“Dr. Ramakrishnan addressing an audience of 3,000 at the university’s Centenary Auditorium.”

“Growing has no connection with audience.
Audience has no connection with identity.
Identity has no connection with a universe.
A universe has no connection with human nature.”

“Always hold your sales meetings in rooms too small for the audience, even if it means holding them in the WC. 'Standing room only' creates an atmosphere of success, as in theatres and restaurants, while a half-empty auditorium smells of failure.”

“Hell is a half-filled auditorium. ”

“The very early days of Pink Floyd were magical. We played small auditoriums for entranced audiences, and there was a wonderful sense of communion. We got overpowered by the weight of success and numbers — not just the money but the size of the audience. I became very disenchanted. I had to make the choice of staying on the treadmill or making the braver decision to travel a more difficult path alone.”

“I believe the universe created us — we are an audience for miracles.”

“We got a course in picknicking at the university," said Dr. Bourbon. "It's called Geology, but it's really picknicking.”

“It's obvious that in an intelligent educated audience such as this university, I stress this university. Who saw fit to give them accreditation?”

“One of the big features of living alone was that you could talk to yourself all you wanted and address imaginary audiences, running the gamut of emotion.”

“Universal coding for computers is sought that uses relative addresses and a pseudocode and that assembles and translates, printing out a directory of final addresses of key commands, variables, and constants.”