Quotes About Variety

Nowadays, with much more racial and ethnic mixing, we are seeing serial killers murdering a variety of victims; whoever comes along will most likely do.

Your failure to enjoy a highly rated novel doesn't mean you're dim - you may find that Graham Greene is more to your taste, or Stephen Hawking or Iris Murdoch or Ian Rankin. Dickens, Stephen King, whoever.

When I was growing up, we had cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, goats, chickens - a whole menagerie.

Yes, in the commercial world there's room for both McDonald's and Whole Foods, but in the realm of politics, we're told, it's either Filet-o-Fish or line-caught salmon: only one can prevail - and which is up to you.

I sometimes want to do totally different roles. I don't always want to play 'wholesome.'

It took me a while to understand the meaning of a franchise: the reasons why you see lawyer, doctor, cop shows. It's not because anyone in their right mind says, 'You know, what's the most fascinating thing in the world?' It's because you need something new that happens every week in a frame.

When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?

It's healthy to have two car shows. Why not? The viewer gets twice as much car show to watch.

There's diversity in nature, so why not the media?

I wake up every morning, and life is different. I've got a gig or a shoot. Flying here, flying there. Meeting wicked people. Going to amazing places. I'm relishing it.

The world is wide. No two days are alike, nor even two hours, neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of all the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from each other.

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.

One of the principles of White House coverage is that a wide variety of news outlets should be represented at briefings and press conferences.

I have too many influences to name. I like a wide variety of stuff, which I think has been helpful. I liked every comedian I saw on TV growing up in the '80s. Every comedian.

Robert Taylor was not only a splendid actor in a wide variety of roles but one of the most handsome men in the western world.

Music festivals are coming up everywhere in India, and that is the only way to go ahead. People are exposed to a wide variety of music, and the experience of being at a music festival itself is unique. It is an experience unlike any other.

In order to be the best comic, you have to perform in a wide diversity of rooms.

Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons.

I think it's a Blondie tradition that all of our albums sort of have a wide spread of styles.

I like superhero films, and I love Star Wars movies, but I want to make sure there's a wide diaspora of films getting made.

I'm very happy with my lot. I like the variety I get. You don't want to spend your life repeating yourself. It's true of any kind of artist, you want to explore as wide and far as you can go, so that's what I've been trying to do.

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.