Quotes of: Live-tv Keyword

I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

By today’s standards, if you go by the early morning TV misery shows, my broken home family of mixed parentage siblings was quite normal.

Hailey's Story

TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.

JPod

These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television, but more subtly the written press, are quite spectacular powers of unreason and ignorance.

The Meaning of Sarkozy

Lost, so small amid that dark, hands grown cold, body image fading down corridors of television sky.

Neuromancer

The boy I used to know as Thomas Merker has been erased--replaced with a personality programmed by television and commercials to act a certain way.

Life is But a Dream

Faith, he had learned that night in front of the flickering television, was most glorious when it was most untouched by reason.

Looking For It

Hey, Geekoid!" yelled Duncan Dougal, "Why do you read so much? Don't you know how to watch TV?

My Teacher is an Alien

Sometimes I wonder what happened to great speeches, but then I turn on the TV and I’m in wonder at how good my candidate looks.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

The amount of educational programming on television today is simply desensitizing. The only reason left to go to school is to see gun violence.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

I’m a charitable guy. I donate my free time to watching TV—and I do it benevolently, without being compensated by advertisers.


Sleepwalking is restercise

Your muse ain't singin' on your MTV? Can't even see him on your HD TV?

Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets

In Place of Fear

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

To attract a lover, you need to craft the perfect Craigslist ad. Here’s mine: Free TV with purchase of potato chips and couch.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

A window—it’s more entertaining than TV. Just ask a cat looking out, or a man looking in on a life he desires.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

My grandpa never read the newspaper. Not because he was particularly optimistic, but because he was illiterate. He taught me to read by watching TV.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I think someone should invent an edible remote control, to go along with TV dinners.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.

Think a Second Time

The sky above the island was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel—which is to say it was a bright, cheery blue.

WWW: Wake

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It's a gift.

Anthony Bourdain