Quotes About Entertainment

This presents a serious question." They both looked at me. "What's that?" asked Lena. "Whether to start you off with a Doctor Who marathon or dive straight into Firefly.

Instead of Debbie Does Dallas, we get Gandalf Guts Goblins.

I have seen John Scalzi's pose-off picture. There are no words. There is only inarticulate whimpering.

work. play. passion.

How is it that Christians today will pay $20 to hear the latest Christian artist in concert, but Jesus can't draw a crowd?

As a preacher myself, let me be blunt here. Preaching itself can easily become just a subtle form of entertainment. When I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, he is not going to ask me if I was a clever orator. He is not going to ask me how many books I wrote. He is only going to ask whether I continued in the line of men and women, starting way back in the time of Adam's grandchildren, who led others to call upon God.

All over America, churchgoers chafe at a Sunday morning service that runs an hour and ten minutes, but have no problem with three-hour football games on television.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

It's a sad day for American Capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over central park.

Golf without mistakes is like watching haircuts. A dinner without wine.

What happened to the classics?" you may ask. "Don't you believe in reading great literature to children?" Nothing happened to the classics-but something happened to children: their imaginations went to sleep in front of the television set twenty-five years ago. Reading a classic to a child whose imagination is in a state of retarded development will not foster a love of literature in that child.

Follow the suggestion of Dr. Caroline Bauer and post a reminder sign by your door: "Don't Forget Your Flood Book." Analogous to emergency rations in case of natural disasters, "flood" books should be taken along in the car or even stored like spares in the trunk. A few chapters from these books can be squeezed into traffic jams on the way to the beach or long waits at the doctor's office.

Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about–filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.

Fun is about as good a habit as there is.

A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.

After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.

Leno, Conan. They are both really funny. They really know how to land one.

I sing in the car if I'm in LA, because you're like soundproofed.

I'm on so late I'm definitely the last seconds of anyone's attention. So I just want to give them something dumb to laugh at, so they go, 'That's funny ' then fall asleep.

Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me, as a late-night talk show, which is a broader audience - is to amplify what we think America is thinking.

The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.

I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.