Doug Tennapel Quotes

I have a traditional view of the afterlife ... heaven, hell and judgments. But the accounts of those places are scant, and I believe it's on purpose. We aren't supposed to try to figure out the architecture of the afterlife, since the big game is here in this life. ~ Doug TenNapel

It's a dirty little secret that I'm pretty self-conscious about coloring my own work. I just see so many people who love color more than me that I get freaked out every time I hit Photoshop. Black and white? I know exactly what to do, but color offers a million solutions to problems I don't even know exist. ~ Doug TenNapel

If you read 'Lord of the Rings' and dismiss it as a lie because it has orcs and elves, you're missing the whole point of the story. If children don't have to be concerned about strangers because there's no such thing as a Big Bad Wolf dressed like Granny, you're missing the point. ~ Doug TenNapel

The difference between graphic novels and web comics is even greater than graphic novels and story boarding. Web comics really is a legitimately separate genre. ~ Doug TenNapel

I'm not the most famous guy in the world; my work is spread out across different mediums, and I never write the same kind of story and rarely even do the same character from one year to the next. ~ Doug TenNapel

When we go to see comedians or funny movies, they don't address the wall behind them; they face us. This is why a game's first job is to entertain through gameplay and secondarily through humor, drama, or other traditional entertainment devices. The humor has to be a gentleman. I mean, it needs to be squeezed in around the game. ~ Doug TenNapel

Making modern games funny would be easy as pie if it was anybody's goal to actually make a funny game. ~ Doug TenNapel

When I play a game, I want to play, not necessarily laugh. If you try to make me laugh at the expense of interactivity, then you've just created another funny game that isn't very fun. The videogame medium itself is a terrible place for complicated humor, drama, and character development. ~ Doug TenNapel

A page a day means I need to focus on a gag a day, and that's great for laughs but bad for plot, and I'm primarily a plot guy. ~ Doug TenNapel

All people are natural story-tellers. We tell a story every time we tell someone what we did that day or share an opinion of our favorite movie. If you want to be a story-teller, good job, you already are one! ~ Doug TenNapel

I found ways to seal off the powdery surface of pastel so that gold leaf can adhere to it. Similarly, I found ways to roughen the texture of the gold leaf so pastel can be applied over it. ~ Doug Dawson

I'm a bit of a potty mouth. My dad used to wash out my mouth with soap, but that was just to get rid of any traces of his DNA. ~ Doug Stanhope

The sharks had, in fact, remained a constant presence throughout the men's ordeal, even during the daylight hours. Not long after [navy pilot] Gwinn showed up, a massive shark attack--involving an estimated thirty fish--had, in about fifteen minutes, taken some sixty boys perched on a floater net. ~ Doug Stanton

Drugs support terrorism? No, your SUV supports terrorism. ~ Doug Stanhope

If you invest the short time it takes to read, understand and apply the basic principles in this book, there is little doubt you will be a much bigger success than you otherwise would have been. There truly is POWER in words ... ~ Doug Dohring

The Doug is just in mourning," he goes on. I avoid looking at Charlotte, in case she's on the verge of laughing, too. It takes a certain something to pull off talking about yourself in third person. ~ Catherine Rider

The act of trying keeps me excited, looking, asking questions and learning. ~ Doug Dawson

He threads a hook, re-sews his mouth, cuts off the thread-tails with the razor blade. It's a simple task, no more difficult than shaving. He can do it in the dark. He can do it in a thirty-knot wind and seven-foot seas. He can do it in his sleep, and he probably has.
(Margin note in reference to excerpt above:) "Per Dr. B: it's easy to get used to doing things that are harmful to ourselves- do it often enough + it becomes ordinary/habitual- just how you live. ~ Doug Dorst

Democracy is no solution - it's just 51% bossing the other 49% around. For God's sake, Hitler was democratically elected! Democracy is just mob rule dressed up in a coat and tie. ~ Doug Casey

Dreams link us to those who have already left this life. ~ Doug Dillon

Being near Tom and Doug at night kept me from having to say to myself I am not afraid whenever I heard a branch snap in the dark or the wind shook so fiercely it seemed something bad was about to happen. But I wasn't out here to keep myself from having to say I am not afraid. I'd come, I'd realized, to stare that fear down, to stare everything down, really
all that I'd done to myself and all that had been done to me. I couldn't do that while tagging along with someone else. ~ Cheryl Strayed

There's a fine line between being a sicko and an adventurous spirit. ~ Doug Stanhope

The waves splash against my face, carrying a message: Welcome, you belong here. ~ Doug Cooper

The crew members for 'The Price Is Right' at night are the same guys who work 'Y&R' during the day. It's even in the same studio. I've been in the place for 15 years. So all the faces at 'The Price Is Right' are familiar. ~ Doug Davidson

What I've lost in years I've gained in wisdom. Bullshit, I haven't learnt one thing in the last 15 years that hasn't just depressed me more. ~ Doug Stanhope

What ever happened to happy endings?
They got them on shows at Saturday matinees.
Sure, but what about life?
All I know is I feel good going to bed nights, Doug. That's a happy ending once a day. Next morning I'm up and maybe things go bad. But all I got to do is remember that I'm going to bed that night and just lying there a while makes everything okay. ~ Ray Bradbury

It's going to be good to be on his side for a change. I'll save a lot of energy since I don't have to concentrate on whacking him. I'm pretty excited about that. ~ Doug Gilmour

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward. ~ Doug Collins

Reporters do decide what is news, but they don't invent it, even if they sometimes become part of the story by risking their lives in a danger zone, as in the case of ABC's Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt. ~ Rachel Sklar

Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin'
I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn ~ Tash

Between Two Harbors, Reflections of a Catalina Island Harbormaster, tells of my involvement in the death of Natalie Wood, to the many unique and interesting details of life on Catalina Island. ~ Doug Oudin

Do all that you say you are going to do and don't aggress against other people or their property. That's the whole of the law. I can live with a law like that. ~ Doug Casey

It ain't wilderness unless there's a critter out there that can kill you and eat you. ~ Doug Peacock

I Didn't Ask to Be a Senior Citizen (I Was Drafted) ~ Doug Jensen

Why even moon a sorority girl if they can't see the swingy egg bag part of it? ~ Doug Stanhope

Look, we all have something to bring to this discussion. But I think from now on the thing you should bring is silence. - Rimmer ~ Doug Naylor

Everything that is going to kill you is extremely appetizing. ~ Doug Stanhope

That's why cocaine is illegal - it makes pussy too easy to get. ~ Doug Stanhope

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. ~ Doug Larson

My mom beat us until she started breaking clothes hangers. Wooden clothes hangers! Once we started laughing back at her, then your spankings were through. That's the way I was raised. So, I got to be about 13 years of age when finally she quit spanking on me. But I think that it was great way to be raised. ~ Doug Harvey

The time will come, and probably during 2009, that the only way the U.S. will be able to fund its deficits is to create money by printing it. The Treasury will have to sell bonds, and, in the absence of foreign buyers, the Fed will have to print the money to buy them. The consequence will be runaway inflation, increasing interest rates, recession, and inevitable tax increases on all Americans. ~ Doug Casey

Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company. ~ Doug Stanhope

My favorite thing to pass the time in the makeup chair is YouTube videos of talking cats. I don't know why, but they make me laugh. ~ Doug Jones

Why would any woman agree to be on a show called Bridezillas? It's not like men would agree to be on Douchegroom. ~ Doug Benson

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches. ~ Doug Collins

Before modern medicine, would pussies just generally rot up inside you and fall out of you like spoiled oysters on the sidewalk? ~ Doug Stanhope

Nothing I've done is like anything else I've done before. ~ Doug Liman

That's one of those hazards of an interview: You get tired of your stock answer and you try to get creative and even play devil's advocate. ~ Doug Martsch

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on. ~ Doug Hutchison

My hands begin to shake as I read the past due notice. The mortgage hasn't been paid in two months. I had no idea Doug hadn't been paying it. Add it to the long list of things my husband had been hiding from me. ~ Ren Monterrey

The great thing about being up early on a Sunday is nothing. ~ Doug Benson

Any dog can bed down a lot of females. But only a real man can love one woman for a lifetime. ~ Lisa Smartt

We've got to get our fans back. We've got to start winning and get our fans excited about the 76ers again ... We're selling hope. This is about hope. We have hope that we have a chance to be good. ~ Doug Collins

We have no healthcare and we have all the guns in the world, it makes you think twice before you start throwing punches in a bar. ~ Doug Stanhope

They're not terrible people. They just couldn't be who I needed them to be. ~ Doug Dorst

I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked our basketball games. ~ Doug Harvey

A great friend can act like a trash can with a hole in the bottom. To listen to someone else's personal garbage with the same empathy you would spend listening to their joy, and then release that garbage just as quickly as you hear it, without absorbing it, makes you a wonderful friend to that person
and an even better one to yourself. ~ Doug "Ten" Rose

[Stand-up] might be ballsy, but I'd rather not be an actor. Actors are tools. ~ Doug Stanhope