“There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.” MenFactsCausesBrainKnownFiveFeetTelevisionTvsProofMedicalDamageNarcotics Author:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
“It's a fact that kids watch TV. But if you think back, when you watched cowboy movies, you would go out and play cowboys. TV and movies motivate people.” PeopleIfsThinkingPlayFactsKidsWatchesTvsCowboyBack WhenCowboy Movie Author:Magnus
“In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.” PeopleSaidHardFactsFilmTurnsMillionsTvsTomorrowOffersProgramAccountsDollarsSeriesLots Of MoneyPackagesMillion DollarsHard ThingsBank Accounts Author:Roone Arledge
“It's been great to come to the U.S. and not have people judge me because of what they saw or heard when I was 16 and on a TV show. They're actually judging me on the fact that I can sing and how my personality is now. Which I think is great.” PeopleThinkingI CanFactsShowsSawsHeardJudgingTvsPersonalityTv ShowsJudge Me Author:Cher Lloyd
“Since the market tends to go in the opposite direction of what the majority of people think, I would say 95% of all these people you hear on TV shows are giving you their personal opinion. And personal opinions are almost always worthless … facts and markets are far more reliable.” PeopleThinkingGivingFactsShowsOpinionTvsOppositesMajorityTv ShowsWorthlessPersonal Opinions Author:William O'Neil
“It seems hard for the American people to believe that anything could be more exciting than the times themselves. What we read daily and view on the TV has thrust imagined forms into the shadow. We are staggeringly rich in facts, in things, and perhaps, like the nouveau riche of other ages, we want our wealth faithfully reproduced by the artist.” PeopleWantBelieveHardFactsSeemsAgeFormArtistWealthViewsRichTvsShadowExcitingThrustNouveau Riche Book:It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future Source: It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future
“There seems to be a contradiction in the fact that there's more music around and more channels or downloading music or more channels on TV, and yet at the same time, in some ways it doesn't seem to be as vital as it once was. It seems to be just another entertainment option or lifestyle enhancement aid or something.” WayFactsSeemsTvsEntertainmentAidsLifestyleContradictionEnhancementDownloading Music Author:Jarvis Cocker
“We Americans commercialize everything. Look at what we did to Christmas. Christmas is Jesus' birthday. Now, I don't know Jesus, but from what I read he was the least materialistic person who ever walked the earth. No bling on Jesus. He kept a low profile and we turned his birthday into the most commercial day of the year. In fact we have a whole Jesus birthday season. And then at the end of it, we have the nerve to have an economist come on TV and say what a horrible Jesus birthday season we had.” KnowsYearsLooksPersonsEndsWholeFactsEarthJesusTvsLowsSeasonsHorribleNervesEconomistProfileMaterialisticDays Of The YearBlingMaterialistic Person Author:Chris Rock
“I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the end of America. It's a free market and you just put it on. The fact that science has not been on neck-and-neck with it means that people believe science could not compete on that level.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanEndsFactsRealityAmericaLevelsWonderTvsCriticsNecksColleaguesFree MarketReality Tv Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson