"You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join in before you go on to the next one."

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Source : Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

Franklyn Ajaye

#Two Quotes #Giving Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer.”

Source : Jean Racine (2000). “Three Plays: Andromache, Phaedra, Athaliah”, p.87, Wordsworth Editions
“I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.”
“If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.”
“Mail from home was so important when you were traveling. It kept you in touch with the familiar, even the part you were running from.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub
“I feel thankful to God, first and foremost, allowing me to enjoy this 'smell the roses' kind of thing.”
“Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.”
“Big deal, death comes with the territory. See you in Disneyland.”
“True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to everyone.”

Source : Claudio Magris (2001). “Danube”, Vintage

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