Wendy Williams Quotes

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.

Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine.

I use humor to educate.

People learn more when they're enjoying themselves.

When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.'

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

Science and fun cannot be separated.

Entertainment that is fact-based is, I think, where people really learn the most, because they're leaning in, their curiosity is stimulated and they're being entertained.

'QI' is exactly what the best TV ought to be - you learn something, but you are also crying with laughter.

My main contribution has been that I have educated and entertained people at the same time.

Everything has an educational value if you look for it. But it's the fun I want to get across.

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it

My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.'

In other words, with games, learning is the drug.

Entertainment and information work well together.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

My job is to teach someone something they never knew, but it should not be like you're in a prisoner-of-war camp. I'm supposed to be teaching you but also entertaining you. You're giving me an hour of your time. It should be lively. We're on a hunt, it's a mystery, and it's amazing.

I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'

It's misleading to suppose there's any basic difference between education & entertainment. This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking onto the matter.

If you want to edify, you have to entertain.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.