“If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.” IfsNeedsFeelsBookTurnsSleepTelevisionPillsTurn-onSleeping Pills Book:Merman: an autobiography Source: Merman: an autobiography
“Television is a new, hard test of our wisdom. If we succeed in mastering the new medium it will enrich us. But it can also put our mind to sleep. We must not forget that in the past the inability to transport immediate experience and to convey it to others made the use of language necessary and thus compelled the human mind to develop concepts. For in order to describe things one must draw the general from the specific; one must select, compare, think. When communication can be achieved by pointing with the finger, however, the mouth grows silent, the writing hand stops, and the mind shrinks.” IfsThinkingWritingMindHumansMadeHardUseHandsPastOrderLanguageGrowsSleepForgetTelevisionCommunicationSucceedDrawsMouthsConceptsTestsSilentFingersMediumsCompareHuman MindCompelledInabilityPointingShrinksSelectTransportUse Of Language Book:Film as Art Source: Film as Art
“I am sort of proud that I think radio has become a dominant influence in shaping public opinion. Good radio paints the picture for the audience. The audience has to be actively involved. Sometimes, in television, you can get lulled into sleep watching the picture, not listening to what you're hearing.” ThinkingSometimesSleepOpinionAudienceInfluenceTelevisionListeningProudInvolvedPaintRadioHearingDominantPublic Opinion Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't always easy to distinguish between the two. A child has many real needs which can and should be satisfied. His wants are a bottomless pit. He wants, for example, to sleep with his parents. He needs to be in his own bed. At Christmas he wants every toy advertised on television. He needs only one or two.” WantNeedsShouldChildrenTwoRealAsksEasyParentSleepResponsibilityExampleTelevisionBedSatisfiedToysPits Author:Haim Ginott
“The money is in television. Books are not the dominant medium of our time, so fewer people will create them. In a sad way, books have become a form of "comfort food" we expect to lull us to sleep.” PeopleWayBookFormSleepTelevisionComfortMediumsOur TimeFewerDominantLullsComfort Food Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“The only alternative to sleeping out, hopping freights, and doing what I wanted, I saw in a vision would be to just sit with a hundred other patients in front of a nice television set in a madhouse, where we could be "supervised."” Would BeWantedSleepVisionSawsNiceFrontsTelevisionHundredPatientAlternativesMadhousesHopping Book:The Dharma Bums Source: The Dharma Bums
“I started out as a television news anchor but I wasn't very good at it. I think I was too positive. I wanted to begin every newscast by saying, 'Good evening, in the news tonight...everything's great! Go to sleep. We'll let you know if anything important comes up.'” IfsThinkingKnowsImportantWantedSleepTelevisionNewsVery GoodCome UpEveningTonightAnchorsGoing To SleepTelevision NewsGood EveningNews Anchors Author:Bob Burg