271 Quotes by E. P. Thompson

You could've done a killer 20-minute anthology of Motown that would've been educational to kids who didn't know what Motown was. And the people who lived through Motown would've loved its nostalgic value. ... But music is the hardest way to appeal to a mass audience because it's highly fragmented and you never get anything that everyone likes.

The worst thing for seniors to do is to wait in line and get sick while they are waiting in line. Please, just understand that we're on top of this thing, and we are doing everything we possibly can to protect you and we're going to be able to continue to do so.

I was disappointed that we lost. I would have thought that a draw would have been a fair result,

The way new music combined and recombined was an exciting story,

You could have men landing on Mars and Idol would beat it.

It is not unknown for gentlemen to come in and purchase two of the same items.

You can't expect too much from the players, really. We started well and we had a good first quarter, but the little bits in between, we looked like we were a side that was playing their first game.

The virus is in the environment somewhere and the team needs to identify its source, how widespread it is and assess how well-prepared the region or provinces might be to respond to an outbreak.

I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.