The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.

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Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just...

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just...

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy...

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy...

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of...

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of...

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare.

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the...

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the...

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them...

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them...

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...