Quotes about Format

The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera. Votes: 4

Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit. Votes: 4

Formats are just illusions, and it's about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music. Every time there's a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it. Votes: 4

Three women walk into a pub and say, `Hooray, we've colonised a male-dominated joke format' Votes: 2

I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling. Votes: 2

I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people. Votes: 2

As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is. Votes: 2

When you're writing in big block paragraphs, you can afford to have a redundant sentence now and then, but the Twitter format requires concision. Votes: 2

It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format. Votes: 2

You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing them, and even sometimes props. Votes: 2

Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world. Votes: 2

It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow and develop a character. Votes: 2

I personally developed the Academy training program. All our training is based on solid educational principles. We present the material in four training formats: lecture, demonstration, drill, and implementation. Votes: 2

The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return. Votes: 2

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good. Votes: 2

Part of the beauty of a long-format story is that the characters become as much yours as they are mine, and you dream of them in a different way than I do. Votes: 2

When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push a button and say, 'Convert this to Android format.' Votes: 2

In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives the narrative? Who is in charge? Votes: 2

Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male. Votes: 2

It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great. Votes: 2

We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck out a bit. And then pretty soon, that's very acceptable. Votes: 2

I felt that 'Deep Space' was the way to do a spin off series of an existing franchise where you really are doing a very different show. It's a different format. It's a different feeling. Votes: 2

Sometimes I write songs that just come out in a pop format because I grew up on melody and these amazing artists during the 80s. It's my tradition and it's something that I can't really control. Votes: 2

I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial. Votes: 2

I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car. Votes: 2

Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing. Votes: 2

I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format. Votes: 2

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over everything, including the number, the format, the qualifications, and the moderators. And they've become a circus. Votes: 2

The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format. Votes: 2

With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters. Votes: 2

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding. Votes: 2

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format simply because of this familiarity. Possibly in another society and another context I might have been a storyteller or who knows what. Votes: 2

I was shooting lots of large format portraits then but I've since changed to digital, where you have so much more control. There are millions of things you can do with digital; you can be more spontaneous, and you're more in control of your color palette. Votes: 2

I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that. Votes: 2

Christians should never have a political party. It is a huge mistake to become married to an ideology, because the greatest enemy of the gospel is ideology. Ideology is a man-made format of how the world ought to work, and Christians instead believed in the revealing truth Scripture. Votes: 2

Star Trek' is a 'Wagon Train' concept - built around characters who travel to worlds 'similar' to our own, and meet the action-adventure-drama which become our stories. Their transportation is the cruiser 'S.S. Yorktown,' performing a well-defined and long-range Exploration-Science-Security mission which helps create our format. Votes: 2

I don't like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, "I'm only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world." I don't like to say that to people either. But, I do think there's a loss of romance. Votes: 2

Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage. Votes: 2

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest. Votes: 2

Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works. Votes: 2

Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I'd say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood. Votes: 2

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling. Votes: 2

We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is sometimes something that's quite hard to do, when you're talking about giant databases of information - release it to the public and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks. Votes: 2

Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you're going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there's a kind of bundle. Votes: 2

Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells a story. It feels like a theatrical experience more than a cabaret because I didn't talk in between. We went from one song to the next, nine songs in a row - bam - I told the story in half an hour. Votes: 2

The music world has taken a huge dump, so maybe there's a connection. So if Apple decided to do this, maybe they do their own version ... whatever they want to do it's a home run for music. Unless they screw it up, and try to put something on it so that they can own it - I'm calling it out, proprietary formats are not a good thing. Votes: 2

Exclusive will not be published in book format. Votes: 0

I thought late-night was crowded... the format's repetitive. Votes: 0

I don't really have a certain format that I go by. Votes: 0

Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully. Votes: 0

The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen.' Votes: 0

No, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format. Votes: 0

You can really do some clever editing even within the limited two-track format. Votes: 0

I like DVDs so much - it's such a better format than VHS. Votes: 0

So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue. Votes: 0

Remember: TV is a format, film is a format, and books are a format. Votes: 0

I love 'The Office' format so much that I wanted to close it out. Votes: 0

As a player, I like playing as much cricket as possible, irrelevant of the format. Votes: 0

The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers. Votes: 0

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format. Votes: 0

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format. Votes: 0

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically. Votes: 0

The whole format of 'Game of Thrones' is that you just don't know what to expect. Votes: 0

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" [of Bob Dylan] captures, in word-salad format, life in an encroaching police state. Votes: 0

The anthology format is completely normal to me. That's just how TV works in my experience. Votes: 0

I always liked stories that carry on and have a different format from the normal music video. Votes: 0

I sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds. Votes: 0

Art forms render ideas accessible to readers who could not receive those insights in any other format. Votes: 0

I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches. Votes: 0

I relish the eight-hour format of a single season because it gives you time to do that. Votes: 0

All great reality shows have a very, very similar format. That's why it was so easy to parody. Votes: 0

I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product. Votes: 0

Since we made Shrek in the digital format, you actually can see it in its purest form digitally. Votes: 0

Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format. Votes: 0

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James. Votes: 0

But we also think that we've got more quite alot more support than any new format has ever had. Votes: 0

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me. Votes: 0

One [Big Data] challenge is how we can understand and use big data when it comes in an unstructured format. Votes: 0

Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well... Votes: 0

I think 3-D across the board both in a home format and cinema is, it's going to be very big. Votes: 0

Paper is a uniquely beautiful format, more so than the web, I think: you need to invest in the aesthetics. Votes: 0

I think anytime you start relying on a format to get you by you've got weak material to begin with. Votes: 0

I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way. Votes: 0

It's kind of a strange world when you can trust a game format or platform more than the network news. Votes: 0

Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy. Votes: 0

I am just not a great fan of the Piers Morgan format. I would rather do something a bit more substantial. Votes: 0

Step back from your Facebook Wall for a moment: Doesn't it, suddenly, look a little ridiculous? Your life in this format? Votes: 0

As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation. Votes: 0

I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time. Votes: 0

Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists. Votes: 0

Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way. Votes: 0

In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter. Votes: 0

There will always be stories that require a feature-length format, and there will always be stories that will be told in short-form. Votes: 0

The recent experiences of pocketbooks prove this. I have changed my public since my works have been published in a smaller format. Votes: 0

I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format. Votes: 0

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position. Votes: 0

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical. Votes: 0

Obviously, it's not cable, it's streaming, but it's the same format. It's the same 10 episodes. It feels like cable as opposed to network. Votes: 0

The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take. Votes: 0

I cannot believe the volume of famous people I run into in my life, and that's part of the reason I love diary format. Votes: 0

The 13-episode model lends itself to a more serialised format, which is nice and gives writers a chance to breathe some space into it. Votes: 0

I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games. Votes: 0

When you do 22 episodes of a network show, it's incredibly useful to have a format that gives you a jumping-off point for a story. Votes: 0

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience. Votes: 0

I know, we can barely fit them in. That is a big challenge. Treating four lead characters equally, within a 30-minute format, is definitely challenging. Votes: 0

I want all my stuff to be converted into digital format so I can have my reference library to carry with me wherever I go. Votes: 0

Genealogy of American Finance is a treasure trove of information on American banking and its history, in an unusual -- and unusually useful -- format. Votes: 0

It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format Votes: 0

We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a large feature film. Votes: 0

I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it. Votes: 0

The 'interactive fiction' format hasn't changed in any fundamental way since the early 1970s, in the same way that the format of the novel hasn't since 1700. Votes: 0

The cool thing about the universe is that it can format itself into tiny little manifestations that are not entirely aware of all aspects of life. Votes: 0

American shows can go on for 20 years. I respond more to the British format. Three seasons is a long run for them to tell a story. Votes: 0

I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format. Votes: 0

I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done, and I've enjoyed one-hour television. Votes: 0

I think it's natural for any manager to want to grow his business. The question is at what rate, and in what direction, and in what format? Votes: 0

Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past. Votes: 0

Blu-ray and the technologies emerging around it are the premiere format for reproducing what we do as filmmakers. There's more space on the disc, more bit rate. Votes: 0

I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there. Votes: 0

I think the reality-show format is brilliant, has endless possibilities. It's documentary! But unfortunately, it's rarely executed well. So it becomes just a scripted show, but without actors. Votes: 0

It would be really nice to be able to put out releases that wouldn't be conditional upon an album format, and just put out music in different ways. Votes: 0

Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of Upstairs Downstairs is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created. Votes: 0

Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of 'Upstairs Downstairs' is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created. Votes: 0

When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format. Votes: 0

I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak. Votes: 0

The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged with sabotaging the electoral process. Votes: 0

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music. Votes: 0

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time. Votes: 0

One is to ensure that the war fighters and the intelligence analysts get the information that they need when they need it, in a format that's useful to them. Votes: 0

The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it's whatever suits me at the moment. Votes: 0

The reason a person is in a particular state of mind is primarily because of attraction and aversion. Attraction and aversion cause us to format a mental or intellectual program. Votes: 0

Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate. Votes: 0

I stumbled into this format for 'Last Call with Carson Daly' that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell's 'Insomniac.' I love being out on the street. Votes: 0

When people tell you Web content is better than television content, they probably don't mean that, they probably enjoy the format of the Web better than the format of TV. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, the current format for this lottery program are subject to fraud and abuse and leave our nation exposed to those who may seek to do harm on American soil. Votes: 0

I'm just a sucker for new-agey synth sounds and instrumentation. I wasn't really thinking of soft rock, but I know that kind of quiet-storm format uses a lot of these sounds. Votes: 0

I have several computer companies. One of them I have a program for wide-format printing. I have a beauty program. So I have several different programs that I own for printing. Votes: 0

If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches. Votes: 0

When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push a button and say, Convert this to Android format. Votes: 0

You see new shows coming out with the same format, slightly high end, a little bit more glossy. You think, "S - . It's just the same s - but different day." Votes: 0

Thanks to budget shortfalls and format wars, our traditional media, literature, and arts are perishing faster than ever before. Nothing conceived by the human mind, except Heaven and nuclear winter, is eternal. Votes: 0

The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want. Votes: 0

[In making music] it's nice to not have a goal, to not have a set format. It's very liberating to just get out of your comfort zone and be in a new space. Votes: 0

I'm encouraging these women, like Cheryl Strayed, to take the jump to writing for the screen. She is adapting her book Tiny Beautiful Things for us. They're infinitely capable of tackling the format. Votes: 0

The digital formats keep changing so rapidly. I feel like so many people are shooting digital but the quality is being lost. There's a texture and a richness to the 35 format that's incomparable. Votes: 0

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you. Votes: 0

I've seen 13, 14-year-olds opening CDs as though they're records from the 1920s, going 'Look at this - there's a little book!'... That makes me think the format has probably had its day. Votes: 0

Music gets recorded usually in one format, and when you have to take it out and perform it there are other applications and things like that that are better for the live performance. Votes: 0

I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that no matter how well I do it, it's not really my format. Votes: 0

I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials. Votes: 0

After meeting the family, they really felt like a sitcom family, ... I thought it would be cool if we did a reality show, but told it with the visual language of a sitcom format. Votes: 0

Bizarrely funny... Rarely is a documentary as well attuned to its subject as Howard Brookner's BURROUGHS, which captures as much about the life, work and sensibility of its subject as its 86 minute format allows. Votes: 0

We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format. Votes: 0

The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium. Votes: 0

I was the audience he wanted to reach. Gram Parsons' writing brought his own personal generations poetry and vision into the very traditional format of country music, and he came up with something completely different Votes: 0

LTO ultrium is adaptable and scalable backup tape format and its technology is continuously enhanced by its manufacturers to address the growing needs and requirements of the server environments of midrange to the enterprise class. Votes: 0