Robin Day famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.
An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches.
Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much.
...mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.
Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of thought.
Strike up the drum and march courageously.
I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

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