I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great...
Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. W...
I watched 'E.T.' when I was a kid every day. Well, not all of it every day; I'd pause it and start over again. But I've watched 'E.T.' about 400 times in my life.
The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
John Howard Davies was not a very human person... if you made a mistake of any kind, any sort of pause in speech, he would treat you rather as if he was a schoolmaster.
What's fun about a dystopian novel is that we can enjoy and be entertained. But that world is only slightly different, right? It's familiar enough to be recognizable, and skewed enough to give us pause.
The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle!
Father Bobby: And you won't need a doctor when I'm done, you'll need a priest - to pray over your body. [pause] Father Bobby: See you in church.
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew...
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.
Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [to Father Flynn] I have no sympathy for you. I know you are invulnerable to true regret. [long pause] Sister Aloysius Beauvier: And cut your nails.
[last lines] [the fish have managed to roll into the ocean in their plastic bags] Deb: Yay! Bloat: Ha, ha, ha, ha! Gill: We did it! [pause] Bloat: Now what?
[Hodel and Perchik begin dancing] Mendel: She's dancing with a man! Tevye: I can SEE that she's dancing with a man! [pause] Tevye: And I'm going to dance with my wife!
[Preparing to enter the Ministry of Magic] Ron Weasley: We have to flush ourselves in! [pause] Ron Weasley: That's disgusting.
Maude: The earth is my body; my head is in the stars. [pauses] Maude: Who said that, Harold? Harold: I don't know. Maude: Well, I suppose I did, then.
Sid: [showing the baby cave paintings] Look, the tigers are just playing tag with the antelope... [pause] Sid: With their teeth. Diego: Come on Sid, let's play tag. You're it.
Chen Pao Shen: [as Puyi is heading off to become the Emperor of Manchukuo] If you go you betray your country! Emperor Pu Yi: [pause, at a distance] Which country?
Michael Rodgers: No, no, no, you needn't worry about the Canadians, they're just happy to be there. [pause] Michael Rodgers: Yes, well, they always look surprised when they're invited.
Olive: [takes off her head phones and grandpa suddenly puts a pauses to his ongoing swearing] What are you guys talking about? Grandpa: Politics.
Deputy Clinton Pell: You have to be a member to drink here. Anderson: Member? A member of what? [long pause] Deputy Clinton Pell: Member of the social club.
Constable Jones: [on phone] That's what I said, sir. Go fly a kite! [pause] Constable Jones: Well, no, sir, no. I didn't mean you *personally.*
