--- title: "11 Matador Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Matador quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Matador sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/muhammad-ali-386_bulls_the-bull-is-stronger-but-the-matador-is_2157735.jpg" --- > [The bull is stronger, but the matador is smarter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-bull-is-stronger-but-the-matador-is-smarter/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/muhammad-ali-386_bulls_the-bull-is-stronger-but-the-matador-is_2157735.jpg) > [If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vile/if-i-had-known-i-d-be-on-matador-back-then-in-my-childhood-it-would/) [Kurt Vile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/kurt-vile-4131_back_if-i-had-known-i-d-be-on-matador-back-th_2139012.jpg) > [I am super excited to be a part of the Matador team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scotty-lago/i-am-super-excited-to-be-a-part-of-the-matador-team/) [Scotty Lago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scotty-lago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/scotty-lago-31291_am_i-am-super-excited-to-be-a-part-of-the-m_748639.jpg) > [That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vile/that-s-one-of-my-favorite-matador-records-cat-power-you-are-free/) [Kurt Vile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/kurt-vile-4131_cat_that-s-one-of-my-favorite-matador-record_3050936.jpg) > [“There was no desire to kill the matador, just the desire to beat him to a pulp.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-wallace/there-was-no-desire-to-kill-the-matador-just-the-desire-to-beat-him/) [Arthur Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/arthur-wallace-92386_matador_there-was-no-desire-to-kill-the-matador_2926690.jpg) > [A matador is a guy who didn't have enough people skills to be promoted to serial killer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/a-matador-is-a-guy-who-didn-t-have-enough-people-skills-to-be/) [Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/scott-adams-666_death_a-matador-is-a-guy-who-didn-t-have-enoug_1400544.jpg) > [“It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/it-appeared-that-even-in-barcelona-there-were-hardly-any-bullfights/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/george-orwell-57_barcelona_it-appeared-that-even-in-barcelona-there_322338.jpg) > [Not that Matador is a major label, but its major enough for me. On one level we're on Matador, but our amps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vile/not-that-matador-is-a-major-label-but-its-major-enough-for-me-on-one/) [Kurt Vile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/kurt-vile-4131_baby_not-that-matador-is-a-major-label-but-it_1869307.jpg) > [I feel like the expectations have gone up. It's not a complaint, but it's a little intimidating. People are like, 'Oh, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/i-feel-like-the-expectations-have-gone-up-it-s-not-a-complaint-but-it/) [Lucy Dacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-dacus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/lucy-dacus-7153_expectations_i-feel-like-the-expectations-have-gone-u_287255.jpg) > [What's cool about Matador is that everyone I've met there is just so chill and really into what they're doing. Everyone that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/what-s-cool-about-matador-is-that-everyone-i-ve-met-there-is-just-so/) [Lucy Dacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-dacus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/lucy-dacus-7153_chill_what-s-cool-about-matador-is-that-everyo_3159049.jpg) > [“Her words echoed in his mind. I love you, she’d said. She loved him. Hope dawned in his face. Someone loved him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-willows/her-words-echoed-in-his-mind-i-love-you-she-d-said-she-loved-him-hope/) [Grace Willows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-willows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/grace-willows-23483_betrayal_her-words-echoed-in-his-mind-i-love-you_526800.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matador/#itemlist", "name": "Matador Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The bull is stronger, but the matador is smarter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Muhammad Ali" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-bull-is-stronger-but-the-matador-is-smarter/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/muhammad-ali-386_bulls_the-bull-is-stronger-but-the-matador-is_2157735.jpg", "contentUrl": 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I guess it's not that explicit.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lucy Dacus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/i-feel-like-the-expectations-have-gone-up-it-s-not-a-complaint-but-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/lucy-dacus-7153_expectations_i-feel-like-the-expectations-have-gone-u_287255.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/lucy-dacus-7153_expectations_i-feel-like-the-expectations-have-gone-u_287255.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/lucy-dacus-7153_expectations_i-feel-like-the-expectations-have-gone-u_287255.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel like the expectations have gone up. It's not a complaint, but it's a little intimidating. 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They all like each other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lucy Dacus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/what-s-cool-about-matador-is-that-everyone-i-ve-met-there-is-just-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/lucy-dacus-7153_chill_what-s-cool-about-matador-is-that-everyo_3159049.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/lucy-dacus-7153_chill_what-s-cool-about-matador-is-that-everyo_3159049.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/lucy-dacus-7153_chill_what-s-cool-about-matador-is-that-everyo_3159049.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's cool about Matador is that everyone I've met there is just so chill and really into what they're…” — Lucy Dacus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Her words echoed in his mind. I love you, she’d said. She loved him. Hope dawned in his face. Someone loved him, not for what he once was, but loved him as he was now. He bent to kiss her but she raised her head to look with desperation into his eyes. She had to make him understand why she couldn’t stay. “I love you.” She repeated. “I won’t let him hurt you or any of my new friends.” Enrico had never known fear. He knew it now. She would leave him. He knew she would, her sense of loyalty was matched only by his own. If she thought she could protect him by leaving, she would run rather than put his or anyone else’s life in danger. She loved him. 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