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Quotes About Commentary

I think fantasy is best described as a kind of fiction that evokes wonder, mystery or magic, a sense of possibility beyond the ordinary world in which we live, and yet which reflects and comments upon that known world.
~ Kate Forsyth
She understood neither the conventions of Noh nor the language. Marx would occasionally whisper poetic, cryptic commentary into her ear: "The fisherman's ghost was killed for fishing in the wrong river." Or "The drum is silent, and the gardener is killing himself.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Hey, check this cheap-shot fascist shit," David muttered, just for the record.
~ Bruce Sterling
I. A Fast-Fish belongs to the party fast to it. II. A Loose-Fish is fair game for anybody who can soonest catch it. But what plays the mischief with this masterly code is the admirable brevity of it, which necessitates a vast volume of commentaries to expound it.
~ Herman Melville
For the commentator to stay as closely as possible to home, that is, to the text of the Gospel itself, there is much to be said in favor of the practice, followed by Bultmann in his famous commentary, of plunging immediately — without the typical introduction — into the text and dealing with disputed issues ad hoc, that is where particular passages occasion such discussion.
~ Herman Ridderbos
Every president gets pounded by the press. But no president had ever been subjected to the kind of relentless ridicule, caustic commentary, and insulting invective that has been heaped on Donald Trump.
~ Howard Kurtz
Will you stop meddling in my love life?" I growled. "I'm not meddling. I'm offering commentary.
~ Ilona Andrews
I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.
~ Samantha Stosur
Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn't co-commentate for love nor money. I've tried but I just can't do it, so as an all-rounder I'd say Andy's much better than I am.
~ Alan Hansen
Something outrageous, in the truest sense of the word, is always happening. On social networks, we're always voicing our reactions to these outrageous events. We read essays and 'think pieces' about these outrageous events. We comment on the commentary. We do this because we can.
~ Roxane Gay
I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying "I don't want to bore you with the details".
~ Milton Jones
Society has definitely gotten to the point where everybody has to comment on anything, and if you want to stay sane as a performer, you're better off not reading that stuff.
~ Doug Benson
I don't want to offend people and I don't want to be mean, but social commentary and comedy for me are part and parcel. I think the greatest social activists are comedians.
~ Alanis Morissette
All comedy is really talking about social issues and things that are affecting our lives.
~ Tom Green
Since he sold his team, Eddie Jordan has had nothing to do with F1 except for what he says in the press!
~ Felipe Massa
Mainstream news covers war and gets everything wrong. I'd rather learn what's happening from soldiers with combat experience. It's like a former NFL player giving play-by-play. We bring the expert commentary.
~ Brandon Webb
I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.
~ Christopher Buckley
After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's angels wanted to celebrate the enemy's demise. According to the commentary, God saw this and grew angry. He said, in essence: "Stop celebrating. For those were my children, too.
~ Mitch Albom
States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.
~ Geoff Mulgan
Mike Goldberg and Mauro Ranallo are two of the best in our business, and I couldn't be happier about them joining the Bellator family.
~ Scott Coker
Although I'm great at political commentary and journalism, it's not my passion. 'Gorilla Mindset' is.
~ Mike Cernovich
I want people to think of me as a 'Mindset' guy, a journalist, a commentator, a social media personality, a filmmaker, an author, but I got to - I have to pivot so far away from anything pro-Trump, I just got to keep going that way.
~ Mike Cernovich
Fox would hire me in a minute. And believe it or not, CNN would, too.
~ Michael Savage
More than a century later, Athanasius Kircher published his Arca Noë in 1675, with lavish illustrations depicting a rectangular ark of biblical proportions. Kircher ark depiction In 1707, a German Bible had an image of Noah's ark that also had been carefully considered. Famed Baptist commentator Dr. John Gill included it in his commentary on Genesis in 1748–63.4 The John Gill ark depiction
~ Ken Ham