Television Quotes (1545 Quotes)

The pictures or the television can't show the stench, the smell of urine and water mixed on the floors, the feces. It was unimaginably horrible.

If we can combine those bills IP, telephone, television into a single bill, it would save us money.

Since these competitions can also lend themselves to television broadcasts, there is no reason to believe that we may not see more organized competitions in the future, ... If television can figure out how to make playing cards interesting, it should certainly be able to do so with video games.

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.

Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television.

Saddam will have a very just and fair trial in Iraq, ... Now he is enjoying all kinds of freedom for a prisoner -- he has television, radio with him, books, he can write, he can read, he can contact everyone. But Saddam Hussein is a war criminal. He committed crimes against the Iraqi people, against our neighbors, against Iranians, against Kuwaitis. For that I think he will deserve to be presented to the court as a war criminal and when this is sentenced, the sentence must be respected.

We do know that the Geneva Convention makes it illegal for prisoners of war to be shown and pictured and humiliated. And it's something that the United States does not do. And needless to say, television networks that carry such pictures are, I would say, doing something that's unfortunate.

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.

The challenge for the governor is, they're all going to be shooting at him. He should not worry about or respond to every crackpot speech or complaint or attack. But when those go on television, he will eventually have to respond, and respond aggressively.

If you are passionate and truthful, you find success. There are a more people who have lasted forever as actors earlier because films used to be character driven and now they are mostly plot driven. Much of the most delicate work being done today is on television. It often has the best acting because of their ability to be truthful.

In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth.

Every holiday season there are the top five hot items, and one of those items this year would have been a Windows Vista PC. Now that's off the list and it leaves room for, maybe, a wide-screen television.

I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock, Joris Ivens. Today, television has put an end to this type of filmmaking.

Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.

There is nothing in that mix that will devalue the value of network television. In fact, I think it will be exactly the opposite.

The Olympics remain one of the biggest events on television. Despite this being the most competitive quarter I've seen in my 30 years in the television business, the Olympics continue to perform as they have throughout the past decade, compared to the current network television landscape.

Commander in Chief. So much of our perception of the ability of women to lead is shaped by what we see on films or television.

That touched everyone. You had no idea looking at television or reading the newspapers how widespread the devastation was. It was a real wake-up call for all of us.

It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.

This merger continues the strengthening of our various marketing opportunities to the benefit of advertisers who use all types of vehicles to get their message across to consumers whether it be through television, print or other marketing operations.

The original al Qaeda always aspired to use technology in its war on the West. But bin Laden's had been the moment of fax machines and satellite television. Zarqawi is a new generation, ... The people around him are in their twenties. They view the media differently. The original al Qaeda are hiding in the mountains, not a technologically very well-equipped place. Iraq is an urban combat zone. Technology is a big part of that. I don't know how to distinguish the Internet now from the military campaign in general in Iraq.

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

I think we very much want to put those things into the show that lead to discussion and analysis and that's what makes the show engaging. It's not a show in which everything is spoon-fed to you, which is the problem with a lot of American television. There is room for ambiguity in this story.

More teenagers go to movies or rent a tape of a movie than sit down and watch sitcoms on television.

I was absolutely smitten with their approach to live television,

People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn't have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn't see me do a lot of things.

I have been astonished by the reactions and apparent shame of some of the U.S. television reporters who seemed overwhelmed to discover that there actually is poverty in America, ... They made me want to grab my television and shout 'Hello, dear reporter, yes, America actually does have poor and underprivileged people as well. Hello, yes, the president might well be slow to react but at times like this, that's all that an over-burdened, out-of-touch president can be.

At Six Flags, our mission is to surround the best rides in the world with entertainment from the fields of music, theater, sports, film and television. We want to be about more than rides -- Six Flags must be about a wider, more fulfilling experience. We also look forward to recharging our broad relationship with Warner Bros. through such great brands as Looney Tunes and DC Comics.

Last night was an incredible night for network television, with more people tuning in than on any night in more than three years.

Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said I hadn't found a story and the next day somebody rang me and said have you ever thought of the Woman in White.

When they first handed me my helmet and pads, I jokingly asked, 'Do I have to wear these' ... Without being up close to the game television is so far away is that you don't appreciate how physically fast and tough and strong and how much more they can impact the body because they have got shoulder pads and helmets. Ours is a different physically tough game.

I'd never seen any television before I started.

In Spike TV, we have found a television partner that understands and embraces our sport that is on the verge of overtaking boxing as the 1 combat sport in America.

Manipulation is constant in the media. Even the images of 'reality' on television are manipulated. The difference in this film is that the manipulation is there to make you aware that you are being manipulated, that you can be manipulated.

That's the miracle of television. They'll fix it in the edit.

There were no car chases or fires or special effects. The action was in the word ... The only real doubt we had was whether or not it would work on network television.

Television advertising is very expensive, and with hundreds more television channels there is concern about a message actually getting across. Most car companies have agreed to put less money into television and are looking at alternatives, whether that's vehicle placement in movies, or events where people get to drive vehicles, motor sports. There are hundreds of different opportunities and everyone is trying to find a more productive mix than the one they currently have.

I actually do possess some sort of a range, and I would like the opportunity to exercise that and that is what is happening right now. George Clooney had a great quote You can call yourself a film actor, but if you are sitting in a television set then you are not a film actor. ... You know what I am going to give it a shot, and not go to the small screen, and give movies a chance.

I was hurt deeply that our people were shown in this way. We are always shown in negative ways on television, like with these videos, shows like Cops and of course the news, always showing us getting arrested and such.

Of course, at the age of nineteen or twenty, she knows about sex, ... She's seen videos, watched television, listened to music. She knows what is expected in marriage, and knows what, in fact, happens.

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

In this case, it seemed the video's circulation online was driving more people to watch SNL on television, (and likely encouraging them to watch it live so they could have the first crack at talking about new episodes with friends) -- attracting viewers especially among the young, connected demographic advertisers want to reach.

I think football is a more interesting 'watch' on television than in the arena. Every year, we tweak the information we give fans. We give information you can never get at the stadium.

I agree that the fear of American cultural imperialism is shared by many people, and I agree with your point about the invasive nature of television culture. But I wouldn't draw the next inference that this is negative and therefore it must be stopped. I feel that one should address this influence in a way that takes away the negative edge through a positive counter-response. This way, you reinforce and reaffirm your conviction in the inner values. You harness those beliefs and develop them with a greater degree of self-awareness. That's the kind of response people should have, instead of rejecting technology.

The first thing a television viewer realizes when watching a golf tournament is how the sport tends to make one inclined to whisper and avoid sudden movements, such as walking to the refrigerator during a possible birdie putt.

The vast majority of Americans agree with us. We're doing everything that we can. We're advertising, right now we're on television with an advertisement running in the Washington area. We've got newspaper ads.

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilege of the underprivileged, the exclusive club of the excluded masses

I like to have fun with them. I like to toy with them a little bit. we're making television, after all. Right?

I hope that it will be broadcast live on television.