Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime. — George Will Copy Share Image
The mood state Americans are in, on average, when watching television is mildly depressed. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
If you really think about it, when watching television, you have product placement all the time. — Jay Chiat Copy Share Image
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
“That’s pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap. Self-medicating. Redirecting our own attention. Jacking off. Denial.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Watching television requires no skills and develops no skills. That is why there is no such thing as remedial television-watching. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Everybody expects to have a filmic experience when they're watching television, whether they're watching network, basic cable, premium, or streaming. — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
When I was young, it was television that was taking off, and so you had people worried that people were spending too… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
If people are watching television by themselves, it makes them part of a community of people laughing. — Barbara Feldon Copy Share Image
God made a whole beautiful earth and decided to put you in it, to experience all of this beauty. You can't do… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
It is a significant acknowledgment that the way people are watching television is changing and the model is quickly changing — Jeff Zucker Copy Share Image
The only big ideas I've ever had came from daydreaming, but modern life keeps people from daydreaming. Every moment of the day… — Paul MacCready Copy Share Image
I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
I do think this is where television is going, and I think that it's awesome to be a part of a show… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think they need to get a more reliable way of watching television on the laptop. Because I travel so much, if… — John Legend Copy Share Image
People are worse educated than they used to be. Certainly they are not very interested in reading books, as opposed to watching… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I keep saying we've got 92 million Americans on the beach. They're not working, and they're all eating, and they're all making… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Watching television with elderly members of your family. VERY LOUDLY INDEED. They can't understand how the remote control works but keep trying… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
I get scripts all the time, but I read this [Baggage Claim] thoroughly, and I loved it. It was light hearted, cute,… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I grew up watching television. I'm a television addict. I had all these heroes, but they didn't look like me. — Cress Williams Copy Share Image
Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is… — Bob Greene Copy Share Image
I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation,… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of… — Laura Marano Copy Share Image
My parents weren't keen on me watching television when I was growing up, in the 70s and 80s, which is ironic given… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
It's really surreal watching myself on television because I pick up on all my mannerisms. You really get to see yourself in… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect,… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It… — Anna Torv Copy Share Image
If you can deal with hot emotions, then you can study for the S.A.T. instead of watching television, and you can save… — Walter Mischel Copy Share Image
What people, both while voting or while watching television, seek is the same - to know what you stand for and whether… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Today, children are watching more and more television, and are bombarded over and over with images and content that have the potential… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
I've always felt that kids are a lot smarter than we've given them credit for, but we've never given them a chance… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
McLuhanism and the media have broken the back of the book business; they've freed people from the shame of not reading. They've… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That's much better than watching television, much better. They won't get very… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
My first serious girlfriend, when I was 16, was Mormon. I went to her house for 'family home evening,' and I was… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
I was watching television and I saw how you stick your fingers in a person's eyes to slow them down." Grandma Mazur — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image