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.

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.

Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.

Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.

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 has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

Television is a corporate vulgarity.

Television is a corporate vulgarity.

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.

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.

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

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