“There are huge creative advantages in having huge chunks of time when no one can find you. Emails and phones have diluted the experience of travel.” CreativeHugeAdvantagePhonesEmailChunks Author:Pete McCarthy
“To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and the interest and everything else you can't see in an email.” ThinkingLittlesBitsSoundVoiceInterestLittle BitTelephonesEmailFrustrating Author:T. Boone Pickens
“People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked during his first term is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people relate to him.” PeopleWayFeelsFirstsSometimesMomentsHandsFeltTermEventsCampaignsRelateEmailGrasping Author:James Spader
“I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.” ThinkingMeanUseTogetherCommunityAbilityWorryBuildingCommunicationLosingEmailExclusiveLiving TogetherInterpersonalInterpersonal Communication Author:Vincent Nichols
“I literally have over a thousand emails in my inbox that need to be returned. I'm sure all of my friends and certain family members are like, 'Oh, look who got nominated for an Emmy and doesn't want to write me an email back!' I need a good few hours to just sit and get on the phone.” WantNeedsWritingLooksCertainHoursThousandMembersMy FriendsPhonesEmailFamily MembersEmmysInbox Author:Max Greenfield
“Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.” IfsKnowsHelpingMy FamilyHelp MeEmailExtended Family Author:Mark Batterson
“I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important information through other websites. I also use it for creating MP3 files of new music I'm working on.” WellsImportantUseMy OwnInformationFindingsComputerCreatingCurrentsStayingEmailFilesWebsiteNew MusicMp3 Author:Clint Black
“Every case involving cybercrime that I've been involved in, I've never found a master criminal sitting somewhere in Russia or Hong Kong or Beijing. It always ends up that somebody at the company did something they weren't supposed to do. They read an email, went to a website they weren't supposed to.” EndsFoundCompanyCasesMastersInvolvedSittingCriminalsRussiaEmailWebsiteInvolvingHong KongBeijingCybercrime Author:Frank Abagnale
“Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.” PeopleMayRealShowsActorsPhonesTheatreSpotsEmailMobileMenaceReal MenTextingOutragedMobile Phones Author:Simon Callow
“I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?” WritingSeriousKeysPhonesManageEmailIphone Author:Ava DuVernay
“Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.” PeopleKnowsOpportunitySocialMediaPhonesSocial MediaEmailPhone Calls Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“My website, my email magazine, my blog, my books, my corporate seminars, and my public seminars all create the ability for social media to work and all build reputation and ranking.” BookSocialAbilityMediaSocial MediaReputationMagazinesCorporateEmailBlogsWebsiteRankingSeminars Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.” HeardListenersEmailGreat Gifts Author:Ellen Bass
“The population of earth has reached 7 billion people, every single one of whom send you irritating emails to join something called "LinkedIn."” PeopleEarthFunnyTechnologyPopulationBillionsEmailIrritatingLinkedin Author:Dave Barry
“In the old days, we painstakingly copied our emails onto paper, put a stamp on them and mailed them to arrive 4 to 5 days later. We also churned our own butter and used our phones for talking.” FunnyUsedTalkingTechnologyPaperPhonesEmailStampsOld Days Author:Peter Sagal
“To use a word I never thought I'd apply to myself, I've sort of become a Luddite with regard to information. Where everyone else is getting their Twitter feeds from 'The New York Times' and their 'Huffington Post' emails, I live in a little bit of a bubble.” LittlesUseBitsInformationNew YorkLittle BitRegardPostsBubblesEmailNew York Times Author:Mark Feuerstein
“I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.” ChildrenKidsGuyStuffComputerVery GoodDrivenChecksFarmsDucksToysEmailHuntsSpoiledOnly ChildMarioNew ToysYoungest Child Author:Garrett Hedlund
“I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.” PeopleLongStuffLinesWonderfulCarMonthsLateLettersJazzVehiclePollutionEmailBillboardsOpen RoadPower Lines Author:Garrett Hedlund
“I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources.” IfsBookAbleLiteratureSourceInternetPracticalsLocalsEmailBookshopsLifelinesPractical Things Author:Marilyn Hacker
“I've learned I'm rarely able to stay at home and not work. If I try to 'just sit on my couch for a little while,' I am going to grab my laptop and just knock out a few more emails, or start sketching up some product ideas for TheMuse.com. So when I want time off, I schedule dinners out, movie outings, and on occasion a flight lesson from Groupon.” IfsWantTryingLittlesIdeasHomeAbleProductsLessonsDinnerFlightOccasionsI've LearnedSchedulesEmailCouchesLaptopsTime OffStay At HomeSketching Author:Kathryn Minshew