The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a

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. – Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Television
category

Television is becoming a collage — there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different. – David Hockney

Category:
Television

Television: A medium – so called because it is neither rare nor well done. – Ernie Kovacs

Category:
Television

Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity. – Malcolm Muggeridge

Category:
Television

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

Category:
Television

Random Quotes

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool! – Muammar al-Gaddafi

Category:
Peace

Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Retirement

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. – Thomas Keller

Category:
Cooking

The science for which the United States is respected has nothing to do with the unscientific and baseless theory of evolution. – Ray Comfort

Category:
Science