“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.” MenLibertyFireProtectSpeechTheaterProtectionCivil RightsPanicFree SpeechShouting Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.” PeopleLooksStoriesFeelingsHappensPastImaginationMemoriesMy OwnFireHappenedAirStageEventsActivityEvidenceEmptyPerformancesTheaterPhotographerPhotographAtmosphereVisualsAnticipationMy ImaginationAnalogiesPersonal ExperiencesFingerprintsEmpty Stage Author:Michael Kenna
“My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon.” ActorsFireStageRevolutionPerformancesTheaterFrightPentagonStage FrightTyphoons Book:THE GIFT HORSE Source: THE GIFT HORSE
“America comes with both rights and responsibilities. You have, for example, the right to free speech, but you have the responsibility to not yell 'fire' in a crowded theater. If you don't live up to that responsibility, you face certain consequences. It's a simple but effective formula. Unfortunately, tenured professors are completely insulated from it. They can scream fire in their classrooms all they want - and then hide behind their tenure if anyone questions them on it.” IfsWantAmericaFacesCertainSimpleBehindsResponsibilityFireRightsExampleSpeechConsequenceTheaterFormulasProfessorsScreamClassroomFree SpeechCrowdedTenureRights And Responsibilities Book:Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say Source: Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say
“I haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls and bookshops. I ran everywhere in the city like a fly buzzing in the works of a clock, tasted more than any fit belly could hold, learned not to sleep, and buried myself in a tick-tock of whirling hours that still echo in me.” StillsHoursSleepCitiesFireStreetsStageFitMurderTheaterPoliceClockRanStationsHallsJailBuriedEchoesBellyRiotTickSlumsBanquetsCourtroomBookshopsSaloonsMadhousesTockTick Tock Author:Ben Hecht
“Does everybody have their WWJD bracelets on? 'Cause I was wearing my bracelet recently, and I was in the movie theater, and this guy's cell phone went off - don't you just hate that? Then he picked it up, 'Hey, how's it going? I'm in a movie.' And I'm like, 'Hey! Get off the phone!' And he's like, 'Mind your own business.' And I almost went crazy, but then I looked at my bracelet: what would Jesus do? So I lit him on fire and sent him to Hell.” MindDoeGuyReligionHateJesusCausesHellFireCrazyTheaterPhonesHeyCellsLitThis GuyCell PhoneOwn BusinessMind Your Own BusinessMovie TheaterBraceletMind Your Own Author:Daniel Tosh
“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.” PeopleIfsWorldWantLoveLifeHumansImportantBookStoriesWatchesFireTelevisionConversationTheaterImportant ThingsRadioWarriorCinemaChanging The WorldHuman Relationships Author:Paulo Coelho
“It is illegal to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. If there is a fire, please yell something else instead, like “Flames!” or “Smoke maker!” or “Bad hot!” IfsFirePleaseTheaterHotSmokeFlamesIllegalMakersCrowdedThis Is A Book Author:Demetri Martin