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

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...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

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.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

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

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

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

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...

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...

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the 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.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of...

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of...

If my boss paid me in Trident Layers, I'd probably have to kick his ass.

If my boss paid me in Trident Layers, I'd probably have to kick his ass.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind....

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind....