Reading and/or Television Related Quotes

“I hate television.  I hate it as much as peanuts.  But I can’t stop eating peanuts.” – Orson Welles

“A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain

“I find television to be very educating.  Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx

“If you read a lot of books you’re considered well read.  But if you watch a lot of TV you aren’t considered well viewed.” – Lily Tomlin

“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.” – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

“Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere.  If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing.” – E.B. White

“Television is chewing gum for the eyes.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

“I’m always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence.” – Alice Walker