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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

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

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

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

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...

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

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

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...