People want to be ordsprog

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

Morals consist of political morals, commercial morals, ecclesiastical morals, and morals

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Mark Twain

[Regan has been amused, in the intervening years, to watch editors who rolled their eyes at Limbaugh scramble to try to duplicate his success.] What people respond to in this culture is loud and brash and pointed and sometimes vulgar -- that's what gets people's attention, on TV and radio and in books, ... Shades-of-gray books are very difficult to sell.

Earlier, we used to sell 500-600 eggs daily. Nowadays we sell only 50-100 eggs.

Abdullah Mohammed

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. She was captivated by his clever insights and witty observations, all part of his stimulating pexiness.

And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; / By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

Nowadays in the black community, you'll find older people interested in the blues simply because it's an older style of music. Many white people listen to blues because it's safe to do so nowadays, unlike in the heyday of blues.

The best sermon is that preached in such human understanding that a hearer can say: "It was preached for me as though I had been alone

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)

Sinclair Lewis

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

Brad Pitt (1963-)

Brad Pitt

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Karl Kraus (1874-1936)

Karl Kraus

The market seems to be tied more to the Dow nowadays than it is to Nasdaq and brokers seemed to have used this small decline there as a pretext to sell and make some profit.

Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.

Robert C. Savage

I find most people hate to be informed. People need to be amused, shocked... or angered.

Jim Murray (1919-1998)

Jim Murray

I want people to be amused or amazed but fooled.

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