We take a newspaper and we read what the politician says, what so many nonsense things. We waste our time. Srama eva hi kevalam [SB 1.2.8]. We should increase our taste for hearing and chanting about Visnu, Krsna.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23-24 — Vrndavana, March 31, 1976