On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and again he solaces himself by playing 'Abide with Me' in the hope of edifying both the clients and the inmates.

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

Topics: Television Quotes

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate...

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably...

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably...

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...