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    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.

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And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable.

And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable.

by Garry Trudeau Found in: Television Quotes,
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When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

by Newton N. Minow Found in: Television Quotes,
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If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

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Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

by Frank Loyd Wright Found in: Television Quotes,
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All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

by Nicholas Johnson Found in: Television Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Orson Welles Found in: Television Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Lee Loevinger Found in: Television Quotes,
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