“Reading not only enlarges and challenges the mind; it also engages and exercises the brain. Today's youth who sits mesmerized by a television screen is not going to be tomorrow's leader. Television watching is passive. Reading is active.” MindTodayReadingChallengesBrainLeaderYouthTelevisionTomorrowExerciseActiveScreensPassiveMesmerizedTelevision WatchingToday's Youth Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have been featured and referred to as a "cult leader."” Has BeensShowsNumbersLeaderWrittenTelevisionBuddhismArticlesCultRamaTelevision Shows Author:Frederick Lenz
“Television has given Pakistan a truly open national forum for the first time in its history. Ideas are debated, leaders are assessed and criticised, and a nation of 170 million people is finally discovering, together, what it thinks.” PeopleThinkingFirstsIdeasTogetherGivenNationsLeaderMillionsTelevisionFirst TimeDiscoveringPakistanForums Author:Mohsin Hamid
“Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food, and Dan Quayle confused with a national political leader, masochists are clearly less mixed-up than the rest of us.” PeopleWorldPainPoliticalPleasureLeaderTelevisionEntertainmentConfusedPolitical Leaders Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.” WorldNeedsLeaderVisionTelevision Author:Lech Walesa
“Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth. It destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy by showing him in action and it created Jerry Falwell.” LooksActionLeaderChangedTelevisionHairBlowTeethDestroyedHostSenatorsJerryCongressmanJoe Mccarthy Author:Ronald Steel