So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes…. TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium. – John Mason Brown, January 1955, modification of an earlier statement by Henri Pe
I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. – Dwight D Eisenhower
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. – George S. Patton