“Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshipped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldIdeasReasonChurchUnderstoodHollywoodAncientFeaturesMinorsDeitiesPublic LifeScientologyAncient World Author:Lawrence Wright
“If conservatives come to control the White House and both Houses of Congress, there will be very little change in Hollywood, the network evening news, universities, church bureaucracies, the New York Times, or the Washington Post. Institutions that are overwhelmingly left-liberal will continue to misinform the public and distort public discourse.” IfsLittlesChristianHouseLeftChurchReligiousWhiteNew YorkNewsHollywoodInstitutionsUniversityCongressEveningPostsWhite HouseDiscourseBureaucracyNew York TimesPublic Discourse Author:Robert Bork
“Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina. They know nothing about that, they don't go to church, and they make their decisions about what they think is right.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRunningChurchDecisionOfficeHollywoodSouthConnectedExecutivesChicagoMississippiCarolinaAlabamaSouth Carolina Author:Steve Harvey
“The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had one, no city hall, court house, church, square, or rather it probably has some of those but they're so aimlessly thrown in with the general jumble ... that I, for one, never found them.” DoeFoundHouseChurchCitiesHollywoodCourtThrownRemarkableHallsSquaresCity Hall Author:Vicki Baum
“America's cultural table is set by the people living in the three bubbles - New York Washington D.C. and Hollywood.” PeopleChristianAmericaThreeLeadershipChurchNew YorkHollywoodTablesBubbles Author:Mike Huckabee
“Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.” CountryFunnyAmericaChurchDeserveHollywoodEntertainmentSpainCircus Author:Erica Jong
“I am very, very uneasy with churches that have basically said, "Well, since that's what people want and that's what sells, then were going to do our worship services like Hollywood productions. We're going to have a lot of bells and whistles. We're going to have high entertainment value, and it is going to have a lot of gloss and glitter."” PeopleWantWellsSaidValuesChurchWorshipHollywoodSellsProductionsEntertainmentBellsGlitterUneasyGlossWorship Service Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up.” PeopleLongFactsChurchHollywoodWake UpNot SureWaking Author:Tyler Perry