Jessica Williams Quotes

When I watch TV, I'm embarrassed by some of what's on.

How can we have critical thinking without being able to quote and being able to compare what happened in the past? Television is dreadfully unrecorded and unquotable.

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.

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

I don't like everybody who I see on TV.

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

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.

I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.

As women, and as people, we're often forced to choose between pop culture and tearing down celebrities or a show about politics.

By giving students the proper tools to analyze the media they consume, we can empower them to make informed decisions.

It is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.

I don't regard television as the outside world. I regard it as an artefact.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

If a Martian came down to Earth and watched television, he'd come to conclusion that all the world's society is based on Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. He'd be amazed that our society hasn't collapsed.

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.

Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.

I think the problem with visual media like TV is that they're reductive.

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

Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.

TV and film has defined my entire life.

Television is a young person's medium.