Show Quotes

In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show exactly like this, the way it was done.

It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.

If you're a poker player and you show up at a casino at 8 a.m., you're going to be by yourself or with some people that are rocks and just don't give you any action.

The idea of the show is that it's active and that children will become involved and watch the show, but also participate in the show. And I didn't know if that would work.

I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act.

Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.

Growing up, my favorite TV show was Star Trek.

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.

The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It's like, I show up on time. If you buy a ticket to one of my shows, I'll show up. I'll be there. And if it says 10:00, I'll be on stage at 10:00.

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

Some venues are better run than others. Sometimes it's just maddening to deal with full dinners being served in front of your face. You can have a good or bad show anywhere.

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.

I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.

Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are.

The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.

I've said this forever - I've always believed the Today show is more than the sum of its parts.

I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

A journalist is supposed to present an unbiased portrait of an event, a view devoid of intimate emotions. This is impossible, of course. The framing of an image, by its very composition, represents a choice. The photographer chooses what to show and what to exclude.