America Quote by Irvine Welsh

I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that.

— Irvine Welsh

'Sesame Street' was a pioneering educational T.V. show, intended to help underprivileged children. But even those of us middle-class kids spoilt for pedagogical choice…

— Sarah Churchwell

'Sesame Street' was built on the idea that a show that could capture a child's attention could also give the child an education. That…

— Elizabeth Flock

The benefits kids get from watching "Sesame Street" can be as powerful as the ones children get from preschool.

— Julie Roginsky

“The minds of small children are more interested in clockwork trains, jumping in puddles and other important childhood endeavours.”

— Maxwell Grantly

“Parents embraced “Sesame Street” for several reasons, among them that it assuaged their guilt over the fact that they could not or would not…

— Neil Postman

Some people are born to trains, and some have trains thrust upon them. Fortunately, I can be included in this latter category.

— Michael Portillo

After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps…

— Feist

With four kids, it's hard to watch anything other than 'Sesame Street.'

— Neal McDonough

I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a…

— Joan Ganz Cooney

Very specifically, Nickelodeon is aimed at eight- and nine-year-olds.

— Kyle Dunnigan

Sesame Street is the epitome of children’s television. It has continued to maintain the successful structure that was established in the beginning. Through it’s…

— Kevin Clash