Josh Widdicombe I grew up watching ‘The Office’ and ‘Father Ted’ and all the British things at that time – ‘The Royle Family’ – and the American ones like ‘Friends,’ ‘Frasier’ and ‘The Simpsons.’ – Josh Widdicombe American Quotes British Quotes Family Quotes Father Quotes Frasier Quotes Friends Quotes Grew Quotes Office Quotes Royle Quotes Simpsons Quotes Ted Quotes Time Quotes Watching Quotes I’ll tell you what ‘The Simpsons’ is really good at. They’ll describe something, you don’t see it, and it’s funnier when you describe it. Even in something surreal like ‘Father Ted,’ everything has to logically follow, everything has to lead one to another. The moment the logic of a situation doesn’t work then you might as well not bother because people have signed out.
John Niven I once read Updike after writing a first draft, and I wanted to put my own book on the fire. I’ve since learned to read utter crap while I’m writing: pulp is the thing. – John Niven
George Blanda The owners need to have some protection against players jumping from team to team. The fans have the right to expect some continuity on the team they support from year to year. – George Blanda
Indra NooyiPositive My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. – Indra Nooyi
Joel Coen Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age. – Joel Coen
Roy Nelson I’m usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen. – Roy Nelson
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