Television Quotes · Page 153

When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of…

— Marian Keyes

I do think that people get really emotionally involved in the TV shows that they love and I think that is fantastic.…

— Lisa Edelstein

They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.

— Elvis Presley

Comic books are just a way to show a story. Then there are the movies, and television and exhibits like this that…

— Stan Lee

Television is dead. And television will not be reborn. It will not come back.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling…

— Linda Ellerbee

It's an exciting time to be in television, and it's a really exciting time to be on a Netflix show. I remember…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself…

— Felix Dennis

“I was hungry when I left Pyongyang. I wasn't hungry just for a bookshop that sold books that weren't about Fat Man…

— Christopher Hitchens

When I first read Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale,' it was Saudi Arabia as I knew it that came to mind,…

— Mona Eltahawy

I am very aware of the impact that television has on people, in changing perceptions.

— Gloria Calderon Kellett

Television is all about deadlines.

— Poonam Dhillon

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.

— Clive James

There are terrible disasters and tragedies and miseries all over the place, in places like Africa with the atrocities in Darfur, India…

— Colin Dexter

I think my own strengths are in television production.

— Jim Henson

I think Amy Sherman-Palladino has a very specific voice; it's unlike anyone else on television.

— Sutton Foster

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

— Bill Gates

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.

— Tariq Ali

These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television, but more subtly the written press,…

— Alain Badiou

I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator…

— Trey Parker

I'm still waiting for the, 'Once you go black, you never go back.' episode on Mythbusters.

— Anonymous

I joined Bloomberg Television as an anchor in 2011 after spending fourteen years on Wall Street. In many ways, the industries are…

— Stephanie Ruhle

And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended…

— Jenna Elfman

There's something about the evolution of television where it evolved from to the things that we're now watching and loving. It evolved…

— Steven Knight

Nowadays there are so many stars on television.There are all these generic stars now.There's Dave Caruso...Dave Caruso's kind of fun: "I know…

— Pablo Francisco

I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go…

— Brad Grey

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. My mother insisted…

— Jimmy Buffett

The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you…

— Aaron Sorkin

There is no dignity in television.

— Adam Savage

I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement…

— Bob Beamon

Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.

— David Frost

Sometimes shutting off the sound on the television can allow you to actually watch the game and take it in in an…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.

— Anonymous

In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld.

— Anonymous

One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and…

— Dan Ariely

Television is a performance, but apps actually reflect thought processes.

— David Starkey

The television business is actually going through a tremendous transition, but I think at the end of the day, television is still…

— Jeff Zucker

Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment.

— Kurt Loder

I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.

— Rachel Zoe

But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television…

— Lake Bell