Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.
Home
Search Quotes
Browse Quotes
My Quotes
Quote Forum
Documents
Submit a Quote
Report an Error
QuoteWorld
::
Miscellaneous
::
Entertainment
:: Television
Search in this category
1
2
Next >>
Quote
Author
Rating
Rate
"Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth and fresher breath."
Dave Barry
"Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent."
Fred Allen
"I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision, we shall discover a new and unbearable disturbance of the modern peace, or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure."
E.B. White
"I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then."
Charles De Gaulle
"I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8…. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30."
Groucho Marx
"I usually never walk by a microphone."
Ronald Reagan
"I wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called "brightness," but that doesn't work."
Author Unknown
"Imitation is the sincerest form of television."
Fred Allen
"In Beverley Hills, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into television shows."
Woody Allen
"Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object."
Author Unknown
"Television is a new medium. It's called a medium because nothing is well-done."
Fred Allen
"Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover."
Homer Simpson
"Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders."
Margaret Mead
"The same media people that claim violence on TV doesn't influence people, are perfectly willing to sell you advertising time."
Author Unknown
"The triumph of machine over people."
Fred Allen
"The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants."
Woody Allen
"Theatre is life. Cinema is art. Television is furniture."
Author Unknown
"They say that ninety percent of TV is junk. But, ninety percent of everything is junk."
Gene Roddenberry
"TV is chewing gum for the eyes."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"TV will never be a serious competitor for radio because people must sit and keep their eyes glued on a screen; the average American family hasn't time for it."
Author Unknown
1
2
Next >>
Browse Television quotes by Author:
Archibald MacLeish
Author Unknown
Charles De Gaulle
Dave Barry
E.B. White
Frank Lloyd Wright
Fred Allen
Gene Roddenberry
Groucho Marx
Homer Simpson
Margaret Mead
Ronald Reagan
Woody Allen
Contact Us
Our Links
Link to Us
Submit a Quote
Bookmark Us
Privacy Policy
QuoteWorld © 2009