50 Best Screen Time Quotes: Inspiring Words for Digital Wellness & Balance

 
In today's digital age, we spend hours upon hours every day in front of mobile, computer, and TV screens. It is important to know what famous people in the world have said about this screen time. For these, we have collected 50 best screen time quotes, inspiring words for digital wellness. These quotes will teach us how to maintain a healthy relationship with technology. 
Special Note: These quotes have been collected from various sources and are used for educational purposes. The name of the person who said it is mentioned with each quote. 

Digital Detox and Mental Health 

1. "I have been staring at the shiny screen of the computer for too long. Let's spend more time doing something in the real world... plant a tree, walk the dog, read a real book, go to the opera." - Edward Tufte 
2. "Stay away from screens, especially LED screens." - Matthew Walker 
3. "Every day phone users, be careful how much you are consuming, because it can quickly become unhealthy." - Logan Paul 
4. "Television is not for watching, but for showing." - Noël Coward 
5. "Television has proven that people will look at anything but each other." - Ann Landers 

Technology and the Value of Time 

1. "How we spend our time proves what we value most: TV, the Internet, or the Word of God?" - Randy Alcorn 
2. "Excessive TV viewing can triple our cravings for more stuff, while our personal satisfaction drops by about 5 percent for an hour of viewing per day." - David Niven 
3. "The role of television is the illusion of association, the sound. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion." - Mumia Abu-Jamal 
4. "The screen is a window through which a virtual world is seen. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real." - Evan Sutherland 
5. "On television, images are projected at you. You are the screen. The images surround you. You are the vanishing point." - Marshall McLuhan

 

Motivational Screen Time Quotes for Digital Balance

Real life vs. virtual life 

• "Looking for happiness in the body, mind, or world is like looking for a screen in a movie. The screen is not in the movie, but at the same time, everything in the movie is a screen." - Rupert Spyra
• "Our laws were not designed to have three or four thousand refugees coming in every day. Our laws were designed to screen people in foreign countries, carefully list them, and bring them in a few at a time." - Jimmy Carter
• "When I watch an old movie, like one from the '40s, '50s, or '60s, people look very calm. They don't have smartphones, they're not staring at computer screens, they're taking their time." - Rudy Rucker
• "Technology has given us the great advantage of being able to create dinosaurs and show them on screen, even though they went extinct 65 million years ago. Suddenly, we have a wonderful tool that's as good as a dream." - Werner Herzog
• "I don't enjoy sitting around with makeup on for so long, and that's why I decided to go for a natural look. Not just me, I think everyone would love to look like that on screen if given the choice." - Katrina Kaif

 Children's Screen Time and Education

•  "You have to be aware of your children's screen time. More than two hours a day can cause problems." - Digital Health Expert
•  "Technology has made our lives easier, but we have to maintain a balance." - Modern Lifestyle Researcher
•  "The biggest revolution in education will happen when we can flash any image we have in our minds onto a screen and make it visible anywhere we want." - Nikola Tesla
•  "Researchers wisely suggest that instead of worrying too much about what our children are watching, we should try to reduce the amount of time they spend in front of the screen." - Hugh Mackay
•  "Living in the city, there's a lot to filter out. I was away from New York for a long time after college." - Lynn Tillman

Inspiring Quotes About Reducing Screen Time

 Creativity & Entertainment

1.  "In the world of acting, the impact can be big even if you have less screen time." - Hollywood actress
2.  "Backstory is essential to bring a character to life in a short amount of time." - Jean Moreau
3.  "When I animate together, it's the ultimate freedom in filmmaking because you can literally put whatever you can imagine on screen." - Don Hertzfeld
4.  "Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time." - Wentworth Miller
5.  "I apologized to Peter Dinklage [Dance's on-screen son, Tyrion Lannister] a lot [between takes] because I was being mean to him." - Charles Dance

 Technological Advances & the Future

1.  "What's happened with computer technology has perfectly matched my skills. I tell stories with images. What I love about CGI is that if I can think of it, it can be put on screen." - Frank Miller
2.  "It would be great if I had a projector inside my eye and it could just put the idea on a screen for people to see." - Marjane Satrapi
3.  "The most exciting time is when I think of an idea and how I can make it happen." - Marjane Satrapi
4.  "I've been a long-time movie buff. I learned a long time ago that you can't literally translate a book to the screen." - Andrew Stanton
5.  "A whole new continent can rise from the ocean in the time it takes for a web page to appear on your screen. Contrary to what you may have heard, the internet doesn't travel at the speed of light." - Dave Barry

 Mental Health and Social Impact

 31. “About 8-year-olds from today are really good at text messaging and using that sort of skill, spend an immense amount of time onscreen, but they’ve never gone bowling together — what does a society look like?” - Clifford Stoll
 32. "On American Television, Laughter Replaces the Chorus of Greek Tragedy." In other countries, the audience is allowed to laugh.” - Jean Baudrillard
 33, “When any director animates a character, there’s a certain amount of magic and mask to it.” - Edith Head
 34. “Costume design is a hard job … ” - Costume Designer
 35. “I’ve worked in advertising for a very long time.” - Advertising Artist

 Reality and the Virtual World

 36. What would the point be of going to a movie if you can’t believe what’s on the screen? - Serge Dané
 37. “There are more television sets used on Monday night than on Sunday afternoon.” - Pete Rosell
 38. “Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.” - Daryl F. Zanuck
 39. “Netflix-branded TV shows are really all about binge watching. The possibility of getting addicted and binge-watching episodes one right after the other.” - Reed Hastings
 40. “I’ll be here in my house with three big screens. I’ll watch three games at the same time, and when they’re finished, I’ll watch three more.” - Hayden Fry

 Life balance

 41. “So many times, I see that with movies, the more serious what’s on screen is, the funnier it is off-screen. - Joel Edgerton
 42. Because I’m onscreen so much when I write, you don’t want to be staring at a screen of the internet. - Irvine Welsh
 43. “It never was about getting to be a big star or finding that breakout role. If you’re in the lead, you have a lot more screen time.” - Famke Janssen
 44. “We’ll watch the movie every couple of years, and it’s special to us like a home movie, watching the farm on film.” - Jeff Bridges
 45. "During trials in life, one has to be strong mentally. - Television Personality

 Modern Lifestyle & Technology

 46. “There’s a generation that can show up in front of the public. “It’s not that they don’t want to read deep content, but they have a sense of wanting to sample what the contents are before committing. - Nick D'Aloisio
 47. “Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time.” - Roger Ebert
 48.“It was so great that I did ‘Speed Racer’ before I did ‘Into the Wild,’ because with Speed Racer, it’s all indoors every day of every scene, in front of greenery.” - Emile Hirsch
 49.“Everyone should really consider how much time they’re spending on a screen. Instead, try to strike the right balance for your children.” - Hugh Mackay
 50. “In the future, we will design technology to be more humane. It will be how our kids know to have a good relationship with technology.” - Jordan Shapiro

Conclusion

We can only extrapolate from those 50 quotes that technology has the potential to bring richness into our lives, but it depends on how we use it. We can lead happy and healthy digital lives by screen-time budgeting, as well as creating a balance between life online and off.
 You do remember that technology is supposed to make our lives easier… we’re not supposed to serve the technology. So make sure you unplug from the screen every now and then to soak in the beauty of the real world, spend time with loved ones face-to-face, and look after your mental health.
 All quotes in this article are provided for informational and educational purposes.