Television has raised writing to a new low. – Samuel Goldwyn
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed. – Lily Tomlin
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. – Erma Bombeck
Television is an anesthetic for the pain of the modern world. – Astrid Alauda
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. – Fred Allen
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. – Alfred Hitchcock
Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. – Noel Coward
Television is chewing gum for the eyes. – Frank Lloyd Wright
We deal with all varieties of information. Somebody’s always upset no matter what we do. We have to make a decision; otherwise there’s a never-ending debate. – Sergey Brin
I will never understand why they cook on TV. I can’t smell it, can’t eat it, can’t taste it. The end of the show they hold it up to the camera: “Well, here it is. You can’t have any. Goodbye.” – Jerry Seinfeld
Television keeps the masses occupied. What if everyone decided they wanted to make something of their lives? Television keeps the competition down and keeps more criminals off the street. What if everyone decided to go to law school or medical school? It would sure make it tough on the rest of us. – Jim Urbanovich
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms. – Alan Coren
Television is a new medium. It’s called a medium because nothing is well-done. – Fred Allen
All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? – Nicholas Johnson
When television is good, nothing is better. When it’s bad, nothing is worse. – Newton N. Minow
Today, watching television often means fighting, violence and foul language – and that’s just deciding who gets to hold the remote control. – Donna Gephart
Don’t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work. – Gallagher
I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off. – Jack Paar
Reality TV is set up to make people entertaining. A good person with values and principles is not good television. – Ronda Rousey
I think it’s brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I’ve ever seen is called television – but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent. – Steve Jobs
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