“I just devoured all of his [Buster Keaton’s] films because his sense of comic timing was amazing. He’s the closest a human being has ever come to a cartoon character. And I was just amazed at his sense of character and timing, the humor. It's all just so…sophisticated, even when you watch it today.” HumansCharacterTodayFilmHuman BeingsWatchesComicClosestTimingSophisticatedAmazedCartoonCartoon CharacterBusters Author:John Lasseter
“PERSONALITY TITHE: A price paid for becoming a couple; previously amusing human beings become boring: 'Thanks for inviting us, but Noreen and I are going to look at flatware catalogs tonight. Afterward we're going to watch the shopping channel.” HumansLooksHuman BeingsWatchesPersonalityCoupleBecomingPaidBoringThanksTonightShoppingAmusingInvitingTithe Author:Douglas Coupland
“There are spirits in Hawaii. They're very protective and very good and they watch over these islands. I must confess, they're not entirely happy with what they see, with the way the civilization is moving. But they're patient. They've been here for a long time, and they'll be here long after the human beings have ceased to inhabit the islands.” WayHumansLongMovingSpiritHuman BeingsWatchesBuddhismCivilizationLong TimePatientVery GoodIslandsHawaiiProtective Author:Frederick Lenz
“Writers, like most human beings, are adaptable creatures. They can learn to accept subordination without growing fond of it. No writer can forever stand in the wings and watch other people take the curtain calls while his own contributions get lost in the shuffle.” PeopleHumansLostHuman BeingsAcceptingWatchesForeverGrowingCreaturesWingsContributionCurtainsSubordinationShuffleAdaptableCurtain Call Author:Rod Serling
“Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrasment...They do everything but watch television.” HumansHuman BeingsWatchesTelevisionSarcasmSarcasticAntsFungi Author:Lewis Thomas
“The beauty of when you watch good television or films is that, yes, you may have a multi-cultural cast but those roles could be anybody - they could be white, they could be black. To show the world that we have more in common than we have different with each other is to me the ultimate goal of all of that. It does help unite in people's mind the thought that people are the same. Yes, there's going to be cultural differences, but for the most part, we are all in the same gang as human beings.” PeopleWorldMindHumansMayDoeDifferentHelpingShowsFilmGoalBlackDifferencesHuman BeingsWhiteCommonRolesWatchesTelevisionUltimateCastsGangUltimate GoalCultural Differences Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I feel like people used to leave their homes and go to their local theatre, and they used to watch ballet dancers and musical theatre performers and tap dancers and orchestras and dog acts. You had to leave your home, be in the presence of other people, know how to behave, and enjoy the human being whose beating heart was in front of you.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHumansHeartHomeUsedEnjoyHuman BeingsWatchesKnow HowDogFrontsMusicalTheatreLocalsBehaveDancerPerformersBalletOrchestraBallet DancerMusical TheatreTap Dancers Author:Laura Benanti