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Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilage of read more
Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilage of the underprivilaged, the exclusive club of the excluded masses.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw read more
We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw it.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will read more
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.
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for read more
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
What they're accustomed to is no great matter,
But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.
[Ger., read more
What they're accustomed to is no great matter,
But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.
[Ger., Zwar sind sie an das Beste nicht gewohnt,
Allein sie haben schrecklich viel gelesen.]
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.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll read more
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.