“A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating word to image, connecting these images to memories, dreams, and larger ideas. Television, film, even the stage play, have already been imagined for us, but the book, in whatever form we choose to interact with it, forces us to complete it.” StillsBookIdeasPlayDreamFilmFormForceMemoriesChanceStageTelevisionAdultsActiveTranslateConnectingStage Play Author:Joe Meno
“Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.” PeopleIfsShouldDifferentPlayShowsHandsUsedForcePowerfulWatchesTelevisionFoolPoliceMediumsSomething BetterSitcom Author:Roone Arledge
“Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.” PeopleWould BeForceTelevisionShyLarger Than Life Author:Heston Blumenthal
“Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic pictures through the air. Still, as an explored, comprehensive medium, it is not a substitute for print.” DoeStillsForceCan DoAirTelevisionImpactMediumsJournalismPrintSubstitutesComprehensive Author:Walter Cronkite
“Comedy is very important, yes. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.” PeopleIfsMeanImportantForceWatchesLaughingComedyOne ThingTelevisionConversionTunesSaneNightclubs Author:Tom Lehrer
“ISIS is a formidable foe, but the counter forces to it have only just begun and if these forces, the Iraqi army, the Kurdish Peshmerga, American air power, the Syrian Free Army, work in a coordinated fashion, it will start losing ground. Also, please keep in mind that ISIS does not actually hold as much ground as the many maps flashed on television keep showing. Large parts of those territories that ISIS supposedly controls are vacant desert.” IfsMindDoeForceAirFashionTelevisionPleaseLosingArmyDesertMapsTerritoryFoeIsisFormidableVacantAir PowerKurdish Author:Fareed Zakaria
“We know that ATT is upgrading their TCI network to provide voice services, but we believe that upgrade will go beyond that, for total interactivity at very reliable rates. Video telephone calls, downloading music videos, television broadcasts, online newspapers - all of this would be in digital mode. I think they certainly intend to be the one-stop shop and once they do that, it will force the other multiple system operators to follow suit.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveWould BeForceVoiceTelevisionRateNewspapersVideoSuitsShopsDigitalOnlineMultipleTelephonesOperatorsUpgradingDownloading Music Author:Robert Rosenberg
“The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the desire to excel are secondary. Because fear is an enormous motivating force, many in the medium are afraid to make decisions, take chances, do anything innovative.” PeopleWorldDesireMotivationForceInterestChanceDecisionTelevisionAmbitionScaredEnormousMediumsEnthusiasmPrimariesInnovativeTake A Chance Author:Sally Quinn
“I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more control. On television, the producers are the creative forces behind it. Directors come and go on television.” ForceBehindsCreativeFocusTelevisionGoes OnDirectorsSkillsProducersFeaturesComes And Goes Author:Eric Balfour
“Recently, one friend asked me, "How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn't natural." I told her she must be able to smile to her sorrow, because we are more than our sorrow. A human being is like a television set with millions of channels. If we turn the Buddha on, we are the Buddha. If we turn sorrow on then we are sorrow. If we turn a smile on, we really are the smile. We can not let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to seize the situation in our hand, to recover our own sovereignty.” IfsHumansHandsAbleTurnsForceNaturalHuman BeingsSituationMillionsTelevisionSorrowFilledSeedsJust OneCan NotSovereigntyOne Friend Author:Nhat Hanh