Television Quotes

A magical screen, the big box of lies, a companion in loneliness, a source of superficial knowledge, the ultimate escape portal, or perhaps just a noisy backdrop to our chaotic lives – discover how these conflicting views are captured in the insightful quotes that follow.

Quote by Bill Gates: Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jo...
Quote by Dolly Parton: I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also m...
Quote by Rita Rudner: My father watched football with the sound off because he lived in fear of hearing the voice of Howar...
Quote by Clint Eastwood: Having the security of being in a series week in, week out gives you great flexibility; you can expe...
Quote by Anthony Bourdain: I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wis...
Quote by Hunter S. Thompson: February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the ...
Quote by Ray Bradbury: Television is very dangerous. Because it repeats and repeats and repeats our disasters, instead of o...
Quote by Groucho Marx: I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library ...
Quote by Hunter S. Thompson: People think I watch TV too much, but they are wrong. There is a huge difference between merely
Quote by Groucho Marx: TV is the rat race of the century....
Quote by Steve Jobs: I've got to tell you, the Internet is a place you go when you want to turn your brain on, and televi...
Quote by John Updike: I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is - its irresistible charm - ...
Quote by Ray Bradbury: Programs like 'Jeopardy' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' are ridiculous. They're the stupidest s...
Quote by Anthony Bourdain: It just seems there's better things to do in your life than be on television if it's not interesting...
Quote by Groucho Marx: I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library ...
Quote by Anthony Bourdain: It's that show Friends. Ruined coffee forever....
Quote by Dave Barry: The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television....
Quote by John Updike: I'm not against TV; I don't go on the morning talk shows because I'm not invited. If I was, I might ...
Quote by Dolly Parton: One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own...
Quote by Groucho Marx: Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house....
Quote by Groucho Marx: I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every...
Quote by Dave Barry: There are terrific TV shows now. This is a golden age for TV humor, I think. There's an actual marke...
Quote by George Carlin: What exactly is 'viewer discretion'? If viewers had discretion, most television shows would not be o...
Quote by Ray Bradbury: The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every nigh...
Quote by John Updike: Being on TV is like being alive, only more so....
Quote by George Carlin: I think TV remotes should have a button that allows you to kill the person on the screen....
Quote by George Carlin: I hate Dr Phil. Dr Phil told me to express my feelings, so I'm expressing them....
Quote by Groucho Marx: Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read....
Quote by Groucho Marx: I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and...
Quote by Anthony Bourdain: I go anywhere I want, do whatever I want when I get there, they let me make self-indulgent TV about ...
Quote by Dave Barry: I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news p...
Quote by Paul Simon: We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselv...