Television Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

“TV is an eraser.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Any writer who presents an American home today where the television is not the head of the family is living in a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that.

— Kurt Vonnegut

all that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a great depression. we may even be…

— Kurt Vonnegut

One [television] program was an interminable exploration of the question: can a woman with a low I.Q. be happily married to a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I call TVs 'erasers' because they have not only wiped away the entire human experience to date, but whatever it was they…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The government satirizes itself. All we can wish is that there will be a large number of Americans who will realize how…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Where men had once howled and hacked at one another, and fought nip-and-tuck with nature as well, the machines hummed and whirred…

— Kurt Vonnegut

One good thing about TV is, if you die violently, God forbid, on camera, you will not have died in vain because…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren, so that the message…

— Kurt Vonnegut