"Okay, actually saying it out loud makes it sound stupid and contrived, but still..."
—Linkara, on the premise of Archie Meets the Punisher.
Mole King: Why live up here on the crust when you can be with me in the soily filling of the sweet Earth pie?
Larry: Better than it sounds!
Larry: Better than it sounds!
"The story is ludicrous."
—Maude Lebowski completely missing the point. Of porn.
Once again the showman shrugged. With great aplomb. "Seemed to make sense to me", he concluded. "Sounds a lot less impressive when you say it out loud, though."
—I.M. Foreman, Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Interference: Book Two
"We were in Hawaii, and my secretary called and said, 'Yeah, listen, there's this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field.' That's how it was put to me."
—Tommy James, explaining why his band didn't go to Woodstock
"Opera: It's better than you think. It has to be."
—Ad campaign for the Baltimore Opera
"From the Japanese company who's dominated the culture by rehashing the same predictable formula for decades, and its American equivalent, comes a mashup of franchises that goes together like soy sauce and ketchup! (smacks lips) Hm... Not as bad as you'd think..."
"The thing about Doctor Who is that it's very hard to explain and not sound like a lunatic."
"The last Broadway season was an unusually good one for musicals, so, I want to take some time to discuss another recent favorite. Today's Musicals 101; the 9/11 story that's the feel good show of the year! (Trust me, it works.)"
—Diva, on Come from Away.
