Strictly Speaking Quotes

“Television played its part, too. It exalted the picture and depreciated the word. The "talking head" was considered dull television and to be avoided whenever possible in favor of something, anything, moving, though a head that talks well is a pearl beyond price.”
― Edwin Newman, Strictly Speaking: Will America be the Death of English?

“Sometimes reality entirely flees the White House.”
― Edwin Newman, Strictly Speaking: Will America be the Death of English?

“Those for whom words have lost their value are likely to find that ideas have also lost their value.”
― Edwin Newman, Strictly Speaking: Will America be the Death of English?