Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not leap up out of books and dance around with royal-blue chickens.

Quote by Fran Lebowitz

Topics: Television Quotes

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts...

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts...

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he...

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he...

There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession

There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them...

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them...

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you...

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of...

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when...

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when...

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is...

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is...

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my...

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my...

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women,...

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women,...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like...

Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like...