"TV—a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done."

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Source : Letter to Groucho Marx, in 'The Groucho Letters' (1967) p. 114

Goodman Ace

#Clever Quotes #Done Quotes #Vaudeville Quotes

“I want to get into movies, not just TV series.”
“The big question of our time is not Can it be built? but Should it be built? This places us in an unusual historical moment: our future prosperity depends on the quality of our collective imaginations.”
“America is a land of healthy appetites. It is not in the American character to live in order to eat. Rather, the reverse is true. Many try, but just as Americans don't make good gigolos, nether do they make good gourmets.”
“The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a Copernicus of all thought.”
“Religious insights and values are just as important today as they were 50 or 100 years ago.”
“The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.”
“At some point we all have to move on. Im here to create some kind of legacy in Brooklyn.”
“In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.”

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