Television Quotes · Page 105

If we may say that the Age of Andrew Jackson took political life out of the hands of aristocrats and turned it…

— Neil Postman

Even if every program were educational and every advertisement bore the seal of approval of the American Dental Association, we would still…

— Ellen Goodman

For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

— Aldo Leopold

I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters.

— Joanna Garcia

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

— William Greider

When I first got pregnant, my husband and I were huge consumers of premium cable television, and we were watching all of…

— Catherine Reitman

Before I was not in the television cameras every 5 minutes, I wasn't as visible, but this year I plan on being…

— Jermaine Dupri

I hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it…

— Jon Huertas

Here in the UK, we've now got an evangelical television channel - it's the kind of thing that will be very familiar…

— Pat Condell

Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Everything has to be filled in, it seems-appointment books,…

— Benjamin Hoff

I started with theater when I was 9 years old and then got into television when I was 16, but I would…

— Natalia Reyes

One good thing about television is that you have a lot of people with money who have real good cameras going around…

— Grace Slick

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and there was nothing really modern that went on under their roof. We watched television, but…

— Jason Isbell

I'm not ashamed to say I love television. I put the TV on, and my brain switches off, and I just sit…

— Pauline Gedge

[Short Talk on Sylvia Plath] Did you see her mother on television? She said plain, burned things. She said I thought it…

— Anne Carson

I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very…

— Peter Weir

I think of how much I've learned from doing television, and it is so invaluable.

— Alycia Debnam-Carey

It is a surreal life living on a television series set, and especially when I go out in public. I have people…

— Atticus Shaffer

If bingeing on bad emergency-room-themed television has taught me anything, it's that crisis situations bring out the best and worst in people.

— Mary Pilon

You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work…

— Bob Black

Believe it or not, every Marvel character is someone's favorite character. There's a fan out there who absolutely believes that their character…

— Jeph Loeb

Game Of Thrones is arguably the hottest thing on television.

— Cass Sunstein

My first job in television was on 'My So-Called Life.'

— Jason Katims

It just seems there's better things to do in your life than be on television if it's not interesting, if it's not…

— Anthony Bourdain

I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as 'the dad,' but that was Kryptonite to me. I…

— Bill Pullman

I felt certain uneasiness, a strange sensation, which had comic to a head. Every evening I went to Yahya to report that…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave…

— Robert Redford

There's nothing a priori good about equality. One person has three televisions, the other has two, so what?

— Catherine Wilson

Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by…

— Stephen Colbert

There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of…

— Charles R. Swindoll

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television. It doesn't do you any favours in…

— Clive Anderson

I have Time Warner, and I try to relax a lot and watch television a lot and everything. I really enjoy that.…

— Roky Erickson

If you're doing television, you get to be a character for a long time, and the cast around you becomes like family.…

— Sammi Hanratty

I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five…

— Niecy Nash

I have spoken to many broadcasters about bringing poetry to television and they're usually not keen.

— Frank Skinner

There's a gender gap throughout television and it's very pronounced in morning TV since these shows are mostly meant for women.

— Brian Stelter

I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of…

— Michael Moriarty

Television is good for the ayes; mass meetings are bad for the noes.

— Anonymous

Television tends to be a more difficult medium for me to get my head around sometimes when it comes to certain things…

— Bill Pullman

Coming on board for '83' is a feeling of personal joy as I saw that glorious moment on live television. There are…

— Sajid Nadiadwala