“Media is very different from financial services. People are very fickle and very vocal. They believe that things should be one way and not the other. It's still very rewarding to build products for huge audiences. It feels like you're making an impact.” PeopleWayFeelsShouldBelieveStillsDifferentAudienceMediaProductsHugeLike YouImpactFinancialOne WayVocalFickleFinancial Services Author:Max Levchin
“With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.” ThinkingImportantTodayCultureSocialMediaHugeInternetSmartSocial MediaStayingOnline Author:G. Hannelius
“[The Internet] is by far the most important innovation in the media in my lifetime. It's like having a huge encyclopedia permanently available. There's a tremendous amount of rubbish on the world wide web, but retrieval of what you want to so rapid that it doesn't really matter” WorldWantImportantMatterMediaHugeAmountInternetInnovationLifetimeAvailableWideWhat You WantRapidsRubbishEncyclopediaWorld Wide Web Author:Richard Dawkins
“My particular thing is discovering what can be done with media and how it can be used. You can't draw people together like one big huge family, people don't want that. They want isolation or a tribal thing.” PeopleWantDoneBigsTogetherUsedMediaParticularHugeDrawsIsolationDiscovering Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview
“The news media reported the $250 million as an unthinkably huge waste of money and proclaimed that something was wrong with NASA. The result was an investigation and a congressional hearing. Not to defend failure, but $250 million is not much more than the cost to produce Kevin Costner's film flop Waterworld.” FilmResultsMillionsMediaProduceHugeCostWasteNewsHearingExplorationInvestigationSpace ExplorationNasaKevinNews Media Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We all know as we travel around this country or around the world that there are huge problems, and also people doing amazing things on the ground - but those people rarely get reported. Our media are so into conflict that they sometimes say to me, "Bring an 'anti' with you."” PeopleKnowsWorldCountrySometimesProblemMediaHugeConflictAround The WorldAmazing Things Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life, I really don't get recognized. I think people seem to find it very difficult to connect me to characters I've played.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindRealCharacterSeemsGuySocialDifficultMediaHugeSocial MediaReal Life Author:Freddie Stroma
“The biggest misconception may be about my birth country, Lithuania, due to the lack of knowledge about it, but also probably because some strong lobbies work against European construction. There is a huge difference between what I hear from the French media, for example, and what I know about this country and its people.” PeopleKnowsMayCountryStrongDifferencesMediaExampleHugeBirthDuesConstructionMisconceptionLack Of KnowledgeLithuania Author:Alante Kavaite
“I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge divide between the artist and the fan. And with indie culture that wall is removed. You actually do see the musicians walking around enjoying the show. It's a distinctly different culture and for the 99% of Nirvana fans that caught up with them with Nevermind, my book is gonna give them a whole different take on Kurt [Cobain] and the band.” ThinkingGivingBookDifferentWholeShowsArtistCultureEnjoyFansMediaHugeWallWalkingBandMusicianCaughtPopsOur SocietyDividesMainstreamCaught UpPop CultureDifferent CulturesMainstream MediaCobainNevermind Author:Bruce Pavitt
“The huge amount of love and support I've been receiving, whether it's in the fashion industry itself or on social media, truly warms my heart and motivates me to be a voice for all the women out there.” HeartSocialVoiceSupportMediaFashionHugeIndustryAmountMy HeartSocial MediaReceivingFashion Industry Author:Maria Borges
“A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big government, big publishing and big broadcasters ever saw eye-to-eye in putting the public's need for news second to their own interests. I approach the end of my own long run believing more strongly than ever that the quality of journalism and the quality of democracy are inextricably joined ... .” IfsNeedsBelieveLongEndsBigsGovernmentHappensEyeRunningNationsInterestMy OwnQualityDemocracySawsMediaHugeApproachNewsHappeningsTransformationProfoundJournalismGiantsPublishingLong RunsBig GovernmentBroadcastersFramers Author:Bill Moyers
“I think the main figure that matters to all of us, including people in the media, is: How does GDP per capita grow? And those figures have been very good. There is a huge flux both up and down, so it isn't like we're all static in status. What's important is that pie grows.” PeopleThinkingDoeHas BeensImportantMatterGrowsMediaFiguresHugeIncludingVery GoodPieUp And DownStaticWhat's ImportantFluxGdp Author:Charlie Munger
“In California, it's hard to buy all the media, no matter how much money you raise or spend, because it's such a huge state.” MatterHardStatesMediaHugeRaisesCalifornia Author:John McCain
“I think educating myself has been huge. I feel like the way it's presented in the media is that if you got to Brazil you're flipping a coin on your health. I don't think it has to be that way. If I were wanting to have a baby right after the Olympics I would take precautions, and then when the Olympics were over I would get tested to make sure I didn't have the virus in me, and then I'd go for it.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsHas BeensMediaHugeBabyOlympicsCoinsTestedVirusesBrazilPrecautionFlipping A Coin Author:Kerri Walsh
“In this day and age, social media is a huge part of a business, which I actually love. It's a phenomenal platform to share your message, keep others and myself inspired and help keep your students connected to your events. The hardest part is the anonymous ability to say whatever you want.” WantHelpingAgeSocialAbilityShareMediaEventsStudentsHugeMessagesInspiredSocial MediaConnectedHardestThis DayPlatformsPhenomenal Author:Kathryn Budig
“We were telling, and frankly the media didn't take it seriously, during the time when we tried to point out that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was biased. She scheduled debates at times that didn't draw huge audiences, I believe, and many believe, because she didn't want Bernie to have a larger exposure to the voters.” WantBelieveI BelieveAudienceMediaHugeDrawsDebateVotersExposureBiased Author:Jonathan Tasini
“For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number of links to news articles, blog posts, scientific papers, web cams, video and photos. That archive came to the attention of Chatham House, and they then commissioned me to research the way in which the media responded to the ash cloud crisis. I think that's the only time that my degree and my career have fully intersected, and it really was a lovely moment!” ThinkingWayMomentsHouseNumbersAttentionCareersMediaExampleHugeDegreesPaperNewsResearchCrisisCloudsDetailsLovelyVideoPostsLinksArticlesAshesPapersOnly TimeBlogsVolcanoesArchivesEruptionGeologistHuge Numbers Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they reach a huge audience. And they're very uniform. So right wing, I don't think you can even find an analog in your, but they reach a mass audience, and their view is that the corporations are liberal. Their appeal to the population is, "the country is run by liberals, they own the corporations, they run the government, they own the media, and they don't care about us ordinary people."” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantCountryStatesFactsShowsGovernmentCareRunningInterestingUnitedViewsUnited StatesAudienceMediaHugeMassOrdinaryWingsPopulationDon't CareAppealsCorporationsUniformsOrdinary PeopleVery InterestingRight WingTalk ShowsAnalog Author:Noam Chomsky
“I still think there is a huge emphasis on how women look, whether it's fitting a certain mold to play a certain type of character, or the idea that we might have insecurities based on the standards we see in the media.” ThinkingLooksStillsIdeasPlayCharacterMightCertainMediaHugeTypeStandardsInsecurityEmphasisMoldFitting Author:Lily Collins