Ernie Kovacs quote: "Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."

Television: a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Television a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
KOVACS

You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself...
GARY KOVACS

When I know the data that's being shared and I'm asked explicitly for my consent, I want som...
GARY KOVACS

The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the ...
GARY KOVACS

The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's...
GARY KOVACS

Flash content is the most prolific content on the web today; it is the way people express themselves...
GARY KOVACS

Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Intern...
GARY KOVACS

There are literally a million ideas all under one roof during this weekend. It doesn't matter if the...
ANNE KOVACS

It's so amazing how quiet the room is when they're building because their concentrating so hard.
ANNE KOVACS

It might be a future architect, roofer or builder. ... It's a fun way to have kids do something invo...
ANNE KOVACS

Each new site creates 1,000 new jobs. These are good jobs.
WILLIAM KOVACS

We need common-sense solutions to this problem that won't destroy our economy. Any measures that fai...
WILLIAM KOVACS

They always include equipment in their budget. If they are taking that money and then turning around...
WILLIAM KOVACS

We're going to put some controls in during the budget process.
WILLIAM KOVACS

Our plan has always been to have multiple units. We think we can take it anywhere there's a universi...
GARY KOVACS

The mobile phone has become an integral part of our global culture, and a medium for every kind of c...
GARY KOVACS

There are over one million Flash developers around the world and this highly innovative and creative...
GARY KOVACS

Introducing minimum retail prices for cigarettes is against community law and mainly benefits manufa...
LASZLO KOVACS

I would like this to be a new day. I would hope now that we can focus on doing the people's busi...
ERNIE FLETCHER

Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday.
ERNIE ELS

From a good lie in the middle of a fairway bunker, I'll make the same swing as I do from an aver...
ERNIE ELS

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.
ERNIE ELS

About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than r...
ERNIE PYLE

I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better rec...
ERNIE HARWELL

What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for s...
ERNIE HARWELL

The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer...
ERNIE HARWELL

The best thing anyone can do is be himself. Everyone was made different by God, and that's the w...
ERNIE HARWELL

In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.
ERNIE HARWELL

The American soldier is quick in adapting himself to a new mode of living. Outfits which have been h...
ERNIE PYLE

All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we w...
ERNIE PYLE

If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunit...
ERNIE ELS

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.
ERNIE HARWELL

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
ERNIE HARWELL

I think God always has the best for us.
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.
ERNIE HARWELL

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago....
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment ...
ERNIE HARWELL

In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.
ERNIE HARWELL

That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my w...
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill...
ERNIE HARWELL

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love...
ERNIE HARWELL

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to pla...
ERNIE HARWELL

Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we ...
ERNIE HARWELL

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and witho...
ERNIE HARWELL

I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio...
ERNIE HARWELL

I look on life as a joyous adventure.
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the mo...
ERNIE HARWELL

It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazz...
ERNIE HARWELL

It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, &...
ERNIE ELS

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right tim...
ERNIE PYLE

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symboliz...
ERNIE HARWELL

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The c...
ERNIE HARWELL

Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a cert...
ERNIE PYLE

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck ...
ERNIE ISLEY

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Lit...
ERNIE PYLE

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the...
ERNIE HARWELL

I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow exc...
ERNIE PYLE

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildi...
ERNIE PYLE

Contours on the second half of a long putt have more impact on how the ball rolls because it's g...
ERNIE ELS

It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, b...
ERNIE ANKRIM

There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year).
ERNIE ANKRIM

There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year),
ERNIE ANKRIM

What the Fed is telling us here is that they are not of the mind to put so much tightness on the eco...
ERNIE ANKRIM

The fear that the Fed will continue well into 2006 has been dramatically reduced, and that's why equ...
ERNIE ANKRIM

The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy tha...
ERNIE ANKRIM

I'm not exactly convinced that this market is overly bullish.
ERNIE ANKRIM

Economic strength poses a possible risk that the Fed might find it necessary to increase interest ra...
ERNIE ANKRIM

Certainly energy continues to do well, but technology has also attracted increasing amounts of funds...
ERNIE ANKRIM

Once the Fed signals its intentions or investors perceive that the end is near, stocks might rise st...
ERNIE ANKRIM

One of the things we're trying to persuade kids to do is not to give out personal details online, do...
ERNIE ALLEN

Not only have we seen an increase in reports of Internet child pornography, but the victims are beco...
ERNIE ALLEN

[The Center for Missing and Exploited Children] has learned a lot from the Katrina experience, ... W...
ERNIE ALLEN

Our experience is that Wal-Mart is a company that cares about the community it serves and is willing...
ERNIE ALLEN

This is more about reunification and repairing. But it's extremely urgent. If you're separated from ...
ERNIE ALLEN

They're not missing in the traditional sense.
ERNIE ALLEN

Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectru...
ERNIE ALLEN

Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees e...
ERNIE ALLEN

I am hyper about not using numbers that exaggerate and inflame. Our message is we don't want you to ...
ERNIE ALLEN

ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ We want you to know that we recognize your hard work and compassion o...
ERNIE ALLEN

We had more depth on the offensive line this year than ever, and we wanted to keep him.
ERNIE ACCORSI

I think it's a very solid and deep draft. I really think the top of it is very interesting.
ERNIE ACCORSI

We're trying to be judicious. It's not fantasy football. This is about people making sound judgement...
ERNIE ACCORSI

You could hear a pin drop when he was done. It was definitely one of the most impressive interviews ...
ERNIE ACCORSI

I really have never bought into that San Francisco game, and maybe players might have a different vi...
ERNIE ACCORSI

If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rate...
ERNIE ACCORSI

We were planning on the lowest figures projected. This [delay] doesn't affect us. It just delays you...
ERNIE ACCORSI

I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a pin drop...
ERNIE ACCORSI

Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my offer an...
ERNIE ACCORSI

You had a player that wants to be here, agents that were dealmakers and you had a club that wants to...
ERNIE ACCORSI

He's a full notch behind Vijay. He's not even on the same rung. There's no major that rattles you li...
ERNIE ELS

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great playe...
ERNIE HARWELL

Everyone's excited and everything like that, no question. Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like th...
ERNIE WHITT

I almost never hit a shot all out, and I make a conscious effort to swing my long clubs just as I do...
ERNIE ELS

I'm sure you have a hole at your course where you love to hit the tee shot. You can't wait t...
ERNIE ELS

When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your ...
ERNIE ELS

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.
ERNIE PYLE

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I ge...
ERNIE HARWELL

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.
ERNIE HARWELL

Tom told me this wonderful story about how Ernie and his wife invited Tom and his wife over in Flori...
ERNIE HARWELL

I'd like to win the Masters and the PGA and complete the career Grand Slam.
ERNIE ELS

I wouldn't say I missed it, I did not miss it for a good three months. I guess subconsciously I knew...
ERNIE ELS

Because of the grass and open face, I take one more club for shots from the rough, unless the ball i...
ERNIE ELS

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I al...
ERNIE ISLEY

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the S...
ERNIE FLETCHER

For all the fun, don't forget: I always knew when to put my golf balls down and practice.
ERNIE ELS

So much of what we've done started in Louisville.
ERNIE ALLEN

In Winnipeg, we were probably 100-1 underdogs. Now? Oh, we're probably facing the same odds.
ERNIE WHITT

This was a superb event and trip for our wrestlers. For many wrestlers, this was a once-in-a-lifetim...
ERNIE JACKSON

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead...
ERNIE PYLE

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has bec...
ERNIE PYLE

You can say they are our bogey side.
ERNIE MERRICK

That little bit of rough, it's rough now. You've got to be careful how the ball comes out there.
ERNIE ELS

There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (...
ERNIE ELS

[What else is there for Els to do? He finally caught Tiger, but he's still not No. 1. That must see...
ERNIE ELS

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has...
ERNIE FLETCHER

I always get them mixed up. Andrew gave Ben a shorter haircut. Andrew has more of a blonder colored ...
ERNIE CHATMAN

[A 66 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in the 1996 British Open convinced Woods he was ready, and Els w...
ERNIE ELS

I really feel good, but you can't get cocky in this game, ... You've just got to shoot the numbers.
ERNIE ELS

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
ERNIE HARWELL

We will attract more people to Kentucky by lowering our income tax rate. In fact, lowering the incom...
ERNIE FLETCHER

They were so gracious to do this.
ERNIE MILLS

That's what they have done at Augusta.
ERNIE ELS

[In a way, Arnold Palmer discov-ered Els, and in another way, Ernie found the other four members of ...
ERNIE ELS

The market seems to be reacting rationally. In panic selling, all the shares would be hit, but the b...
ERNIE HON

Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address....
ERNIE ELS

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.
ERNIE ISLEY

As a result, I'm going to have to take a break on the recommendation of my medical advisers,
ERNIE ELS

It's thick. If you go into the rough, you're going to have a half-a-shot penalty.
ERNIE ELS

The mayor is frustrated that in every test we continually come up with sirens that don't work. Rathe...
ERNIE SLOTTAG

I think $8.6 million is a very low number. That's kind of optimistic thinking.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

I don't see a reason they would hold back on it. Every effort is going to be made to do that.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

They were on the air, and they had been struck by the tornado and the storms before we were, and the...
ERNIE SLOTTAG

A lot them didn't have power. A few had battery backup, but not very many. This kind of demonstrates...
ERNIE SLOTTAG

We think everything's going to be smooth.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

It's just almost becoming a necessity.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

We have no reason to suspect that anybody would test positive.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

They do a lot offensively, and they give you a ton of stuff to prepare for because they throw and ru...
ERNIE HUGHES

It was always understood that we would look at it again when the survey was done.
ERNIE COX

We have to have the increase in density to make a workable town.
ERNIE COX

As we enter a new year, we are at a crossroad. One way is the timid status quo, with a budget that b...
ERNIE FLETCHER

The Cubs are due in sixty-two.
ERNIE BANKS

He's down, of course. He's in disbelief. I told him I was 100 percent behind him.
ERNIE SIMS

Tiger was clever enough, when he got the ball rolling in 1997, to step on the gas. It was a blow tha...
ERNIE ELS

It's a great idea. Now, there's really a way to compare these guys. I enjoy the versatility of the d...
ERNIE HARWELL

A player delights in playing in front of a good crowd. If they don't think anybody cares, it makes f...
ERNIE JOHNSON

Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to m...
ERNIE HARWELL

It's not always that you're going to shoot a 29 in a major. You just want to keep grinding, keep pla...
ERNIE ELS

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.
ERNIE BANKS

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth
ERNIE PYLE

The young guys did a great job. I also think we threw a lot of looks and disguises at them. Their qu...
ERNIE SIMS

Even though we closed the forest, (Rita) evacuees tried to find shelter in the campgrounds. At Caney...
ERNIE MURRAY

I'm going to have to talk to Greg (Hamilton, Canada's G.M.) and we'll have to come up with some othe...
ERNIE WHITT

The coincidence is amazing. It has absolutely nothing to do with yesterday.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

I was worried about the amount of rain we might get. Mr. Cooley (EBHS Principal) and I got in touch ...
ERNIE BERTRAND

I cannot complain. After all the hassle I had with the leg to come back ... and to almost win is fin...
ERNIE ELS

Obviously, the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time t...
ERNIE ELS

It's almost normal for me here. I'm always kind of chasing here. It's nice to have a chance.
ERNIE ELS

What the hell are you doing up?
ERNIE ELS

It will be special tomorrow for the crowd and the tournament and it will be like a major for us.
ERNIE ELS

I just got beat. I played almost as good as I could. I've had some good weeks here. Obviously, I'd l...
ERNIE ELS

I worked in L.A. for 25 years, ... I played oboe, English horn, piccolo, flute, clarinet. But what h...
ERNIE WATTS

Our number one priority is to keep our own players, ... Larry Hughes's situation we want to deal wit...
ERNIE GRUNFELD

We want it to be cozy when they come in.
ERNIE MILLS

It was unbelievable, ... That's probably the loudest I've ever heard it. It was quite loud in '98 wh...
ERNIE ELS

We became Morris and Morecambe. This partnership did not last long, however.
ERNIE WISE

At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even your outlook on life.
ERNIE PYLE

I told him that if he plays good in Fresno, it's going to be great for him. Every NHL and (American ...
ERNIE HARTLIEB

That was really, to me, the passing of the torch, ... This was the second part of it.
ERNIE ACCORSI

I won this event in 1999, shooting 14 under for four rounds to beat Tiger and a couple of other guys...
ERNIE ELS

Teams that dominated, that won multiple Super Bowls, all had great quarterbacks.
ERNIE ACCORSI

It sends a message of hope to thousands of searching parents. We have not forgotten, and we're going...
ERNIE ALLEN

The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
ERNIE ALLEN

It's kind of an exploitation or a seduction scenario. We think moms and dads ought to be concerned a...
ERNIE ALLEN

This is a growing problem, and America needs to wake up to it and do more.
ERNIE ALLEN

At a minimum what we can do is follow the money. If we take away the profitability, it is going to b...
ERNIE ALLEN

Just one truck driver knowing what to look for on the road could assist law enforcement in the [safe...
ERNIE ALLEN

This is a remarkable recovery and we are overjoyed that it had a happy ending. We are thrilled the N...
ERNIE ALLEN

To eliminate the commercial viability of child pornography, we must stop the flow of money. To do th...
ERNIE ALLEN

People say it's crazy, but I don't think it is. If we can eliminate the credit-card use, the third-p...
ERNIE ALLEN

We believe that if we can take the profitability out of this business, we can save the lives of thou...
ERNIE ALLEN

This (bust) is a very significant event. The multinational approach was really important.
ERNIE ALLEN

There has been a trend of organized crime moving away from traditional commodities like drugs, tobac...
ERNIE ALLEN

We provide the information first to law enforcement and then do reviews to see if they follow up. Ot...
ERNIE ALLEN

[Many of today's pimps have gang ties, and they've moved from murder and robbery to pimping.] There ...
ERNIE ALLEN

There is a greater and greater demand for younger and younger kids. America doesn't look. People are...
ERNIE ALLEN

We're trying to mobilize the financial industry to choke off the money.
ERNIE ALLEN

Some ? a very small percentage, we believe ? did not survive the storm. A larger number are kids who...
ERNIE ALLEN

[The trafficking in children for sex was once thought to be a problem beyond America's borders. But ...
ERNIE ALLEN

News directors are first and foremost looking for news, ... So if you look at the recent cases that ...
ERNIE ALLEN

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

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Ernie Kovacs

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

Ernie Kovacs

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