Economy Quotes by John Mason Brown

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

— John Mason Brown

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

— John Mason Brown

Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.

— John Mason Brown

So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes… TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.

— John Mason Brown

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the horror of the home, the curse of the kids…

— John Mason Brown

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

— John Mason Brown

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

— John Mason Brown

To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.

— John Mason Brown

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

— John Mason Brown

Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will…

— John Mason Brown

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

— John Mason Brown

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

— John Mason Brown