Television Shows Quotes

“There are simply too many stories, too many characters whose experience is presented in THE WIRE, for the focus on the individual to assert itself, as would be required by conventional representations of tragedy.”
― Tiffany Potter, The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television

“Yet, despite the snappy repartee and often-witty scripts, West Wing was a remarkably silly program. Has there ever been a group of real White House staffers as admirable and lovable as the West Wing ensemble, that selfless, high-minded, public-spirited, fundamentally decent pack of . . . political operators? Sorkin’s White House existed in a Bizarro World where the Oval Office is apparently devoid of office politics. Fans of the show never saw the sort of infighting, backstabbing, and jockeying for position that appear in real-world accounts of White House life, like George Reedy’s Twilight of the Presidency and John Dean’s Blind Ambition.”
― Gene Healy, The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power

“Life is to cruel. If we cease to believe in love, then why would we want to live?”
― Katerina Petrova

“If you can live on this planet and not be emotionally disturbed, then you're not a real human being.”
― Law & Order: SVU

“Real life is not like what you see on TV.”
― Bryant A. Loney, Sea Breeze Academy

“Gwizdo took out some gold coins from a purse which he held out in his hand, then handed them to Zoria.
"Yes, well, it's fine being yourself, but being yourself and poor is no fun. So, here is your share."
Hector and Lian-Chu exchanged a stunned look. It's not every day Gwizdo had this kind of generosity!
"But Gwizdo", protested the young girl, "I already told you that I was leaving everything to you."
"No", corrected Gwizdo, "It wasn't you who told us that, it was the big guy with the enormous moustache.”
― Philippe Randol, Chasseurs de Dragons, Tome 8 : Le retour de Zoria

“J.J. [Abrams] and I had dinner soon after he decided to take on the project. We'd known each other from back in the ABC days - he'd made Alias and Lost for us, among other things -”
― Bob Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership