“I think what I've actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I've not done so bad.” PeopleThinkingDoeSometimesDoneBitsSidesForgetMediaManagersOverlooked Author:Gordon Strachan
“We see buildings in Britain mostly as freestanding objects. They are not meant to have a dialogue with anything around them, or with history, or with ideas of any kind beyond the self-referential. What we call 'regeneration' is largely an excuse for building for maximum profit with a bit of sculptural design thrown in to catch the eye of the media.” KindIdeasSelfEyeBitsMediaDesignObjectsBuildingProfitExcuseDialogueBritainThrownMaximumRegeneration Author:David Chipperfield
“The fear of missing out means that today’s media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.” PeopleMeanTodayBitsMediaMissingDareReputationBeastPacksHuntsMissing Out Author:Tony Blair
“I don't really agree that most academics frown when they hear Wikipedia. Most academics I find quite passionate about the concept of Wikipedia and like it quite a bit. The number of academics who really really don't like Wikipedia is really quite small and we find that they get reported on in the media far out of proportion to the amount they actually exist.” BitsNumbersMediaAmountConceptsAgreePassionateProportionWikipedia Author:Jimmy Wales
“Those who are saying it's possible [to balance family and business] are often in a little bit of a rarefied place where they also have the money to do that. It's not quite such an easy stance to take when you don't have the same resources. I like to remind people that these are rich Manhattanites and to keep an eye on the fact that, especially with social media and these articles and these blogs, that that is not the reality for most women, unfortunately.” PeopleLittlesFactsRealityEyeSocialEasyBitsRichMediaBalanceLittle BitResourcesSocial MediaArticlesBlogsStance Author:Mindy Kaling
“I do media every day I tour and the travel itself is a bit testing, so I don't get to do much gregarious activity when I'm on the road, but I do enough barbequing and enough hanging out and training with enough law enforcement and military to keep me bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and to make sure my guitar solos every night breath fire.” EnoughLawNightBitsFireMediaMilitaryActivityTrainingBreathsGuitarHanging OutEvery NightSoloLaw EnforcementEnforcementTestingGregariousGuitar Solos Author:Ted Nugent
“Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was thinking of a career, unless you lived in New York, so there wasn't as much pressure to present a respectable exterior. And secondly, there was no social media. So if you were found face down on the floor - people did do that quite a bit; usually men, but not always - or fell through plate glass windows or got into scrapes, it became a rumor, and rumors are hard to pin down.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWritingHardReasonFacesFoundSocialBitsCareersMediaNew YorkCoupleWindowPressureGlassesSocial MediaPlatesRumorPinsRespectableOnce Upon A TimeExterior Author:Margaret Atwood
“In the past, I've been reluctant to share any bits of truth about myself or to really let people in on my reality. So I have said some things to throw people off the scent of what's really going on in my life. So I have sort of aided the media in printing these misconceptions, which I regret.” PeopleSaidRealityPastBitsShareMediaRegretScentPrintingReluctantMisconceptionI Regret Author:Megan Fox
“Technology has already opened the door a bit wider for filmmakers, with smaller digital cameras making production less cumbersome. Social media is allowing self-distribution, and girl groups like Spark Summit are leading the way in calling for fewer Photoshop image alterations of girls in print media.” WaySelfGirlSocialBitsTechnologyDoorsGroupsMediaCallingCamerasProductionsSocial MediaFilmmakerDigitalPrintAllowingSparksFewerDistributionSummitAlterationsPhotoshopDigital CamerasLeading The WayGirl GroupsPrint Media Author:Sharon Lawrence
“Feeding the media is like training a dog. You can't throw an entire steak at a dog to train it to sit. You have to give it little bits of steak over and over again until it learns.” GivingLittlesBitsMediaDogLittle BitTrainingTrainFeedingSteak Book:Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World Source: Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World
“The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.” GivingFilmBitsChanceMediaSeasonsIndependentPressesAwardsLongevityIndependent Film Author:Danny Boyle
“In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little bit of extra politeness.” PeopleLittlesEndsProblemUniverseBitsMediaLittle BitExtrasNo ProblemPoliteness Author:Gwen Ifill
“Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesImportantUseProblemMightBitsToo MuchMediaLittle BitAskingConservativeOilDryAlsMainstreamBiasAl QaedaMainstream MediaHummus Author:Al Franken
“The biggest journalistic game-changer of our time has been the rise of social media and the overgrowth of faux news sources - league- and team-sponsored blogs, player tweets, fanboy sites, rumor mills - churning bits of information and speculation into a clattering fog storm. Who will cut through the drivel and whim-wham to tell us what's really going on?” Has BeensGamesSocialBitsCuttingPlayerTeamMediaInformationSourceNewsSocial MediaStormLeagueOur TimeSiteFogSpeculationRumorBlogsTweetWhimMillsJournalisticFauxChurningDrivelGame Changers Author:Robert Lipsyte
“With technology expanding at this ridiculous pace, bit by bit we're losing our humanity and our ability to connect with each other without having electronic media in the middle.” HumanityBitsAbilityTechnologyMiddleMediaLosingRidiculousPaceExpandingElectronic Media Author:Walter Trout
“McLeod's Daughters was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera. I learned a lot of technical aspects that you take for granted once you know them, but you have to learn them somewhere, along the way. It was a bit of a training ground for me, working in front of the camera and also dealing with media.” KnowsWayFirstsSchoolJobsBitsTermRolesMediaFrontsDramaTrainingDaughterAspectCamerasGranted Author:Dustin Clare
“Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate.” WayLittlesStillsSocialBitsSimpleFansMediaLittle BitPagesCommunicateSocial MediaPlatforms Author:Mark Cuban
“I think we have tremendous media covering the sport of boxing, even if boxing is a little bit lost in popularity with MMA sports. And I think that with the show 'Lights Out' it's going to get more attention to the sport, and it's going to put more attention to the problems that athletes in general have.” IfsThinkingLittlesShowsProblemLightLostBitsSportsAttentionMediaLittle BitAthleteBoxingMmaPopularityCovering Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“The general assumption, which I think is a valid one, is that a lot of the major media were on their heels a little bit and prone to share the grief of the nation and to give Bush all the support it could.” ThinkingGivingLittlesNationsBitsGriefSupportShareMediaMajorsLittle BitAssumptionHeels Author:Seymour Hersh
“People automatically assume and expect that every moment and every bit of personal data should be broadcasted on social media, especially as it relates to them - and thats just not cuttin' it for me. If you can make it through the age of social media and come out with the same friends and lover, kudos!” PeopleIfsShouldMomentsAgeSocialBitsMediaLoversAssumingSocial MediaDataRelateLovers And Friends Author:Aeriel Miranda
“I'm very open in terms of sharing bits about my life, but I think it's very easy to get a distorted sense of who anyone is through social media.” ThinkingSocialEasyBitsTermMediaSocial MediaEasy To Get Author:Emily Giffin
“Videoing, lifting it, prodding it, and five minutes later they might even eat it! That first approach to the naked eye is crucial, so when you see pictures coming through on your social media, it does push you to be a little more creative and raise the bar a little bit higher.” FirstsLittlesDoeMightEyeSocialBitsCreativeFiveMinutesMediaHigherApproachLittle BitRaisesSocial MediaBarsNakedCrucialFive MinutesLiftingRaising The BarNaked Eyes Author:Gordon Ramsay
“I certainly think one of the really amazing things about Mr. Trump's victory is there's been an immediate - what one of my friends calls a jump-to-the-Trump in Australia. So you've got politicians of all sides looking at this amazing result in America and thinking, I'd like a bit of that. Can I have a bit of that? And so the opposition leader has been talking about immigrants stealing people's jobs. The prime minister has started talking about media elites in exactly the same terms as President-elect Trump.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensJobsAmericaBitsSidesPresidentTermResultsTalkingLeaderMediaTrumpVictoryPoliticianLaughterMy FriendsStealingMinistersOppositionAustraliaImmigrantsPrimeElitesPrime MinisterAmazing ThingsReally Amazing Author:Richard Glover
“You may have noticed over the years that the UN became a bit more media-friendly, a bit more open to the media than in the past.” YearsMayPastBitsMediaFriendly Author:Kofi Annan
“Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.” IfsLittlesHas BeensBitsOpinionHappenedOne ThingMediaEasierLittle BitClaimsObviousAccessWhat IfMainstreamTechnologicalProliferationPartisanshipMainstream MediaTechnological Change Author:William Kristol