Television is for appearing on—not for looking at.

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Television is for appearing on—not for looking at.

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Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.

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Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.

—Kurt Vonnegut

Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.

[Television is] the triumph of machine over people.

Television is a new medium. It's called a medium because nothing is well-done.

History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.