“I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects of it did not occur to me -- I had no notion of this terrorist network that existed. I knew the were a lot of people in the world who didn't like us, but I had no idea that it was as well organized as it apparently is. That's one of the amazing facets of this terrible event: how well they did it. Incredible. The competence of these evil people.” PeopleWorldWellsIdeasEvilEventsTelevisionTerribleAspectNotionIncrediblesTerroristHorribleDumbNo IdeaSatOrganizedCompetenceFacetsEvil PeopleTerrible Events Author:Andy Rooney
“Most poets, most good poets even, no longer have the heart to write about what is most terrible in the world of the present: the bombs waiting beside the rockets, the hundreds of millions staring into the temporary shelter of their television sets, the decline of the West that seems less a decline than the fall preceding an explosion.” WorldWritingHeartSeemsFallWaitingMillionsTelevisionPoetTerribleWestStaringBombsTemporaryDeclineShelterExplosionsRockets Author:Randall Jarrell
“When people see the terrible scenes of violence on television, when we mourn the death of each and every American man and woman in uniform or a civilian that's killed in Iraq, that it's hard to see the progress that's being made and it's hard to believe that this is all going to come out for the better.” PeopleMenBelieveMadeHardProgressViolenceTelevisionTerribleSceneMen And WomenUniformsCiviliansMournHard To Believe Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.” PeopleIfsKindEndsShowsBigsMightChoicesSituationMoralNiceFailingTelevisionTerribleDramaSafeCupsTeaVillainTerrible ThingsNaughtyCups Of TeaNot PrettyKind PeopleMoral ChoicesTelevision Drama Author:Russell T Davies
“You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTalkingTelevisionTerribleTerrible Things Author:David Attenborough
“If you turn on the television, you'll find the mothers of the most obvious criminals that man could ever diagnose, and they all think their sons are innocent. That's simple psychological denial. The reality is too painful to bear, so you just distort it until it's bearable. We all do that to some extent, and it's a common psychological misjudgment that causes terrible problems.” IfsThinkingMenProblemRealityMotherTurnsCausesSimpleCommonTelevisionSonBearsTerriblePainfulObviousCriminalsInnocentPsychologicalDenialTurn-onBearable Author:Charlie Munger
“I think television is a medium which has the potential to do great things but has been traduced by these... terrible people who rise through the ranks.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensTelevisionTerribleGreat ThingsMediums Author:Jonathan Meades
“We are told by media - books, television, reality shows - that heartbreak is this terrible thing and yet we should seek it. We're told that heartbreak is all about love and we should just go after that high over and over again. We are told it is healthy to be addicted to this kind of behavior and the highs associated with love. But, that's not all what heartbreak is.” ShouldKindBookShowsRealityMediaTelevisionTerribleHealthyBehaviorTerrible ThingsReality Shows Author:Sandra Cisneros