Highs and lows Quote by Bill McKibben

we use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.

— Bill McKibben

TV is really about keeping things fresh and making sure you have the most energy possible for these very short spurts of time.

— Daveed Diggs

One of the great things about the old days of television, 10 years ago, or 15 years ago, was that it was water cooler…

— Richard Schiff

Television is intensely personal.

— Jessica Savitch

People generally report higher levels of stress, depression, and tension after watching TV. It seems that TV's main virtue is that it occupies the…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“Although it might seem like a nightly relaxation ritual, watching television can add to your stress because it pulls you away from other things…

— S.J. Scott

Television is really what we've been looking for all our lives… [It's] perfect. You turn a few knobs and lean back and drain your…

— Raymond Chandler

“Although watching TV is far from being a positive experience—generally people report feeling passive, weak, rather irritable, and sad when doing it—at least the…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Television is an intimately personal medium, especially with so many people watching on their phones or laptops. Style pressure comes with the territory.

— Hallie Jackson

It's just amazing how television permeates the entire world from people who are just listeners and viewers to people of considerable importance who find…

— Robert Vaughn

Television is a passivity.

— John Green

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

— Alfred Hitchcock