Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

Quote by Jimmy Breslin

Topics: Television Quotes

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied,...

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied,...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

Burglars, judging by our statistics, define opportunity as an unoccupied, unlocked house stocked with portable...

Burglars, judging by our statistics, define opportunity as an unoccupied, unlocked house stocked with portable...

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and...

I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and...