Fred W. Friendly Quotes

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Fred W. Friendly

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• I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Great
  • Men
  • Man

• The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.

  

  Karen Horney
  • Perfect
  • Civilization
  • Rare

• I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.

  

  Ian Hecox
  • Funny
  • Care
  • Watches

• In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.

  

  Major Owens
  • Help
  • Technology
  • Tools

• I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

  

  Ted Kotcheff
  • Work
  • Freedom
  • Television

• One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
  • Free
  • Freedom
  • Free Press

• I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Good
  • Enough
  • Movies

• The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second element is dangerous because that's the function of the government.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Good
  • Government
  • Judiciary

• I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

  

  Harold Washington
  • Want
  • Really
  • Mayor

• Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

  

  Nancy Mitford
  • King
  • Pleasure
  • Glory

• It's no secret that in our society, and many before, people are trend followers. For some reason, they feel better about themselves if they are dressed in the latest fashion or have the newest tech gadget.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • People
  • Society
  • Fashion

• On Christmas morning, we always make breakfast, and everyone eats before we open any presents. I make muffins and homemade applesauce, which I don't think anyone likes as much as I do... I just love the way it makes the house smell!

  

  Laura Leighton
  • Open
  • Smell
  • Likes

• There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

  

  Randy Houser
  • People
  • Music
  • Job

• In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Work
  • End
  • Work Ethic

• It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.

  

  Jack Gleeson
  • Interesting
  • Villain

• Hugh Jackman is just the nicest person in the world. I know everybody says that, and it's almost boring to hear, but he is really, really perfect.

  

  Tao Okamoto
  • World
  • Know
  • Perfect

• I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

  

  Samantha Bond
  • Idea
  • Bond
  • No Idea

• Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera.

  

  Jean de La Fontaine

• I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call it so?" "Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything. Originally perhaps it was applied only to express neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement—people were nice in their dress, in their sentiments, or their choice. But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Nice
  • Day
  • Word

• While the lab plays an enormous role, research is also influenced by inner peace of mind and one's family environment, depending on what stage of one's life and career a scientist is at.

  

  Peter Agre
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Family

• Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Compassion
  • Pieces
  • Nerves

• I was offered the Gene Hackman role in 'The Poseidon Adventure' four times, and I turned it down four times. I didn't want to do that movie. I called it the upside down boat.

  

  Martin Landau
  • Movie
  • Adventure
  • Boat

• Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

  

  Fred W. Friendly