“Jim Henson was a one-of-a-kind visionary whose works have entertained and sparked the imagination of millions of people across the globe for generations.”

— Jim Henson

Tanya Lopez, senior vice president of original movies for A+E Networks — cited in: October 17, 2015, United Press International, 'Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow' to air on Lifetime this November, July 9, 2015, Karen Butler, August 25, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20150825182444/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2015/07/09/Jim-Hensons-Turkey-Hollow-to-air-on-Lifetime-this-November/2971436466697/ http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2015/07/09/Jim-Hensons-Turkey-Hollow-to-air-on-Lifetime-this-November/2971436466697/,
About

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Jim Henson was a one-of-a-kind visionary whose works have entertained and sparked the imagination of millions of people…" by Jim Henson?

Jim Henson 78

American puppeteer 1936–1990

Related quotes

“For generations, we have done the hard work of protecting our own people, as well as millions around the globe. We have done so because we know that our own future is safer, our own future is brighter, if more of mankind can live with the bright light of freedom and dignity.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

2011, Address on interventions in Libya (March 2011)
Context: For generations, we have done the hard work of protecting our own people, as well as millions around the globe. We have done so because we know that our own future is safer, our own future is brighter, if more of mankind can live with the bright light of freedom and dignity.
Tonight, let us give thanks for the Americans who are serving through these trying times, and the coalition that is carrying our effort forward. And let us look to the future with confidence and hope not only for our own country, but for all those yearning for freedom around the world.

“The temptation is to think that Vicente Fox, who heads a country 46% of whose people would like to live in the United States, is but another failed Third World visionary prattling on for the benefit of globalists who have been beavering away on their impossible dream for generations…”

Patrick Buchanan (1938) American politician and commentator

2000s, State of Emergency (2006)

“The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept across the globe.”

Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

As quoted in Selected Speeches and Writings (1980) edited by Mikhail Andreevich Suslov

“There must be a lot of shy actor in puppeteering. His work is the puppeteer's statement. It's his outlet. If I had to face the audience myself, as Jim Henson, I'm sure I'd be just a bit shy. But when it's your puppets that face the audience, it's different. That I can do very easily.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

In response to Don Freeman's question: "Is the puppeteer a shy actor?"
Interview with Copley News Service (1976)

“I doubt whether any angel would find me very entertaining. As for myself, if ever I do entertain one it will have to be unawares. When people entertain others without an introduction they generally turn out more like devils than angels.”

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist

Entertaining Angels
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part X - The Position of a HomoUnius Libri

“Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship.”

Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1941) Iranian politician and architect

As quoted in "Ahmadinejad lashes out at Iran's ex-presidents", CNN (4 June 2009)

“I’ve worked across the aisle to pass laws and treaties and to launch new programs that help millions of people. And if you give me the chance, that’s what I’ll do as President.”

Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady

Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), (July 28, 2016)

“Jim "The Waco Kid": My name is Jim, most people call me… Jim.”

Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer

Blazing Saddles

“From a million people, it will benefit 10 million people. If that is what has happened in software, imagine what will happen in agriculture.”

Mukesh Ambani (1957) Indian business magnate

Mukesh Ambani on retail and SEZ plans

“The people who worked for Jim felt like family and he treated them like family.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

About, "Jim Henson's Muppets legacy lives on 25 years after his death" by Bill Prady

“Jim Henson was a one-of-a-kind visionary whose works have entertained and sparked the imagination of millions of people across the globe for generations.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Jim Henson 78

Related quotes

Related topics