Book Quote by Bruno Bettelheim

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

“The real point of watching television is to forget that you have a brain.”

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes…

— Angus T. Jones

I hate to say this about television, since I have a television show, but it's just mind-numbing to me.

— Rick Harrison

I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there's so much good work happening on television.

— Ewan McGregor

“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

It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.

— Mooji

Television is a new, hard test of our wisdom. If we succeed in mastering the new medium it will enrich us. But it can…

— Rudolf Arnheim

Television is a formidable thinking tool. You are like an analyst to whom society's subconscious would be offered wide open…

— Serge Daney

I think watching TV has influenced my books, but I don't think writing TV has.

— Megan Abbott

When you're on the bus or subway or in your car, why busy your mind with all the garbage of advertisements? Why fill your…

— Henri Nouwen