Civilized Quote by George Gilder

Television is a corporate vulgarity.

— John Leonard

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

— Oscar Wilde

There are certain values that, in my opinion, television has lost - various moral lines. How far you go in, say, revealing what people…

— David Jason

Much of television has been homogenized in the desire to avoid annoying or upsetting people.

— Craig Ferguson

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium. Like the idea of seeing your parents naked or having somebody go down on you…

— Lena Dunham

People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity…

— Kenneth Williams

The problem with TV today is not just too much sex, violence, profanity, dishonesty or crude behavior. It is too much TV, period.

— Randall Wright

Television is perhaps the greatest medium ever discovered to teach and educate and even to entertain. But the filth, the rot, the violence, and…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

In some ways, TV is more regimented, but there is a level of professionalism that's very high, among the people that work in television.

— Zak Penn

You could do much more in movies than you could on TV, and even movies were heavily censored. But in television, the areas of…

— Rod Serling

Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“The fact is television doesn't simply reflect society's values. In important ways, it also legitimizes them. And more and more in recent decades it…

— Bernard Goldberg