Ben Miller Quotes

I'm a huge fan of French comedy. The French play comedy in a slightly different way than we do: they play it with a sort of realism that we don't necessarily often do ourselves.

Ben Miller

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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.

Earl Weaver
- Time
- Long
- Play
My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.

Laila Ali
- People
- Me
- Dad
Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?

Foster Friess
- Want
- Doctors
- Washington
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.

Carl Hiaasen
- People
- Good
- Book
It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.

Patrick Ness
- Important
- Needs
- Story
If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.

Adam Carolla
- Water
- Same
- Beer