By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.
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The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren read more
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
Television is a corporate vulgarity.
Television is a corporate vulgarity.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in read more
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.
Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it
I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
