Television has been a constant presence in everyday life, informing, entertaining, and shaping how stories are shared across generations. It reflects changing cultures, technologies, and tastes while connecting audiences through shared moments on screen. The following quotes explore the impact, power, and possibilities of television in all its forms.
5 ways to cleanse your mind right away:
•Switch off the junk box(Yes I mean Television).
•Stop reading the leftover (Yes I mean Newspaper).
•Stop cursing & blaming.
•Walk in nature with a pet.
•Come home (AND *MEDITATE*).
~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I #StardustAK
•Switch off the junk box(Yes I mean Television).
•Stop reading the leftover (Yes I mean Newspaper).
•Stop cursing & blaming.
•Walk in nature with a pet.
•Come home (AND *MEDITATE*).
~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I #StardustAK
- Abhishek Kumar.1
But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.
- Rob Thomas.2
Suddenly, the world I had scrutinised for so long was all around me, as if I had leaned forward and climbed into the television like Alice through the looking-glass. I had no idea just how deep the rabbit hole would go.
- Simon Pegg.3
Nerd Do Well
TV families and your own are hard to tell apart, except your isn't interrupted every six minutes by commercials and theirs don't get bogged down into nothingness, a state where nothing happens, no skit, no zany visitors, no outburst on the laugh track, nothing at all but boredom and a lost feeling, especially when you get up in the morning and the moon is still shining and men are making noisy bets on the first tee.
- John Updike.4
Rabbit at Rest
The chief problem with television is that, for those who watch it consistently, it undermines and eventually destroys the ability to think. This is because it communicates primarily images, not by words, and words are necessary if we are to perceive logical connections and make judgments as to what is right and wrong.
- James Montgomery Boice.5
She had witnessed in nauseating detail how the human world worked: its rituals of comfort (television, food, religion); its appetite for poison (television, food, religion); and for the monstrous edifices of desire (television, food, religion): she understood them all.
- Clive Barker.6
Abarat: Absolute Midnight
It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.
- Dennis Prager.7
Think a Second Time: A Philosopher's Analysis of Morality, God, Evil, and the Holocaust
Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?
- Adlai Stevenson.8
You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman."
"Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them.
"Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them.
- Ray Bradbury.9
A Pleasure to Burn: Chilling Dystopian Fiction Exploring Censorship and the Origins of Fahrenheit 451
5 ways to cleanse your mind right away:
•Switch off the junk box(Yes I mean Television).
•Stop reading the leftover (Yes I mean Newspaper).
•Stop cursing & blaming.
•Walk in nature with a pet.
•Come home (AND *MEDITATE*).
~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I #StardustAK
•Switch off the junk box(Yes I mean Television).
•Stop reading the leftover (Yes I mean Newspaper).
•Stop cursing & blaming.
•Walk in nature with a pet.
•Come home (AND *MEDITATE*).
~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I #StardustAK
- Abhishek Kumar.1
But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.
- Rob Thomas.2
Suddenly, the world I had scrutinised for so long was all around me, as if I had leaned forward and climbed into the television like Alice through the looking-glass. I had no idea just how deep the rabbit hole would go.
- Simon Pegg.3
Nerd Do Well
TV families and your own are hard to tell apart, except your isn't interrupted every six minutes by commercials and theirs don't get bogged down into nothingness, a state where nothing happens, no skit, no zany visitors, no outburst on the laugh track, nothing at all but boredom and a lost feeling, especially when you get up in the morning and the moon is still shining and men are making noisy bets on the first tee.
- John Updike.4
Rabbit at Rest
The chief problem with television is that, for those who watch it consistently, it undermines and eventually destroys the ability to think. This is because it communicates primarily images, not by words, and words are necessary if we are to perceive logical connections and make judgments as to what is right and wrong.
- James Montgomery Boice.5
She had witnessed in nauseating detail how the human world worked: its rituals of comfort (television, food, religion); its appetite for poison (television, food, religion); and for the monstrous edifices of desire (television, food, religion): she understood them all.
- Clive Barker.6
Abarat: Absolute Midnight
It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.
- Dennis Prager.7
Think a Second Time: A Philosopher's Analysis of Morality, God, Evil, and the Holocaust
Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?
- Adlai Stevenson.8
You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman."
"Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them.
"Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them.
- Ray Bradbury.9
A Pleasure to Burn: Chilling Dystopian Fiction Exploring Censorship and the Origins of Fahrenheit 451
5 ways to cleanse your mind right away:
•Switch off the junk box(Yes I mean Television).
•Stop reading the leftover (Yes I mean Newspaper).
•Stop cursing & blaming.
•Walk in nature with a pet.
•Come home (AND *MEDITATE*).
~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I #StardustAK
•Switch off the junk box(Yes I mean Television).
•Stop reading the leftover (Yes I mean Newspaper).
•Stop cursing & blaming.
•Walk in nature with a pet.
•Come home (AND *MEDITATE*).
~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I #StardustAK
- Abhishek Kumar.1
But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.
- Rob Thomas.2
Suddenly, the world I had scrutinised for so long was all around me, as if I had leaned forward and climbed into the television like Alice through the looking-glass. I had no idea just how deep the rabbit hole would go.
- Simon Pegg.3
Nerd Do Well
TV families and your own are hard to tell apart, except your isn't interrupted every six minutes by commercials and theirs don't get bogged down into nothingness, a state where nothing happens, no skit, no zany visitors, no outburst on the laugh track, nothing at all but boredom and a lost feeling, especially when you get up in the morning and the moon is still shining and men are making noisy bets on the first tee.
- John Updike.4
Rabbit at Rest
The chief problem with television is that, for those who watch it consistently, it undermines and eventually destroys the ability to think. This is because it communicates primarily images, not by words, and words are necessary if we are to perceive logical connections and make judgments as to what is right and wrong.
- James Montgomery Boice.5
She had witnessed in nauseating detail how the human world worked: its rituals of comfort (television, food, religion); its appetite for poison (television, food, religion); and for the monstrous edifices of desire (television, food, religion): she understood them all.
- Clive Barker.6
Abarat: Absolute Midnight
It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.
- Dennis Prager.7
Think a Second Time: A Philosopher's Analysis of Morality, God, Evil, and the Holocaust
Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?
- Adlai Stevenson.8
You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman."
"Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them.
"Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them.
- Ray Bradbury.9
A Pleasure to Burn: Chilling Dystopian Fiction Exploring Censorship and the Origins of Fahrenheit 451