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

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

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.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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

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

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

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...

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

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...

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

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