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

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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...

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.

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...

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...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

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...

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

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.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

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.

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...

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...

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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