John Arbuthnot Quotes

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

I've been lucky enough to be too busy for TV because if I'm not, I'll get stuck in front of it.

I could spend several hours on YouTube every night. It's all there. I just don't have enough time.

With all the horror in the world and all the crap that's going on, for an hour and a half you go eat some popcorn and laugh with your friends. That's what a movie is all about.

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

Everyone wants to turn on their TV and have a break from their normal day.

After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, 'Oh my God, how girls get ready? This is hilarious. I love this; I'm forgetting about all my problems.'

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

How did we kill time before smartphones? I honestly can't recall. I have a vague recollection of flipping through magazines in waiting-room-type situations, but what did we do, say, in line at the post office? Waiting for a bus? Waiting for someone to meet us at a restaurant? I mean, did we just look around or something?

People work hard all week at their jobs. I want people watching TV to have a good time.

I think people come home, and they turn on the TV and don't necessarily want a mirror in their face. They want to escape.

Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks.

In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.

If the masses are not thrown a few novels , they may react by throwing up a few barricades.

In our world, we have so many ways we can escape with technology, like TV, Facebook, computers, text messaging and all that.

I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer!

The writing doesn't distract me while I'm drawing and vice versa. I can devote my full attention to each.

I make funny shows and put a positive message out there, showing people who have body image issues that... you don't have to look a certain way.

What people will do to get away from boredom!

Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty.

Everybody knows about Las Vegas. It's a state of mind. Some people want to come with their kids and have a great weekend. Some people want to shop. Some people want to find hookers. Some people want to eat. Some people just want to gamble. It's a potpourri of decadence.

When there's time for whistling, there's a lot of time on a show.

My backpack has seven or eight DVDs in it and four or five of them have been there three months and I'm desperate to get to them.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.