Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to… — Livy Copy Share Image
I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
One really can't control or think about the reaction of the audience because you're so steeped in trying to get what you… — David Nutter Copy Share Image
When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
DJs should not be just pressing play with a USB stick, or getting wasted and throwing cake. I don't think [stunts like… — Paul van Dyk Copy Share Image
Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage… — Brendan Dooling Copy Share Image
I knew if we could pull in the Stephen King fans, we'd have a ball game. The point at which I finally… — Peter David Copy Share Image
All three networks have always had a morning show but now cable of course is taking some of that audience away and… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I have always been a Laugher, disturbing people who are not laughers, upsetting whole audiences at theatres... I laugh, that's all. I… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“The scene before her flattened, lost one of its dimensions, and the noise dribbled irrelevantly down its face. Something was coming. This… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I do think there's a relationship between a book and a reader that's more intimate, in many ways, than the relationship between… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
I think in television you have an ever-closer bond to the audience because they're inviting you into your living rooms and their… — Gale Anne Hurd Copy Share Image
I love test screenings. Some directors don't, I know. But I love it. I think it's because I come from the theatre… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I want to grow up, live my life, experience things, make movies about those experiences and by the time the audience catches… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
There's downtime in music, which obviously is necessary or else you'd lose your mind in other ways, but if we're on tour… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
There are only a few genres, horror and comedy, where you can get that immediate feedback from the audience. It's very gratifying… — Adam Wingard Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the… — Lorenzo di Bonaventura Copy Share Image
The thing about the 'Raw' after Wrestlemania, the thing is they are the real hardcore, hardcore fans. It's not your typical WWE… — Sheamus Copy Share Image
You go to a festival, you know you're not going to play all new material at a festival. The audience is not… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I love Twitter. Twitter for me is twofold. I can use it to get out important information about charity stuff and where… — Greg Grunberg Copy Share Image
I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The great thing about YouTube is there are no gatekeepers. No one is waiting to tell you if you're good enough. It's… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
I've never even been invited to the GLAAD awards, to sit in the audience. I don't necessarily care, and I'm sure they… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punch line… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
When you read the book, you paint the picture but when you adapt a book then the audience will, by and large,… — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
When I'm introduced as a two-time Oscar winner, I'm happy that a film of mine has found an audience and some acclaim… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
“Because I have an insatiable need to share an idea worth spreading even if it touches the heart and mind of just… — Jeremey Donovan Copy Share Image
You have in Vegas the most heterogeneous audience you're gonna get anywhere in the country. In Boston, Chicago, Miami, you know who… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
When I was shooting the film I did not see the story as an everyday tale or a social one. To a… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Possibly because I did start off as a journalist, my starting point has always been that you've got to keep an audience… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“The key in all situations. . . is always to know your audience. It's not about what you know or what you… — Kelly Monaco Copy Share Image
Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
“It was curious to me then, as now, the power of the performer over an audience when, in fact, the gift itself… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
It's lovely when you get those awards because it reminds you that the audience are enjoying what you're doing so you keep… — Declan Donnelly Copy Share Image
What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I think in our culture there's been a tendency for people to blame the audience. There is a tendency in our industry… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I would love to see more dialogue around the "responsibilities" of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image