Ze Frank Quotes
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This is Ze Frank, thinking so you don't have to. (Standard sign-off for 'The Show'; varies at times).
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Generalized statements … which instill nebulous fear without specific information are exactly in line with the goals of terrorism. 25.
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
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Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.
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Video has become much more social, and as a result, there are many opportunities to use video as a way to connect people, to give them opportunities to play and participate, to make things together and have a shared social experience. I think we are just at the beginning of really exploring what social video is and what we can make of it.
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Look! A see-through wall of glass! 22
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There's more than one way to skin a cat. But from the cat's perspective, they all suck. 2.
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We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see what this mass audience is really capable of.
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For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think about how people interact with their phones; how they consume content and how they share.
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I'm fascinated by simple joy.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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Are the new viewers gone yet?
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...next time you rake up those leaves realize you're about to jump into a pile of tree shit. 19.
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I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with some rational prodding and sleep and things like that, but the mechanisms by which your creativity work are largely unknown.
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(On airplane etiquette) Although reclining your seat is technically your right, just like free speech if you exercise it to your limits everyone around you will think you're an asshole. 18
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Pat Buchanan likes to say we're in a culture war. The Civil War was a culture war, and brothers killed brothers. I wonder if they avoided dinner conversation about politics. What if this culture war turned into a real war? I'd look back on that dinner and wish that I'd ordered a side of argument.6
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The word vagina is a beautiful word, like all words that have v's and g's in them, like gavel, or evangelical. I love vaginas, and evangelicals. I fucking hate gavels though.8
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I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type a question into Google and watch the question auto-fill. In that moment, we know someone else has asked that same question. The gift of realizing you're not alone is incredibly powerful.
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Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive.
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Okay, roll-call, no talking. Benny, Marc; Ethel, Shakina, nice shoes. Bobo twins, anyone seen the Bobo twins? Those Bobo twins.11
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in the summertime sometimes i sleep 'macho': ah, white t-shirt, no underpants. Sleeping macho looks very attractive on a man. I feel like it helps me breathe. 21
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Look what I found; a litter version of the Internet! This used to be something that could convert carbon dioxide to oxygen using only sunlight, water, and a few nutrients. But now it's way cooler; it has two functions. You can either put little words on it, or crumple it up into a tiny ball and throw it! 27.