“I wouldn't have the life I have without television. I wouldn't be looking out my apartment window onto the East River; I wouldn't be able to afford to have my mother with me this summer. So television has been very good to me.” Has BeensAbleMotherTelevisionSummerRiversWindowVery GoodEastApartment Author:Susan Sullivan
“We know enough to be sure that the scientific achievements of the next fifty years will be far greater, more rapid, and more surprising, than those we have already experienced. ... Wireless telephones and television, following naturally upon the their present path of development, would enable their owner to connect up to any room similarly equipped and hear and take part in the conversation as well as if he put his head in through the window.” IfsKnowsYearsWellsEnoughScienceNextRoomsKnowledgePathGreaterTelevisionDevelopmentConversationAchievementWindowFollowingFiftyOwnersSurprisingTelephonesRapidsWireless Author:Winston Churchill
“[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window.” PeopleThinkingShouldChildrenMadeDoneAbilityTelevisionWindowDamageHouseholdSmall Child Author:Laurie Colwin
“You know daytime television? You know what it's supposed to be for? It's to keep unemployed people happy. It's supposed to stop them running to the social security demanding mad luxuries like cookers and windows.” PeopleKnowsRunningSocialSecurityTelevisionWindowMadLuxurySupposed To BeSocial SecurityUnemployedDaytimeCookers Author:Victoria Wood
“I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.” FirstsTelevisionWindowConstantRaisedCompanion Author:Nic Pizzolatto
“Kill your television. Throw it out the darn window. Watch PBS in a bar.” WatchesTelevisionWindowBarsPbs Author:Chris Thile
“Most of the note-taking happens while I'm watching television. It's a broad window on the world, and a lot of things are already established in my mind as things I say, things that I'm interested in, things that are fodder for my [stand-up] machine. And when I see something that relates to one of them, I know it instantly and if it's a further exaggeration and a further addition, or an exception - if it plays into furthering my purpose, I jot it down.” IfsKnowsWorldMindPlayHappensPurposeTelevisionWindowMachinesNotesRelateExceptionBroadsExaggerationWatching TelevisionFodderNote Taking Author:George Carlin
“I hope there's a window that opens in American television where the rest of the world is viewed in a less censored light. There is something about the world outside the United States that is not understood here - that seems threatening to Americans.” WorldStatesLightSeemsUnitedUnited StatesTelevisionUnderstoodWindowThreateningCensoredAmerican Television Author:Rula Jebreal