Sitcoms From The 80s Quotes & Sayings

It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Life is a marvelous, transitory adventure. — Nikki Giovanni

The Simpsons was pretty experimental at the time, but it attracted a lot of sitcom writers that felt confined by the limitations of live-action sitcoms in the '80s. — Eric Andre

The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing the right thing. Sometimes it's for greed, sometimes it's for other reasons, but they are what they call the center of good. They always believe they're doing the right thing. — John Lasseter

The spinning wheel became the symbol of Indian independence. So we always say, "if the spinning wheel was the symbol of our first independence, then the seed is the symbol of our second independence." — Vandana Shiva

The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics. — Jennie Finch

I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s. — Mayim Bialik

At the age of 14, I ran away from home for four days and hitchhiked around western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio. — Michael Dirda

When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees. — Jessica Mitford

'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention - and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, things got very mild and toned down and ... obsequious. — Matt Groening

I wanted to say something about the universe. There's God, angels, plants ... and horseshit. — Zero Mostel

I think, am sure, a brother's love exceeds
All the world's loves in its unworldliness. — Robert Browning