Quotes About Entertainment

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics.

When using a public campground, a tuba placed on your picnic table will keep the campsites on either side vacant.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in the theater.

Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing.

Hey yogurt, if you're so cultured, how come I never see you at the opera?

Coquetry, with all its pranks and teasings, makes the spice to your dinner — the mulled wine to your supper.

And it is in games that many men discover their paradise.

Clarissa: Talbot, it is so delightful to have you back again. I shall now have such charming evenings with you at chess. Talbot: At what? Clarissa: Chess — the king of games. Talbot: Do you call it a game? Ha! ha! No, thankee; life's too short for chess.

Video games ruined my life. (Good thing I have two more.)

The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it.

I'm sexy and I mow it.

If I adhere to any fundamental principle in my writing, perhaps it is my belief that the function of fiction is essentially to amuse or entertain the reader. The mark of good writing, in my opinion, is that the reader is not aware that the story has been written; as he reads, the ideas and images flow into his mind as if he were living them. The utmost accolade a writer can receive is that the reader is incognizant of his presence.

You come to have tea with us tomorrow and we'll dress Matty up in her posh frock and she can give us a little twirl.

James A. Michener

I would watch either Michael Cera doing comedy or Louis CK doing stand-up. This would

America sometimes resembles, at least from the point of view of a black man, an exceedingly monotonous minstrel show; the same dances, same music, same jokes. One has done (or been) the show so long that one can do it in one's own sleep.

The people who run the mass media and those who consume it are really in the same boat. They must continue to produce things they do not really admire, still less love, in order to continue buying things they do not really want, still less need. If we were dealing only with fintails, two-tone cars, or programs like Gunsmoke, the situation would not be so grave. The trouble is that serious things are handled (and received) with the same essential lack of seriousness.

For reasons of electoral calculation—to preserve his Democratic majorities in a congressional midterm election—Roosevelt wanted American troops fighting Germans before the end of the year. "We failed to see," Marshall would write, "that the leader in a democracy has to keep the people entertained. The people demand action.

The overarching joy and lasting appeal of noir is that it makes doom fun.

Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

My father started out as a musician but he had a salary from a day job working as a health inspector for the government. When he left to set up his own entertainment agency his income became more uncertain.

The Uncharted' series really pushed me as a developer. They managed to raise the bar with every single release and produce an action- packed thrill ride starring characters I wanted to hang out with, and mechanics I can easily pick up and play.

'Uncharted' is the best job I've ever had. Film, television, whatever - it's without doubt the best. It's changed my life.