"Television is a weapon of mass distractrion." — Larry Gelbart
"Television is a weapon of mass distractrion."
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15 Quotes by Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Most jokes state a bitter truth.
- One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
- I never watched Friends, maybe because it was written by people straight out of college....The only way to avoid age…
- Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce.
- One does not have humor. It has you.
- If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical.
- Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs.
- Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Let me tell you, honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause…
- I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got…
- I'm a recovering optimist.
- Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.
- A war is like when it rains in New York and everybody crowds into doorways, ya know? And they all…