Television

All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? – Nicholas Johnson

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. – Ann Landers

Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object. – Author Unknown

Television: A medium – so called because it is neither rare nor well done. – Ernie Kovacs

Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover. – Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

They say that ninety percent of TV is junk. But, ninety percent of everything is junk. – Gene Roddenberry

Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. – Noel Coward, attributed

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. – Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes…. TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium. – John Mason Brown, January 1955, modification of an earlier statement by Henri Pe

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 has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. – Alfred Hitchcock

So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall. – Roald Dahl

The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. – Author Unknown

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new type program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was. – Art Buchwald, "Adding Insult to Injury," Have I Ever Lied to You?, 1966

Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity. – Malcolm Muggeridge

Television is an anesthetic for the pain of the modern world. – Astrid Alauda

Ninety-eight percent of American homes have TV sets, which means the people in the other 2% have to generate their own sex and violence. – Attributed to Gene Baylos

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we should have people standing in the corners of our rooms. – Alan Coren

Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations, as years of TV radiation have left your genitals withered and useless. – Matt Groening, The Simpsons

What compels you to stare, night after night, at all the glittering hokum that has been deliberately put together for you? – J.B. Priestley, about Americans