Peter Bart Quotes
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
Quotes to Explore
-
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
-
Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it.
-
There was not a single Negro slave owner who did not know dozens of Negroes just as capable of learning and efficiency as the mass of poor white people around and about, and some quite as capable as the average slaveholder. They had continually, in the course of the history of slavery, recognized such men.
-
When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
-
Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
-
Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.
-
Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
-
I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
-
I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.
-
The white man, in his press, is going to identify me with 'hate.'
-
I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
-
I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in.
-
I'm proud of Larry Sanders and proud of every single person who went on that journey. It's a very special show to me, and I've learned a lot of lessons from it. I need to find something where I can learn some more lessons, and then I'll do that project.
-
You need to look at Congress as having a certain capacity. Now, the capacity varies from year to year and from body to body, but there is a finite amount of things that Congress can attentively do.
-
I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.
-
It's pretty easy to tell who's garbage and who's not right away, and most people suck, to be honest, or they're just really wrapped up in what's going on with themselves.
-
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
-
'What, now?' 'Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy.'
-
I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
-
As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.
-
I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.
-
If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.
-
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
