“Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something coming down the line like in the music industry.” WayMadeBigsSidesLinesTechnologyAudienceChangedIndustryInternetSpreadBig ThingsThings ChangeMusic IndustryPiracy Author:Richard D. Zanuck
“New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies. They've done so in three ways: by dramatically boosting the access of individuals and special interests to politically potent information, by making it easier for such people to coordinate their activities and exert political power, and by greatly increasing the pace of events within our political systems.” PeopleWayDonePoliticalThreePoliticsIndividualInterestTechnologyDemocracyModernSpecialEventsInformationChangedInternetEasierActivityCompetitionIncludingPhonesAccessLandscapePaceEmailBlastPolitical SystemsPhone CallsInformation TechnologyPolitical PowerSpecial InterestsCoordinatesNew InformationThree WaysFax Author:Thomas Homer-Dixon
“I think middle America has changed very, very much. I think people are way more open-minded. I think - I think it's because the Internet. I think they're exposed to so much. All the men talked about how much they love their wife, which I don't hear all the time in art communities.” PeopleThinkingMenWayArtAmericaCommunityWifeMiddleChangedHe ManInternetExposedOpen MindedMiddle America Author:John Waters
“Social media and the Internet haven't changed our capacity for social interaction any more than the Internet has changed our ability to be in love or our basic propensity to violence, because those are such fundamental human attributes.” HumansSocialAbilityViolenceMediaHavensChangedInternetCapacityFundamentalsSocial MediaAttributesInteractionPropensitySocial Interaction Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“I don't worry about anything in the Internet age. I have been online since I was aware of it: 1985 in San Francisco. It has changed everything in my life. I would not want to even be alive in an era that did not have it because it is essential to our evolution as a species.” WantHas BeensAgeWorryAliveChangedEvolutionInternetEssentialsSpeciesErasOnlineSan Francisco Author:Augusten Burroughs
“Communication has changed so rapidly in the last 20 years, it's almost impossible to predict what might occur even in the next decade. E-mail, which now sends data hurtling across vast distances at the speed of light, has replaced primitive forms of communication such as smoke signals, which sent data hurtling across vast distances at the speed of light.” YearsLightMightLastsFormNextImpossibleChangedCommunicationInternetDistanceSpeedDecadesSmokeDataMailFree SpeechPrimitiveReplacedSignalsSpeed Of LightSmoke Signals Author:Steve Martin
“The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chefs kind of gather information and look for inspiration. To me, a food trend is potentially a lot of people following an idea.” PeopleWayLooksKindIdeasInspirationInformationChangedInternetResourcesFollowingAvailableTrendsPopularityChef Author:Grant Achatz
“The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It's a completely different way to get entertainment.” PeopleWayDifferentChangedInternetEntertainmentDifferent WaysOnline Author:Bette Midler
“I'm extremely happy about music altogether, and the history that I've made. How I changed the world, music-wise, music over the internet and stuff like that.” WorldMadeStuffWiseChangedInternetWorld MusicExtremely Happy Author:Lil B
“I'm very interested in the way the Internet has changed teenage life. Obviously it's very different from when I grew up, when there weren't even answering machines, much less computers. I was telling my children this the other day, and the little one said, "Did you have electricity, Mom?" and I was like okay, enough, kid.” WayChildrenLittlesSaidDifferentEnoughKidsChangedGrewMomInternetComputerGrew UpOkayMachinesMy ChildrenElectricityTeenageAnswering MachinesTeenage Life Author:Jennifer Egan
“Technology and the internet have changed the world of publishing forever.” WorldTechnologyForeverChangedInternetPublishing Author:Mary Kay Andrews
“As an early adopter of the internet, I've changed as the internet has changed, and I regret a lot of the things that I used to believe or used to do.” BelieveUsedChangedRegretInternetI RegretI've Changed Author:Arthur Chu
“Both cinematic culture and the culture at large have changed profoundly. We're now in post-cinematic digital culture, and the internet has obviously usurped movies, which are no longer central to our lives, at least not as a collective spectator experience.” CultureOur LivesChangedInternetPostsCollectivesDigitalSpectatorsCinematic Author:Masha Tupitsyn
“The washing machine changed the world more than the Internet.” WorldChangedInternetMachinesWashingWashing Machines Author:Ha-Joon Chang
“And to be fair, most documentaries are half an hour too long, anyway. Let's not kid ourselves. Most movies are an hour too long. I will say that the internet has changed everything in terms of distribution and because of iTunes and other outlets like that, length is no longer something you really think about, in my opinion. It's irrelevant.” ThinkingLongKidsTermHoursHalfOpinionChangedInternetFairsLengthDocumentariesIrrelevantDistributionOutletsItunes Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“My older brother always tells me I changed as a person when I saw 'Ace Ventura.' Because when I saw 'Ace Ventura', I became obsessed. I watched the movie as many times as I had to - back then, you couldn't go on the Internet and find the script - so I watched it as many times as I could to write my own script of 'Ace Ventura.'” WritingPersonsMy OwnSawsChangedBrotherGoes OnInternetScriptsObsessedOlder BrotherAces Author:Eliza Coupe
“John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it's a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn't exist in movies today. It's left on the floor.” YearsLittlesMadeWholeKidsTodaySchoolCertainCultureFoundLeftLanguageChangedTypeInternetHigh SchoolStaticTextingHashtagsHigh School Movie Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“Nothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a better way to do it -- get music for free. What's great about today is an artist has an opportunity to go direct to their audience without dealing with a middleman. People can go directly to the web for CDs, DVDs and downloads. I think that's the best thing that's happened, that people's music is being flashed around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayTodayArtistFoundOpportunityAudienceHappenedChangedInternetMusic IsDirectAlbumsAround The WorldBest ThingsFilesBetter WaysCdsDvdsDownloadsMiddlemenFile Sharing Author:Richie Havens
“The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music.” PeopleThinkingWayChangedInternetInnovationOverrated Author:Elvis Costello
“I think that blogging and the Internet has completely changed feminism for ever, I think.” ThinkingFeminismChangedInternetBlogging Author:Jessica Valenti
“As for the industry, it has certainly changed. I think with all of these television shows and YouTube and the internet, you have so much less time to develop as an artist and perfect your craft. So many things today are "instant" and, that's not always a good thing.” ThinkingShowsTodayArtistPerfectChangedTelevisionIndustryInternetGood ThingsCraftsInstantYoutubeTelevision Shows Author:Olivia Newton-John
“I am impressed when I go on the internet and see a lot of young people who've been influenced by the books, or I meet someone who tells me how it has changed their life. To me, that is much more real than sales figures.” PeopleBookRealYoungFiguresChangedGoes OnInternetImpressed Author:Robert Greene
“This is why the social networks are successful actually, because we are living in a society where people are frustrated with living their own life but in a quiet world so thats why with the internet they are creating a new world and that is why society has changed a lot in the space of 10 years.” PeopleWorldYearsSocialSpaceSuccessfulChangedInternetQuietCreatingNew WorldFrustratedSocial Network Author:Emmanuel Petit
“We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed, and the past is not coming back. But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.” WorldPastNextSocialBornHalfChangedInternetGlassesBobComing BackDylanNetworkingAvenuesMusic BusinessSocial NetworkingCrossroadsHalf Full Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“All in all, the internet is a force for good, providing young entrepreneurs with access to an incredible wealth of information, has changed the way we see the world and is also a great source of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities.” WorldWayYoungOpportunityForceWealthInformationChangedSourceInternetInnovationEntrepreneurIncrediblesAccessProvidingEntrepreneurialYoung Entrepreneurs Author:Richard Branson
“Internet has considerably changed the rules. Some artists do not try to become celebrities: the internet does the job for them and makes them, slowly, famous.... without them wishing to become celebrated.” TryingDoeJobsArtistWishChangedInternet Author:Richard Clayderman
“Technology and the Internet have created a new set of relationships. It's changed the social fabric of promotion: advertising, dating. Part of art world judgment, part of it, is based on people's statistics; their measure of financial value: of likes, of popularity. Data and technology are invading the traditional and classic set of criteria.” PeopleWorldArtValuesSocialTechnologyChangedInternetJudgmentDatingFinancialLikesTraditionalAdvertisingDataClassicStatisticsPopularityFabricPromotionCriteriaArt WorldInvading Author:Steve Miller
“It definitely changed the game. I happen to be in the game around [the time] when the internet kicked in.” HappensGamesChangedInternet Author:Young Jeezy
“The rules have changed as information and technology evolve, but it's essential that people stay in the streets, stay visible in their communities, on the news, on the Internet, and in this crucial public discussion. There are a million people just like you (or me), sharing the same doubts, fears, and insecurities that keep us from speaking out. Finding each other in our neighborhoods, online, in the streets - this is what keeps us from believing we're alone, from giving in to hopelessness.” PeopleGivingBelieveCommunityMillionsTechnologyDoubtStreetsInformationChangedLike YouInternetEssentialsFindingsNewsEvolveDiscussionVisibleInsecurityNeighborhoodOnlineCrucialHopelessnessGiving InSpeaking Out Author:Nate Powell
“The music business has changed so much. Collaborations are all over the Internet. The young people are keeping the old school alive. A lot of them run out of ideas so they grab these songs that we've had out for 50 years and bringing them back and making people rich again. That's a nice thing. A lot of artists don't have incomes after a certain time in their life because nobody's is buying the songs. This revival of their music has taken a lot of writers out of the poor house.” PeopleYearsIdeasRunningSchoolYoungArtistCertainSongHousePoorRichTakenNiceAliveChangedInternetIncomeBuyingCollaborationRevivalMusic BusinessNice ThingsOld School Author:Dutch Robinson
“Most people would say they live with an internal angst that they can't always put their finger on. This is because the Internet has changed our very way of being in this world, compelling us to be perpetually "on" - from our cars to our computers, our tablets to our smartphones, our desks to our living rooms or dining tables, our churches to our libraries to our schools.” PeopleWorldSchoolChurchCarChangedInternetComputerLibraryAngstLiving Room Author:Tricia Rhodes
“I think that blogging and the Internet has completely changed feminism for ever, I think. You know, it used to be, 10 years ago, if you wanted to have a strong, influential voice in the feminist movement, you really needed to be part of this New York/D.C. elite group of feminists, or part of a mainstream feminist organization. And now it's kind of an amazing thing that you can just start a blog and put your voice out there and build your readership.” ThinkingKindStrongFeminismChangedInternetFeministInfluentialFeminist Movement Author:Jessica Valenti
“The film business has changed and society has changed. I started acting before the internet, which is insane to say. That makes me sound so old! You evolve, and the kind of career I thought I wanted, even six or seven years ago, was completely different from the career I have now, and I couldn't be happier about it. It's been a crazy trip.” KindDifferentFilmActingCrazyChangedInternetSevenInsaneEvolve Author:James Van Der Beek
“Me and my bandmates grew up with the internet music scene. So we're well versed in how to interact with the online fan base. Obviously MySpace several years back was the main mode of transportation. I found out about so many great bands through the Myspace band of the week feature, it was my goal to be on there. But it's changed a lot. We have a couple social media people helping us out, but for the most part we always oversee our Twitter. We look at a lot of our Facebook stuff. We try and keep in touch with as many people as possible.” PeopleTryingHelpingGoalWeekChangedCoupleInternetSceneSocial MediaOnlineTransportation Author:Sameer Gadhia
“Historians will look back on this era and how the Internet changed what we value, what we consider art, the way we think, the way we define what it means to be human. In Sincerity and Authenticity, Lionel Trilling describes the changes that occurred between about 1850 and 1920, due to the Industrial Revolution and the resulting migration of people from small communities to relative anonymity in cities. Because of that paradigm shift, ideas about what it means to be an individual underwent a transformation that leeched into all areas. Art, psychology, history, marriage, gender.” PeopleThinkingMeanArtValuesIndividualCommunityPsychologyChangedRevolutionInternetTransformationGenderAuthenticityHistorianSincerityRelativeParadigmAnonymityIndustrial RevolutionParadigm Shift Author:Debra Monroe