“Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow.” MadeShowsGrowsDisappointmentShow Business Author:Minnie Pearl
“Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.” GivingUsedPerforming Author:Minnie Pearl
“Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Between two and three there is a jump. In the case of quantity, there is no such jump; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity, it is impossible for any quantity to be exact. You can have exactly three tomatoes. You can never have exactly three gallons of water. Always quantity is approximate.” WorldMeanTwoThreeNextWaterNumbersCasesImpossibleMissingProductsQuantityAccurateCountingMeasurementTomatoesGallonsDiscontinuityIntegers Author:Gregory Bateson
“One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously.” LifeShouldTakenImportanceInstanceToo ShortTrifles Author:Nicolas Bentley
“Cardinal Dolan, of course, has a very, very hard job: trying to hold up Catholic family values in sexually liberal New York City. I'm not saying New York is the Gay Mecca. But it's at least Gay-rusalem.” TryingHardJobsReligionValuesCoursesCommunityLeadershipWorkCitiesFamilyComedyHuman NaturePolicyNew YorkGayEthicsCatholicStrategyNew York CitySexuallyCardinalsFamily ValuesMeccaCatholic Family Author:Stephen Colbert
“I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants.” TryingBigsLeadershipWorkComedyGenerationsHugeShoesFolksEnvyChairsPantsLetterman Author:Stephen Colbert
“The beauty of new media is that no evidence is necessary. The brave blog-troopers have stormed the cockpit of news, and wrestled the joystick of authority away from the seasoned pilots of the press who would land our country at the Facts International Airport.” CountryFactsLandMediaAuthorityNewsEvidencePressesBraveInternationalOur CountryPilotsAirportsBlogsNew MediaCockpit Author:Stephen Colbert
“The greatest threat facing American today - next to voter fraud, the Western Pinebark beetle, and the memory foam mattress - is the national news media.” TodayNextMemoriesMediaNewsThreatWesternVotersFraudFoamNews MediaBeetlesMattressesVoter Fraud Author:Stephen Colbert
“Made no mistake: America is a Christian nation. The bedrock of our theo-democracy is our Judeo-Christian values. that term, by the way, is a bit of a misnomer. It implies that Christianity and Judaism are equal.” WayMadeChristianAmericaReligionValuesNationsBitsTermMistakeChristianityDemocracyEqualJudaismBedrockChristian NationChristian ValuesChristianity And Judaism Author:Stephen Colbert
“The climate suits me, and London has the greatest serious music that you can hear any day of the week in the world - you think it's going to be Vienna or Paris or somewhere, but if you go to Vienna or Paris and say, 'Let's hear some good music', there isn't any.” IfsThinkingWorldWeekSeriousClimateLondonSuitsParisViennaDays Of The Week Author:David Attenborough
