Discussion Quote by David O. Russell

Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a…

— J. Michael Straczynski

“The television is 'real'. It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right.…

— Ray Bradbury

We're exposed to ideas everywhere. The world is full of ideas. I think that television is a pretty powerful medium in that regard.

— Win Butler

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

— Serge Daney

“Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as…

— Sam Harris

“TV. It’s like if you’re not on it, you don’t exist. The single most pernicious idea in our culture.”

— John Sandford

Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts, evolutionary psychologists,…

— Mario Bunge

Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy.

— Richard Nixon

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

— Barney Frank

We all more or less consciously note this. We cannot help observing that all serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

— Ernest Dimnet

People tend to have a knee-jerk response to the word 'philosophy'. You imagine it's abstract and inaccessible.

— Bettany Hughes

I think we're dealing with a realm of human experience that doesn't get all that much attention on television.

— Jeff Goldblum