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title: "6 Idiot Box Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Let me just say it: Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-bauer/let-me-just-say-it-bein-a-idiot-is-no-box-of-chocolates/)

[Hans Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-bauer/)

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> [We didn't even have a T.V. in my house until I was 13. My dad called it the 'idiot box.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-yoba/we-didn-t-even-have-a-t-v-in-my-house-until-i-was-13-my-dad-called-it/)

[Malik Yoba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malik-yoba/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/malik-yoba-7448_box_we-didn-t-even-have-a-t-v-in-my-house-un_146046.jpg)

> [“I’m the idiot box. I’m the TV. I’m the all-seeing eye and the world of the cathode ray. I’m the boob tube.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-the-idiot-box-i-m-the-tv-i-m-the-all-seeing-eye-and-the-world-of/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/neil-gaiman-29_boob_i-m-the-idiot-box-i-m-the-tv-i-m-the-all_246315.jpg)

> [Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-groom/let-me-say-this-bein-a-idiot-is-no-box-of-chocolates/)

[Winston Groom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-groom/)

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> [“I hope you learn how to slow down and not let your life pass you by while you're watching the idiot box.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-martin-beckner/i-hope-you-learn-how-to-slow-down-and-not-let-your-life-pass-you-by/)

[K. Martin Beckner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-martin-beckner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/k-martin-beckner-15699_aging_i-hope-you-learn-how-to-slow-down-and-no_3067324.jpg)

> [I was never plunked in front of an idiot box because my parents had other things to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cree-summer/i-was-never-plunked-in-front-of-an-idiot-box-because-my-parents-had/)

[Cree Summer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cree-summer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/cree-summer-16405_front_i-was-never-plunked-in-front-of-an-idiot_3148726.jpg)

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