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Yes Man

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Yes Man is a memoir written by Danny Wallace based upon a year of the author's life, in which he chose to say "Yes" to any offers that came his way. It was also loosely adapted into the 2008 film Yes Man starring Jim Carrey. Plot summary Danny Wallace, a freelance radio producer for the BBC in London, takes three simple words uttered by a stranger on a bus—"Say yes more"—as a challenge and says "yes" to everything for a year. He says "yes" to pamphleteers on the street, the credit card offers stuffing his mailbox and solicitations on the Internet. He attends meetings with a group that believes aliens built the pyramids in Egypt, says "yes" to every invitation to go out on the town and furthers his career by saying "yes" in meetings with executives. References

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“Hey Carl, do you wanna give all your money away to some homeless guy? Yes, yes I do. How 'bout letting him burn up your phone battery so that you can't call Triple-A when your car runs out of gas? You know what? That sounds like a fuckin' great idea! Why don't you take a late night stroll through the hills and get killed by the Manson family? Don't mind if I do!”
— Walking with gasoline can, after being stranded.
“"Yes always leads to something good." "Never avoid opportunities. They may come in any form."”
— Reading from a "Yes!" pamphlet.
“She's spontaneous. She's ballsy. She has no clue what she's doing and she doesn't care. She's the complete opposite of me.”
— On Allison, to Peter

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Yes Man: pop song by Bjørn Johan Muri · 2008 film directed by Peyton Reed

Overview

Yes Man is a memoir written by Danny Wallace based upon a year of the author's life, in which he chose to say "Yes" to any offers that came his way. It was also loosely adapted into the 2008 film Yes Man starring Jim Carrey. Plot summary Danny Wallace, a freelance radio producer for the BBC in London, takes three simple words uttered by a stranger on a bus—"Say yes more"—as a challenge and says "yes" to everything for a year. He says "yes" to pamphleteers on the street, the credit card offers stuffing his mailbox and solicitations on the Internet. He attends meetings with a group that believes aliens built the pyramids in Egypt, says "yes" to every invitation to go out on the town and furthers his career by saying "yes" in meetings with executives. References

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Hey Carl, do you wanna give all your money away to some homeless guy? Yes, yes I do. How 'bout letting him burn up your phone battery so that you can't call Triple-A when your car runs out of gas? You know what? That sounds like a fuckin' great idea! Why don't you take a late night stroll through the hills and get killed by the Manson family? Don't mind if I do!”
— Walking with gasoline can, after being stranded.
“"Yes always leads to something good." "Never avoid opportunities. They may come in any form."”
— Reading from a "Yes!" pamphlet.
“She's spontaneous. She's ballsy. She has no clue what she's doing and she doesn't care. She's the complete opposite of me.”
— On Allison, to Peter

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.