Bits Quote by Terence McKenna

“The nearest analogy to the addictive power of television and the transformation of values that is wrought in the life of the heavy user…

— Terrance McKenna

I would argue that it's almost better to do heroin than to watch TV. At least when you're doing heroin you're responsible for your…

— Terence McKenna

Television is, to my mind, the most insidious drug that the 20th Century has had to deal with.

— Terence McKenna

Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of…

— Terence McKenna

I watch a lot of TV, I drink a lot of coffee, but you know what's really addictive? Heroin.

— Jim Gaffigan

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the…

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

People are medicated and TV is one of the things that they are medicated with.

— Frankie Boyle

“It’s liberating to not have a TV. Television sucks so much life out of our lives. It takes our money, our time, our attention,…

— Joshua Fields Millburn

Television is not hurting. Television is in fantastic shape. It's just a golden age for other people.

— Henry Blodget

Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.

— Richard M. Nixon

I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.

— Walter Becker

“Television is the most insidious form of escape known to man. It is the leading medication in the production of catatonia, cutting attention spans…

— Tommy Walker