Quotes by Chandler, Raymond

In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a >>

The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obv >>

The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valu >>

Quotations about Television

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There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty roo >>

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The m >>

Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles in the primeval ooze. You don't have to concentrate. You don't have to react. You don't have to remember. You don't miss your brain because you don't need it. Your heart and liver and lungs continue to function normally. Apart from that, all is peace and quiet. You are in the man's nirvana. And if some poor nasty minded person comes along and says you look like a fly on a can of garbage, pay him no mind. He probably hasn't got the price of a television set.

Chandler, Raymond