makers, we need some laws for trouble seekers."
"Figuring life out, takes a lifetime."
"There is Realshit and there is Bullshit, America needs to decide which one it's full of."
"Hip Hop hasn't lost it's way, but it has definitely lost it's Magic.""The amount of Selective Ignorance that exist in America is astounding!"
"There are those that stand in the face of criticism and there are those that run. I know which one I am which one are you?"
"Optimism has ruined the country."
"Oil is America's crack."
"Going to school is the most selfish thing you can do."
"Just because things seems different that doesn't mean anything has changed."
"Corporations that write checks don't go to jail.""Anybody can fail"
"Back-in-the-day the Dopest lyricist could take a skeleton beat and rock the hell out of it. Now-a-days the mildest of beat rock the hell out of the lyricist."
"I have been told that my work is too ambitous, my ressponse is that is exactly what Barack Obama was told."
"Quit trying to park in a space that is already taken."
"If you give someone enough rope they will hang themselves. The problem is that they usually hang themselves in front of you."
"I often find my books in the black section. It is interesting that I haven't been able to locate the white section."
"Laughing out Loud is an activity, not just an acronym."
"People need Preachers, not Motivational Speakers."
"The World Needs More Thinkers."
"You could say that I don't sell books, I sell knowledge."
"I am available for productions of West Side Story, but I can only be in the day time scenes."
"Often courage requires more than just talk."
"Saying that I keep it real is an understatement."
"Just because it sounds crazy, doesn't mean that it won't work."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"The 1st crisis we all face is realizing that our parents are human."
"Divorce is just as contagious as Marriage."
"It isn't difficult to write a book, but it's damn hard to write an original one."
"What my books do is collapse the distance between human beings."
"History forgets the mediocre writer."
"The problem with these social networking sites is that they make you think that you are important.""When you're outside the box, you don't have to think outside of it."
"In church people raise their hand towards the sky, for energy, hope, acceptance."
"Education is unapplied Knowledge."
"Last name Hardie, First name MG. First thing you hear, Last thing you see."
"Literacy is a matter of degrees.""Every day the Lord allows me to wake up is a good morning. What I do after that is what makes my day great."
"If it hurts when you touch it, then don't touch it!"Parenting
"Taking a bath and swimming aren't the same thing."
"Taking a bath and swimming aren't the same thing."
"Parenting is an Involved Activity."
"Make Peace Tonight"
"Whatever the case may be it's easier to build strong boys, than it is to fix broken men."
"Ladies,when your child is completely out of control and you're wondering why his father can't seem to help. You might want to reflect on all those years you spent in anger, downing him and basically cutting him off at the balls. It probably wasn't a good idea""Children are not out of control, the parents are."
"If you get or give Oral Sex, you are no longer a Virgin."
"Parents have only 2 choices: Early Childhood Violence, or Early Childhood Drugs. That is the choice between Public and Private schools."
"The children are not out of control. The parents are."
"My Dadness is finely tuned."
"Most Males are Big Men around town, and they have to be, because they ain't being Men at Home."
"Most Females are holding down the household, true enough, but they ain't holding down the Family."Relationships
Have you ever really listened to someone tell you "Why They Are Homosexual?
Ladies have you ever said,"I don't need a Man", "Men are Dogs", "Where are the Good Men"? If so then obviously you haven't read it
"The One Who Loves the Least Controls the Relationship"
"I am not interested in being your first love. However, I am interested in being your last."
"Make Peace Tonight"
Ladies I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your Man just can't be honest with you. Now don't think that he is Lying to you. I did say can't not won't.
"If you are going to go to the Beauty Salon, get the Full not the Half.
?"Some people have no idea how to discipline their children."
"If you can't lift her, you can't be with her."
"When it comes to Domestic Violence the victim is sometimes the Attacker."
"It is a complete falsehood that says that Men don't like to cuddle."
?"Some Women want their Husbands to Cheat, just like some Men want their Wives to Cheat."
"Ladies need to make their men submit.""Sometimes a new low is also a new high score."
"Ph.D.'s marry Down, M.D.'s dont."
?"Don't ask for forgiveness, ask for understanding."
"In terms of romance, some guys need strawberries, whip cream, wine, and some guys don't."
"Wives the measure of your Husband's self-worth, is
reflected in your Eyes."
"Men have Teams. Women have Sponsors.""I don't know anything about good sex, but I do know a thing or two about authentic sex."
"A Man can Choose what he wants to be. A Gentleman doesn't have a Choice."
"Mornings are so much better when you wake up next to thePerson your in Love with."
"Avoid Dick Confusion""How are you going to try and control somebody when you can't control yourself?"
"Meeting you was Fate, becoming your friend a Choice, falling in Love with you was beyond my Control."
"Remember that just because God has blessed Others doesn't take
away from the fact that God has blessed You."
"Much of what A Child Learns About Love They Learn From Home."
"The true test of a relationship is what happens when your clothes are on.""Don't promise that you'll be the love of her life, show her."
"Who you love tells more about you than you are willing to admit."Humor
"Sometimes He's not your man, even if he is, your man"
"Cougar, meet Mountin' Lion."
"Ladies, drunkenness is not sexy."
"You know you're fat when he suggest 24-hour fitness for your first date."
"Extra Sextra"
"You know you're ghetto when you use your mug shot as your profile picture."
"Today I wore my homemade cologne. It's called "Man". I wish more people would trying wearing theirs."
"Sexciting"
"I'm more worried about the terrorist right here, than the ones overseas."
"Ladies, If you only look good at Night, that's when he'll call you."
"Being a Ho is not Cute""There is benefits, and there are badafits."
"There are trash cans and there are trailer park trash cans."
"They can't get enough of my juicy quote goodness"
"Fellas you can be Benched."
"Ho-worker.""Trash can"
"Fellas being Single does not mean be Triflin' as well."
"Rent-a-Weave""I don't like talking about people, but I'm really good at it."
"Extra Sextra""Weed time is a better effect than bullet time"
"Chronic Delay"
"My life on the G List"
"You know you are ugly when the only photos your parent have are your baby pictures."
"All of those who put "It's Complicated" in their relationship status, know damn well that It's Not Complicated."
"If you ask can you have something to eat and then you go into the kitchen making ice cream sundaes, cooking steak and thawing out food. then hell yeah I'm tight!"
"Men, if you lose some weight your Penis will appear to be longer. It wont be longer, but it will Seem like it.""I never said that I was a Gentleman. I said I was a Man."