“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsMeanI CanSometimesShowsNextStuffLinesSeriousTongueSmokeCheeksCigaretteTattooNext DayEmbarrassingBadassCan't ChangeUncoolTongue In CheekFunny Stuff Author:Ryan Adams
“I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band, do an album, quit music, then do a gallery show. Eventually I decided to give writing a serious shot.” GivingWritingBookShowsUsedPaintingSeriousBandShotsDecidedAlbumsQuittingMy TimeAbandonSplitsGalleryWriting Music Author:Isaac Marion
“Cindy Sheehan is a clown. There is no real antiwar movement. No serious politician, with anything to do with anything, would show his face at an antiwar rally.” RealShowsFacesMovementSeriousPoliticianAntiwarClownCindy Author:Karl Rove
“Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story's persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study of how story affects the human mind. Results repeatedly show that our attitudes, fears, hopes, and values are strongly influenced by story. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than writing that is specifically designed to persuade through argument and evidence.” WritingMindHumansFactsStoriesShowsSeemsAbleLastsValuesBeliefResultsAttitudeFictionStudyPsychologyEffectsSeriousEvidenceArgumentDecadesHuman MindPersuasive Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“Serious accidents are frequently blamed on "human error." Yet careful analysis of such situations shows that the design or installation of the equipment has contributed significantly to the problems. The design team or installers did not pay sufficient attention to the needs of those who would be using the equipment, so confusion or error was almost unavoidable.” NeedsHumansShowsProblemWould BePayAttentionSituationTeamDesignSeriousErrorsCarefulAccidentsConfusionAnalysisSufficientEquipmentInstallationHuman Error Author:Donald A. Norman
“On the show, I do a very serious thing. And a lot of people have a hard time reconciling that with what I'm going to do after the show. They can't get it into their heads: "How can he be talking to Madeleine Albright one minute and then somebody half his age...." They're just jealous. But I never made any bones about it. I am a player. Always have been.” PeopleHas BeensMadeHardShowsAgeHalfTalkingPlayerMinutesSeriousBonesHard TimesJealousOne MinuteSerious ThingsMadeleines Author:Bill Maher
“If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week and all your colleagues saw it.” IfsFirstsShowsActorsCasesSawsWeekSeriousColleagues Author:Elaine Paige
“I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.” LittlesMadeBookShowsLiteratureBitsSeriousLittle BitJokesCaughtJournalistLetterman Author:Bob Woodward
“An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.” MindLooksStatesShowsLastsJusticeSeriousBirthRegardTablesCourtMeetingsCloudsEnvyGravesDistinctionGamblingMelancholyAlliancesAssemblyAgitateSolicitudeRancor Author:Jean de la Bruyere