“Nothing shall warp me from the belief that every man is a lover of truth. There is no pure lie, no pure malignity in nature. The entertainment of the proposition of depravity is the last profligacy and profanation. There is no skepticism, no atheism but that. Could it be received into common belief, suicide would unpeople the planet.” MenLastsLyingBeliefCommonAtheismPlanetsLoversPureSuicideEntertainmentEvery ManSkepticismPropositionsDepravityWarp Book:The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I think it's important to control your opportunities, because in the entertainment world, it's not up to you. I'm not sitting here under this naïve belief that someone in Hollywood is going, "Gaffigan! What kind of a show can I build around him?" So you have to find things that can showcase your point of view.” ThinkingWorldKindImportantShowsOpportunityBeliefViewsSittingHollywoodEntertainmentPoint Of ViewUp To YouShowcase Author:Jim Gaffigan
“It is a widespread and firm belief among guests that their departure is always a matter of distress to their hosts, and that in order to indicate that they have been pleasantly entertained, they must demonstrate an extreme unwillingness to allow the entertainment to conclude. This is not necessarily true.” Has BeensMatterOrderBeliefEntertainmentExtremesFirmHostGuestsDistressHospitalityDepartureFirm Beliefs Book:Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium Source: Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium
“There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.” ArtBeliefLaughterJokesTheaterEntertainment Author:George S. Kaufman
“There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only a commodity. Or there's some kind of critical consensus that some things are "good," and some things are garbage, throwaway culture. And I think the difference between them, in a lot of ways, is actually much less than people think. Especially when you get down to how they affect the audience.” PeopleThinkingWayKindCultureBeliefDifferencesAudienceTakenIntellectualEntertainmentCriticalCommodityGarbageConsensus Author:Chuck Klosterman