“I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect,' when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.” PeopleCountryPerfectViewsCostBenefitsPoint Of ViewMake SenseBent Author:George Voinovich
“It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and you're not extravagant. But in television, if a show goes, you make a substantial amount of money. So, economically it just didn't make sense for me not to.” IfsShowsWatchesEconomicTelevisionAmountComfortBenefitsComfortableMake SenseRetirementPenniesPublic ServiceExtravagant Author:Mills Lane
“Very often, I'm part of the deception because the way I play things is that I want you to be able to look back and go, "Oh, my god, I didn't see that at the time, but now it all makes sense," and you want to watch it a second time with the benefit of hindsight.” WayWantLooksPlayAbleWatchesBenefitsDeceptionMake SenseI Want YouHindsight Author:Lucy Lawless
“I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If the alternative explanation has to be pounded into shape before it fits the mould of our experience, it seems to me that it's unlikely to be true.” IfsGivingKindSeemsGuyDoubtWillingFitShapesBenefitsBeing TrueAlternativesMake SenseExplanationReasonableUnlikelyMouldBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Frank Schatzing
“The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums you're allowed to work for, and if the movies work in a big way, everyone does very well. If the movies don't, nobody loses too much money. The benefit to doing all the movies low budget is we can tell different types of stories and take creative risks. The Purge would have been irresponsible to do for $20M, but to do it for $3M makes sense.” PeopleIfsWayGivingWellsDoeHas BeensDifferentStoriesBigsLosesCreativeToo MuchRiskTypeBenefitsModelsLowsMake SenseBudgetsMinimumIrresponsibleCreative PeopleBettingCreative Freedom Author:Jason Blum
“Calvin: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny. Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us? Hobbes: I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.” IfsThinkingWayGivingDoeLaughingStrangeEvolutionBenefitsAppreciateResponseMake SenseOddNonsenseSense Of HumorAbsurdityPhysiologicalHobbesComic Strips Author:Bill Watterson