“The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.” PeopleShowsTogetherFormNightFivePlayerSixTheaterTablesDinnerEvery NightEnsembleDinner Table Author:Michael J. Fox
“I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayInspirationalNeedsUseShowsProblemWantedHateTalkingCreatingI HateTablesBunchSlidesPresentationPowerpointHash Author:Steve Jobs
“I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film.” IfsShowsWantedFilmGrewGrew UpTablesPreparedDinnerBe PreparedDinner TableShow Biz Author:John Orloff
“I go to Las Vegas--or at least I went to Las Vegas--because even though I knew everything that was sinister, calculating, and evil about it, I loved Las Vegas. Only in Vegas could I dare to fantasize that I was a Friend of Frank. Or that I was throwing the dice at Dino's favorite table. Or that I might luck out and sip bourbon with Rickles after his last lounge show. The D.I. oozed that kind of heady fantasy.” KindShowsMightLastsEvilFantasyTablesLuckDareThrowingFrankVegasLas VegasSinisterDiceCalculatingBourbon Author:Marc Cooper
“[Marla, Shar and I] all have had very public breakups, so I think people know they can relate with us in one way or another. And this is one of the few reality shows where they didn't have the cameras right in people's faces. Like when we were sitting around the table talking with the divorced people, the cameras were way back. And we just listened. Sometimes people just need an ear.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsSometimesShowsRealityFacesTalkingSittingEarsCamerasTablesOne WayRelateBreakupDivorcedJust ListenSitting AroundReality Shows Author:Angie Everhart
“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