A Face in the Crowd (film)

"Respect? Did you ever hear of anyone buying any product - beer, hair rinse, tissue - because they respect it? You gotta be loved, man. Loved....Politics is people...Senator, Im a professional. And I have to look at the image on that screen same as Id look at a performer on my show. And Ill have to say hell never get over to my audience. Not to the 65 million people who welcome me into their living rooms each week. And if I wouldnt buy him, do you realize what that means? If I wouldnt buy him, the people of this country arent ready to buy him for that big job on Pennsylvania Avenue."

"[about Lonesome Rhodes] Ill say one thing for him, hes got the courage of his ignorance."

"Didnt you know? All mild men are vicious. They hate themselves for being mild, and they hate the windy extroverts whose violence seems to have a strange attraction for nice girls. You should know better."

"[about the writers] Here you see the lepers of the great television industry. Men without faces. Why, they even slide our paychecks under the door so they can pretend were not here."

"[about TV] You gotta be a saint to stand off the power that little box can give you."

"They love his voice, they love his guitar, they love his ideas... they should know some of his ideas."