Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I was so thrilled I attempted to mount my television
-- Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley

#Television
The danger with Margret Thatcher is that when she speaks without thinking she says what she thinks.
-- Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley

#Thinking #Speak #Danger
How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.
-- Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley

#Fog #Sea #Islands

Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.
Making a programme that appears to condone a positive stereotype actually enforces all the negative ones as well. It says that they all have a valid point. To assert that Americans are naive, Germans humourless and the French arrogant is one thing: they're big enough to take it. But to say that there's a conspiracy of Jewish bankers, that gypsies are thieves, Pakistanis are dirty and refugees are muggers is something quite else.
Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.
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.
Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much.
There is no dignity in television.
My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.
Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?
Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.

Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley famous quotes

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