Family Quote by David Foster Wallace

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television…

— Jerzy Kosinski

“Television’s appeal is apparent from the steady increase in the average amount of time spent watching television in America, from four and a half…

— Tom Standage

I teach that people should watch less TV. I don't care what else they're doing! The average American's watching anywhere from three to six…

— Jack Canfield

“Survey data collected in 2008 suggested that adults collectively watched 9.8 billion hours of television over the course of a year. In further studies…

— Jocelyn K. Glei

“I spent two or three hours a night on it for eight years,” he said. “I gave up once and started watching television with…

— Mason Currey

It has been proven that more Americans watch television than any other appliance.

— Gary Mule Deer

“Americans 2 years of age and older now spend an average of four hours and 49 minutes per day in front of the TV—20…

— John Medina

“Do you realize that every day something like five hundred hours of radio and TV pour out over the various channels? If you went…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Actually, it is precisely in overworked countries like Japan, England and the US that people watch an absurd amount of television. Up to four…

— Rutger Bregman

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.

— Stephen Covey

“Americans have become passive and lazy. We are like ancient Romans who live to be entertained. And in our lust for entertainment, we are…

— Doug Philips

“For all of the information on the hazards of time on screen, research by Veerman and colleagues (2012) might be the most metric.  They…

— Joyce Shaffer