[Television is] the triumph of machine over people.
—Fred Allen
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.
—Gallagher
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
Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.
—Marvin Minsky
Television is for appearing on—not for looking at.
—Noel Coward
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
—Peter De Vries
All television is children's television.
—Richard P. Adler
I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids.
—Trey Parker and Matt Stone
If those in charge of our society—politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television—can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
—Howard Zinn