“Spending more time with friends and family costs nothing. Nor does walking, cooking, meditating, making love, reading or eating dinner at the table instead of in front of the television. Simply resisting the urge to hurry is free.” DoeReadingFrontsTelevisionWalkingCostEatingTablesCookingDinnerSpendingUrgesMore TimeMaking LoveFamily And FriendsResistingMeditatingLove Of ReadingTimes With FriendsEating Dinner Book:In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed Source: In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed
“I did 30 Minute Meals for five years on local television, and I earned nothing the first two years. Then I earned $50 a segment. I spent more than that on gas and groceries, but I really enjoyed making the show and I loved going to a viewer's house each week. I knew I enjoyed it, so I stuck with it even though it cost me.” YearsFirstsTwoShowsHouseFiveWeekMinutesTelevisionCostStuckLocalsEnjoyedMealsFive YearsGasTwo YearsViewersGroceries Author:Rachael Ray
“I'd like to start off this show by asking you all a question, cause I don't know the answer. Uh, I lost my sunglasses and yesterday I went to the Sunglass Hut. Here's the question: Why does a pair of sunglasses cost more than a 25-inch color television set? I go to the Sunglass Hut. I see a pair that I like. I don't love them. I don't. I like 'em. $309.” DoeTelevisionColorCostPairsInchesSunglassesColor Television Author:Ron White
“The first ads for medical marijuana have started airing on television in California. The ads are quite expensive. It costs a lot of money to buy 30 seconds during 'Spongebob Squarepants.'” FirstsTelevisionCostMedicalCaliforniaExpensiveSecondsAdsMarijuanaLots Of MoneyMedical MarijuanaSpongebob Squarepants Author:Craig Ferguson
“Now, grosses are listed in the newspapers and on television like it's a sporting event. It's ridiculous, because when you're watching a movie, unless you're an investor in the movie or a stockholder in the studio, what do you care how much it's grossing or how much it cost or any of that stuff?” CareStuffEventsTelevisionCostStudiosRidiculousNewspapersInvestorsSporting EventsDo You Care Author:Curtis Hanson
“I was a novelist first. But in the mid 80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, you know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.” PeopleKnowsYearsFirstsFiveTelevisionCostTenScriptsReactionsBudgetsNovelists80sTerrific Author:George R. R. Martin
“Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original.” IdeasFilmCan DoDangerousTelevisionCostOriginalsTablesExperimentsFringeOffbeat Author:Steven Spielberg