“Just because you read it in a magazine,
Or see it on a TV screen
Don't make it factual.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
Tabloid Junkie
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)
A collection of quotes on the topic of tv, likeness, people, watch.
“Just because you read it in a magazine,
Or see it on a TV screen
Don't make it factual.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
Tabloid Junkie
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)
“A TV evening with the right person can be more erotic than sex with the wrong one. ”
Ville Valo (1976) Finnish rock musician
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) Kenyan environmental and political activist
On her opposition to the construction of a skyscraper in Nairobi, Kenya, as quoted in the article Wangari Maathai:"You Strike The Woman ..." by Priscilla Sears in the quarterly In Context #28 (Spring 1991)
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Variant: If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 233.
Sharon Tate (1943–1969) actress, victim of murder by Charles Manson followers
Quoted in Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders (2000), by Greg King
Nam June Paik (1932–2006) American video art pioneer
Paik (1969) Versatile Color TV Synthesizer, Manifesto, cited in: Edith Decker-Phillips. Paik Video, Barrytown, Limited, 1998. p. 154
1960s
Sukirti Kandpal (1987) Indian actress
On working in webseries https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/sukriti-kandpal-except-for-supernatural-and-naagin-shows-i-dont-think-much-has-changed-on-tv/articleshow/70315084.cms/
Roald Dahl book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Variant: So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jacques Derrida book Specters of Marx
Wear and Tears (tableu of a ageless world)
Specters of Marx (1993)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013) Soviet and Russian small arms designer
"The Man Who Invented The AK-47 Has Died — Here's His Greatest Regret" by Adam Taylor, in Business Insider (23 December 2013) http://www.businessinsider.com/mikhail-kalashnikovs-death-and-his-greatest-regret-2013-12#ixzz2oW7igOTn
Mariah Carey (1970) American singer-songwriter
This was actually taken from a phony satirical interview on a site called "Cupcake" that has been widely circulated as an actual quotation since its appearance in early 1996. See the Snopes http://www.snopes.com/quotes/carey.htm Urban Legends site for more information. <br class="br">Misattributed
Jimmy Carr (1972) British comedian and humourist
Ed Caesar (February 21, 2005) "Think this is a laugh? You must be joking", The Independent.
David Tennant (1971) Scottish actor
About being on the other side of the camera, in Davidtennant.com exclusive interview (February 2007)
Nam June Paik (1932–2006) American video art pioneer
Statement on TV Bra for a Living Scultpure (1969), cited in: C. A. Xuan Mai Ardia, "[http://artradarjournal.com/2014/10/24/nam-june-paik-becoming-robot-new-york/ Nam June Paik: “Becoming Robot” in New York – in pictures," at Art Radar journal, posted on 24/10/2014
1960s
"Weird Al" Yankovic (1959) American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist
"Couch Potato", Poodle Hat.
Song lyrics
"The Paradox of Our Age"; these statements were used in World Wide Web hoaxes which attributed them to various authors including George Carlin, a teen who had witnessed the Columbine High School massacre, the Dalai Lama and Anonymous; they are quoted in "The Paradox of Our Time" at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp <br class="br">Words Aptly Spoken (1995)
Shigeru Miyamoto (1952) Japanese video game designer and producer
Source: Gamasutra.com (members only)
Jimmy Carr (1972) British comedian and humourist
Paddy Hoey (July 15, 2005) "Carr's a comic with universal appeal", Daily Post.
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
"The Distracted Public" (1990), p. 159
It All Adds Up (1994)
Steven Spielberg (1946) American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur
In an interview by the Brazilian magazine Veja (1993). Spielberg adds that so far he has not permitted his young son to watch some of his well-known movies (Jaws, the Indiana Jones series) because of the amount of blood and violence shown.
Sukirti Kandpal (1987) Indian actress
On Bollywood and Television http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/interviews/television-today-isnt-just-bread-and-butter-also-wine-and-cheese-sukirti-kandpal/
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2017, Farewell to Staff Members (January 2017)
Madeleine K. Albright (1937–2022) Former U.S. Secretary of State
Comment on Stahl interview in Madam Secretary (2003), pp. 274-275
2000s
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
"I'm the Slime"
Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2015, Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney (June 2015)
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
"The Distracted Public" (1990), pp. 159-160
It All Adds Up (1994)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2010, State Of The Union (January 2010)
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
"Facts That Put Fancy to Flight" (1962), p. 67
It All Adds Up (1994)
Conor McGregor (1988) Irish mixed martial artist and boxer
"UFC 197 press conference" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xAdA3uVeY (January 2016), Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC <br class="br">2010s, 2016
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
"Trouble Every Day"
Freak Out! (1966)
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Context: It's important to remember that the relationship between different media tends to be complementary. When new media arrive they don't necessarily replace or eradicate previous types. Though we should perhaps observe a half second silence for the eight-track. — There that's done. What usually happens is that older media have to shuffle about a bit to make space for the new one and its particular advantages. Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies — what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American writer
Cold Turkey (2004)
Context: I have to say this in defense of humankind: No matter in what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got there. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were already all these crazy games going on, which could make you act crazy, even if you weren’t crazy to begin with. Some of the games that were already going on when you got here were love and hate, liberalism and conservatism, automobiles and credit cards, golf and girls’ basketball.
Even crazier than golf, though, is modern American politics, where, 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.
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. ”
Дэн Кеннеди (1982) American soccer player
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Comments at an Obama Foundation event, Chicago (29 October 2019), as quoted in "Obama Calls Out Online Call-Out Culture: 'That’s Not Activism"", Rolling Stone (30 October 2019) https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/obama-calls-out-call-out-culture-not-activism-905600/ <br class="br">2019
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"Working Class Hero"
Lyrics, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
During the Bed-In for Peace in Montreal, Canada (1 June 1969)
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
Source: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Matsuri Hino Japanese manga artist
Source: Vampire Knight, Vol. 1
Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding
“Creepy as hell. You ever see that TV movie about the clown in the sewer?”
Stephen King book Mr. Mercedes
Source: Mr. Mercedes
“wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.”
John Irving (1942) American novelist and screenwriter
“I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.”
Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
“In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Chuck Palahniuk (1962) American novelist, essayist
Interview with the San Francisco Bay Guardian (2002-10-30)
“TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.”
Bill McKibben (1960) American environmentalist and writer
Source: The Age of Missing Information
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
“there's a reason regular people don't appear on TV: we're boring.”
David Sedaris book Me Talk Pretty One Day
Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day
“Watching TV Mum said, 'Do you miss your dad?' and I said, 'Who?”
Louise Rennison book Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Source: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Gary Webb (1955–2004) American investigative journalist
Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press.
Darby Conley (1970) American cartoonist
Strip October 13, 2004
Daily strip circa 2000
Bucky Katt, Dialogue
Ben Croshaw (1983) English video game journalist
http://www.geek.com/interview-zero-punctuations-yahtzee/
Other Articles
Tina Fey (1970) American comedian, writer, producer and actress
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/01supdate.phtml
“We don't watch TV up there, we watch UFOs.”
James Gilliland (1952) American academic and author
James describing his Sattva Sanctuary.
Pat Condell (1949) Stand-up comedian, writer, and Internet personality
"In Jesus' name" (25 April 2007) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qZO2u-jDNpQ <br class="br">2007