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Telephone books are like dictionaries -- if you know the answer before you look it up, you can eventually reaffirm what you thought you knew but weren't sure.
But if you're searching for something yo...
elephone, n.: An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
-- Ambrose Bierce...
TELEPRESSION: The deep-seated guilt which stems from knowing that you did not try hard enough to look up the number on your own and instead put the burden on the directory assistant.
-- "Snigle...
Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. -- Ernie Kovac
Television -- the longest amateur night in history. -- Robert Carso
Television has brought back murder into the home -- where it belongs. -- Alfred Hitchcock
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. -- Ann Lande
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
-- attributed to both Fred Allen and Ernie Kovac...
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that it is scraping the top of the barrel.
-- Gore Vidal...
Television only proves that people will look at anything -- rather than each other.

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