119 Movie Quotes about Television (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Mar 15, 2026

Memorable quotes about television, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her over the TV set.

William Holden as Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

22 Why me? -Because you're on television, dummy.

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976)

23 Oh, right, right. The TV just happened to turn on, and the remote magically ended up in front of you!

Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody in Toy Story 2

24 Kids today. So desensitized by movies and television.

Jim Carrey as The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

25 Uh Ahem. Hey, everybody. You don't know me, but I'm on TV, so you can trust me.

Elizabeth Banks as Lucy Wyldstyle in The Lego Movie (2014)

26 American life has enfeebled his mind. Too much television.

Christopher Lambert as Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995)

27 It's Christmas in heaven. There's great films on The Sound of Music twice an hour, and Jaws I, II and III.

Graham Chapman in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

28 The TV set itself is the marijuana.

Stacy Keach as Sgt. Stedenko in Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke

29 Sir, shall we change the channel to a program with some dignity and class?

Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne in Batman Returns (1992)

30 Yes, I have, of course, have seen you on the television. Quite enjoy.

Bill Murray as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters II