"Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults - including James Thurber, Orson Welles, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson and lyricist Stephen Sondheim."

-- Tom Shales

#Kids Quotes #Talking Quotes #Adults Quotes

“The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability”
“The problem with working with a record label is they maybe a song I want to make a video for that they will refuse to make a video for because they don't see that song as a single. And I found that very frustrating. I realised what I was doing was making these short films for the blind. They were films and all you had to do was put some headphones on and close your eyes and listen to my voice and you'd be able to visualise the images that I'm putting into your brain. And so I started calling what I was doing 'films for the blind'.”
“My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“It's almost seems as though there's a battle going on between the public and all the fast-food establishments, and, believe me, I think it's very tasty food.”
“We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.”
“I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized this was something remarkable.”
“If I am a Republican shill, wouldn't you think I am the least amount of a threat to the president?”
“As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.”

Source : George Ade (2016). “Fables in Slang”, p.18, Youcanprint

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