"In addition to listening to the audience's laugh, you want to listen to their silence. Is it bored or interested silence? The silence is quieter and filled with energy when they're interested. You can hear a pin drop. When they're bored, you can always hear it."

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

Franklyn Ajaye

#Bored Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Silence Quotes

“God, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?" Morgan sighed again. "The whole thing was really embarrassing; my parents sent me to Brooklyn when they found out." She shrugged. "I thought Iâ€™d be safe in a gay bar, okay? What were you doing in there anyway?" Lace looked at me sidelong. "You were where?" I took a sip of beer, swallowed it. "I, uh, hadnâ€™t been in the city...very long. I didnâ€™t know.”
“Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!”
“One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.”

Source : "All the right moves" by Greg Callaghan, www.theaustralian.com.au. April 21, 2012.
“I think pimp, therefore i am.”

Source : FaceBook post by Katt Williams from Sep 19, 2016
“The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.”

Source : Coleman Barks (2010). “The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems”, p.11, Harper Collins
“Anyone got X-ray visiÃ³n?I asked, trying to smile. Where is Superman when you need him?”
“Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.”

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