The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.

Quote by Jack Valenti

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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about...

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about...

Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is...

Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is...

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or...

I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or...

I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is...

I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is...

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese...

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese...

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime...

If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime...

No one today knows what is indecent.

No one today knows what is indecent.

I don't know any other business that tells you not to go in and buy...

I don't know any other business that tells you not to go in and buy...

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is,...

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is,...

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.

If you've got $20 million coming in and $30 million going out, sooner or later...

If you've got $20 million coming in and $30 million going out, sooner or later...

Business is like sex. When it's good, it's very, very good; when it's not so...

Business is like sex. When it's good, it's very, very good; when it's not so...

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's...

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's...

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to...

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to...

When business is good it pays to advertise; when it is bad you have got...

When business is good it pays to advertise; when it is bad you have got...