Stephen Fry Quotes

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

The average teen today spends about 35 hours a week in front of a screen of some kind: iPod, movie, TV, video. And a lot of it is good, but a lot of it's not. And so I think you've got that five hours a day of media coming into your kid's head that's creating a lot of havoc out there.

Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things.

If you're an adult who takes 'Made in Chelsea' seriously, I suggest you take a look at yourself.

My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids.

I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.

People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.

Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch.

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

TV is not a baby sitter.

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.

I don't watch television. I know better than that.

I have a 6-year-old daughter, and we never look through magazines. But when we're on a plane, that's the one time we have screen-time and magazine-time sometimes. And I do not open a magazine with her without saying: 'Now remind me, are these real pictures?'

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.

It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents.

Reality shows help us create a balance between our real and reel side.

I am going to spend more time face-to-face with my friends and family. I am going to unplug more.

Please watch a little less television. Maybe post a few less comments about the lunch you had today.

It’s not whether children learn from television, it’s what children learn from television... because everything that children see on television is teaching them something.

People who come through television, if they don't get distracted, they learn how to shoot fast. They don't get shocked. And if they know how to adjust to that and they think outside the box, then they'll be fine.

I think there's enough TV that makes people feel dumb out there.

That's what I did growing up. Other than being on the computer, I was watching TV and movies. I make no apologies.

I, for one, believe TV is something you can do without - it colours the way you look at things and people. It's not the best exposure for children, growing up.