“Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.” PeopleNeedsArtBookSelfMightChoicesWinningEnergySocialEasyViewsMediaSocial MediaSelf WorthLikesFollowersVenture Author:Neil Strauss
“Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within the problem: for instance, envy is one of the most excused sins in the media of political correctness. Those you find most attractive, or seem to have it all, are often some of the most insecure at heart, and that is because people assume that they do not need anything but defamation.” PeopleNeedsHeartProblemSeemsPoliticalSinLove IsMediaAssumingEnvyRationalInstanceVainAttractiveLayersTendernessInsecureComprehensivePolitical CorrectnessBegetsCorrectnessDefamation Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist.” WayNeedsWritingHappensCultureSocialResponsibilityMediaSocial MediaThings HappenAllowingPersistPersonal ResponsibilityAbusiveMisinterpretation Author:Ashley Judd
“I think that social media is a really good way to stay in touch with the people who are following you, and I think it's nice to have that very direct relationship with them - you don't necessarily need a middleman or woman. A lot of people, when I meet them, I recognize them by their profile pictures.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsSocialNiceMediaDirectFollowingSocial MediaGood WayProfileMiddlemen Author:Tove Styrke
“You need to change your mind from sell sell sell to help help help and if you can do that as a business you will win in social media” IfsNeedsMindHelpingWinningSocialCan DoMediaSellsSocial MediaNeed A ChangeChanging Your MindYou Need To Change Author:Mark Schaefer
“By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.” NeedsShouldSocialWaitingAttentionMediaEventsShould HavePaidEverydayCurrentsSocial MediaDiscussionClassroomGrandchildrenCurrent Events Author:Adora Svitak
“I need to be famous so I can talk about religion. I can talk about God. It's an expensive price that I have to pay to be the most famous man on earth and I do it with pleasure only for God. My fight is only and introduction to the real fight, the one for God. Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.” PeopleMenWantNeedsKindI CanRealHelpingEarthFightingBlackInterestPleasurePayMediaCharitySpreadExpensiveBlack PeopleMy ThoughtsIntroduction Author:Muhammad Ali
“Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.” PeopleNeedsRealHelpingBigsGovernmentAbleEnergyDifferencesPartyEconomyEnvironmentFocusMediaEssenceDeterminedTeaCorporateCorporationsIronOverwhelmingHelping PeopleOur EnvironmentTea PartyPopulistPopulism Author:Jim Hightower
“Our mass media have little difficulty in selling particular interests as those of all sensible men. The political needs of society become individual needs and aspirations, their satisfaction promotes business and the commonweal, and the whole appeals to be the very embodiment of Reason.” MenNeedsLittlesReasonWholePoliticalIndividualInterestMediaParticularMassDifficultySatisfactionSellingAppealsAspirationSensibleEmbodimentMass Media Author:Herbert Marcuse
“My original goal in the '90s, after I found feminism and I was the first generation in my family to go to college, was to spread this information that feminism was still very much alive, and that you can't believe the media telling you that it doesn't need to exist and that it doesn't exist.” NeedsFirstsBelieveStillsFoundGoalAliveGenerationsFeminismMediaInformationCollegeMy FamilyOriginalsSpread Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I think sports media really do need to think about the world in more humble terms. Not everything is the game of the century, and not everything is life or death.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGamesSportsTermCenturyMediaHumbleLife Or Death Author:Tim Tebow
“I think every once in a while I feel the need to break my medium... if I have been doing a very large painting I like to drop into something in small scale. It is a challenge to go into this size. It is just to hold my own interest, and then each media has its own conditions.” IfsThinkingNeedsFeelsHas BeensInterestChallengesMy OwnBreakConditionsMediaPaintingSizeScalesMediums Author:Lee Krasner
“What if it turns out there really are witches and vampires and werewolves living right here alongside us? After all, what better disguise could there be than to get your image enshrined in the culture of the mass media? Anything that's described in artistic terms and shown in the movies stops being frightening and mysterious. For real horror you need the spoken word, you need an old grandpa sitting on a bench, scaring the grandkids in the evening.” IfsNeedsRealTurnsCultureTermMediaHorrorMassSittingMysteriousVampireEveningArtisticWhat IfWitchFrighteningDisguiseBenchesWerewolfGrandpaSpoken WordMass MediaGrandkidsLiving Right Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not sure that I agree. But I am sure that if you were talking about cutting the amount of money spent in politics, the media would have a strong interest in opposing you, because they make an enormous amount of money from political advertisements.” PeopleIfsNeedsPoliticalStrongInterestTalkingCuttingMediaAmountAgreeEnormousNot SureOpposingAdvertisements Author:Lawrence Lessig
“I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. But I sincerely ask, those of you in the Black media, those of you in the progressive media, those of you who believe in true freedom, to publish this statement and to let people know what is happening. We have no voice, so you must be the voice of the voiceless.” PeopleKnowsNeedsFeelsBelieveSpiritAsksBlackVoiceMediaTvsNewsHappeningsConnectionsInstrumentsRadioNewspapersStatementsEducatedTelling The TruthStationsProgressivePublishSincerelyRepressionTrue FreedomRadio StationsNews MediaVoiceless Author:Assata Shakur
“Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.” PeopleWantNeedsKindHelpingFightingBlackInterestMediaCharitySpreadBlack PeopleMy Thoughts Author:Muhammad Ali
“The place where I think social media fails is in showing the knowledge, the tradition of stitching the clothing, of cutting the fabric, of the tannery, of the skinning of the jewels - this knowledge needs respect. Online and social media is the future, but we need to learn from the past, too.” ThinkingNeedsPastSocialCuttingFailingMediaTraditionSocial MediaOnlineClothingsFabricJewelsLearn From The Past Author:Giuseppe Zanotti
“During the season, I dodge the media. After practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.” NeedsBodyCarePracticeMediaSeasonsNflRecoveringDodge Author:Calvin Johnson
“What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that.” WorldNeedsWarMediaLipsShipsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IAxioms Author:David Hackworth
“As actors, we need public relations to campaign for our next possible role, and any media promoting our work seems positive in nature; but whether in theater or on a film set, a bad unprofessional photograph at the wrong angle may not be as flattering to some actors, and may be considered a harmful exposure.” NeedsMaySeemsFilmNextActorsRolesMediaRelationTheaterPhotographCampaignsAngleExposurePromotingFlatteringPublic RelationsFilm Set Author:Carson Grant
“The advertising media in this country continuously informs the American male of his need for indispensable signs of his virility.” NeedsCountryMediaMalesAdvertisingIndispensable Author:Frances M. Beal
“I think we really need a movement to drive how popular culture understands the issues that feminists care about. When I think about the LGBT movement for example, they have had a really intentional strategy to try to change images and representation of LGBT people in the media and the culture. It really moved the dial politically. That's what is needed in the women's movement - a strategy that can drive awareness and culture change.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingCareCultureIssuesAwarenessMediaExampleMovementNeededMovedStrategyFeministLgbtRepresentationPopular CultureCulture Change Author:Ai-jen Poo
“The thing which Reagan did, which was great, was he won the people. He marginalized the media. And that's what you need, an intellectual agility.” PeopleNeedsMediaIntellectualMarginalizedAgility Author:Greg Gutfeld
“We need somebody that can unify a country in spite of a vocal powerful media that's intent on division. It's not about winning the media. It's about winning the people, and I don't think it's necessarily persuasive to eat - to cannibalize yourself. I think that you have to pick the winner.” PeopleThinkingNeedsCountryWinningPowerfulMediaPicksWinnerSpiteDivisionVocalPersuasive Author:Greg Gutfeld
“It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.” NeedsWellsDoeAgeJobsPresidentLeaderMediaInformationInternetNewsToughChosenRemindingInformation AgeNews Media Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals or the media as a whole. Your words, your message.” NeedsWritingLittlesWholeIndividualIssuesMediaMessagesExplain Yourself Author:Mark Cuban
“I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit record, a great radio team, an amazing PR firm, social media, a big budget, a team that is ready to work extremely hard, and the drive and passion to win!” NeedsDifferentHardBigsPassionWinningSocialDealsRecordsTeamHonestMediaReadyMajorsSevenRadioSocial MediaLabelsBudgetsFirmDrive And Passion Author:Ashanti
“I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.” PeopleIfsNeedsImportantWarSportsWatchesFansMediaCrimeTvsSickTiredSo Sick Author:Charles Barkley
“Majorities can be wrong, majorities can overrule rights of minorities. If majorities ruled, we could still have slavery. 80% of the population once enslaved 20% of the population. While run by majority rule that is ok. That is very flawed notion of what democracy is. Democracy has to take into account several things - proportionate requirements of people, not just needs of the majority, but also needs of the minority. Majority, especially in societies where the media manipulates public opinion, can be totally wrong and evil. People have to act according to conscience and not by majority vote.” PeopleIfsNeedsStillsRunningEvilOpinionDemocracyRightsMediaConscienceVoteAccountsSlaveryMajorityNotionPopulationMinoritiesRequirementsPublic OpinionManipulateFlawedDemocracies HaveEvil PeopleMajority RuleMajority Vote Author:Howard Zinn
“The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen has made nebbish guys cool; he makes people assume there is something profound about having a relationship based on witty conversation and intellectual discourse. There isn't. It's just another gimmick, and it's no different than wanting to be with someone because they're thin or rich or the former lead singer of Whiskeytown.” PeopleWantNeedsMadeDifferentGuyCausesRichMediaConversationMassIntellectualAssumingProfoundWittyDeeperSingersFormerDiscoursePromptsWoodyMass MediaGimmicksMisdirection Book:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“Just as we teach our children how to ride a bike, we need to teach them how to navigate social media and make the right moves that will help them. The physical world is similar to the virtual world in many cases. It's about being aware. We can prevent many debacles if we're educated.” IfsWorldNeedsChildrenHelpingMovingSocialTeachCasesMediaOur ChildrenSocial MediaEducatedBikeNavigateVirtual WorldDebacles Author:Amy Jo Martin
“The mission of the media is to reflect the community to itself, to give the people a vision of who they are, what they're doing, what they want, what they need. I think motion pictures have been an incredible gift to humanity. I can't imagine living in a world without them.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantNeedsGivingHas BeensI CanHumanityCommunityVisionImagineMediaIncrediblesMissionsMotion Pictures Author:Dolores Hart
“The whole bloody system is sick: the very notion of leadership, a balloon with a face painted upon it, elected and inflated by media's diabolic need to reduce ideas to personalities.” NeedsIdeasWholeFacesLeadershipMediaPersonalitySickNotionBloodyBalloons Book:Flying Source: Flying
“I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property, like journalists do, you have a responsibility not to tear it down, but to raise it up. The depiction of rap and of hip-hop culture in the media, I think, is one that needs more of a responsible approach from journalists.” ThinkingNeedsCultureResponsibilityMediaTearsApproachIntellectualResponsibleRaisesPropertyHip HopRapHandleHipsJournalistHopsPrintEducateIntellectual PropertyDepiction Author:KRS-One
“Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShouldLongRealityMediaPoliticianShould HaveAppearanceSmellNosesMinistersPrimeBusinessmanElephantsPrime MinisterMayors Author:Dalai Lama
“The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.” NeedsLinesAbilityClearMediaRangeSpheresSuperheroDividing Author:Stephen Hawking
“I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is why we need diverse media representations of trans folks to multiply trans narratives in the media and depict our beautiful diversities.” PeopleNeedsI CanTwoBeautifulThreeMediaDiversityFolksNarrativeDiverseRepresentationTrans Author:Laverne Cox
“I think my role is as a writer, especially, and then also as a speaker, an organizer, and an entre- preneur of social change. My role isn't to make choices for people-each individual or group needs to do that on their own. But as a writer and a speaker, you can describe possibilities that perhaps haven't been visible before, and aren't in other public dialogues or in the rest of the media. So I suppose I think of myself mainly as an organizer and as someone who describes possibilities.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChoicesIndividualSocialRolesGroupsMediaHavensPossibilityDialogueVisibleSpeakersSocial ChangeOrganizer Author:Gloria Steinem
“There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk about hip hop, they're confused because they haven't done their homework on it so you have a case where there's an award for the most pop song in the world and it's called 'hip hop'.” WorldNeedsDoneSongGivenCasesMediaHavensStructureHip HopPopsHipsConfusedHopsAwardsHomeworkPop SongMisrepresentation Author:Nas
“We need to put people in positions of authority in government, business, law, medicine, media, sports and entertainment who are filled with the laws of God so that we can bring those laws into effect.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentLawSportsEffectsMediaPositionAuthorityFilledMedicineEntertainment Author:Myles Munroe
“I learned capacity for self-reflection very early, finding it through interior monologues that books are so good at and that visual media is so bad at because it's so boring - nothing's happening. In a book, you can be inside the narrator's head for 50 pages, and nothing needs to happen. Then you learn to be inside your own head without something needing to happen. It's a very good antidote to a crazy, restless, "what's next?" culture - that you can just be in your own head and nothing is happening except that this is a rich place. I love that.” NeedsBookSelfHappensCultureNextRichCrazyMediaFindingsPagesHappeningsReflectionCapacityVery GoodBoringVisualsInteriorsRestlessAntidoteSelf ReflectionMonologuesNarratorsSo Boring Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I just keep my ear to the street. I haven't read any music books recently, because I figure I read everything I need to know back when I was 12, 13 years old. I know pretty much everything about record publishing, radio stations. The only thing that's changed is you gotta keep up with social media. It's free promotion.” KnowsNeedsYearsBookSocialRecordsStreetsMediaHavensFiguresChangedEarsRadioSocial MediaStationsPublishingPromotionBack WhenRadio Stations Author:Juicy J
“If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served.” IfsKnowsNeedsDifferentFilmNovelMediaInevitable Author:Bill Watterson
“I want to use film to tell stories that need to be told to spark discussions that will lead to change. I really want to see a change in the mindset of youth, how they see themselves and how they value life. Young audiences will be able to see themselves in this film and older audiences will gain an understanding of what their kids are dealing with on a daily basis. Kids discuss what they see on TV, social media, film so I want to create content that they will discuss and will change the way they think.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsStoriesUseKidsAbleFilmYoungValuesSocialUnderstandingAudienceMediaYouthTvsGainsBasesSocial MediaMindsetDiscussionSparks Author:Jamie Hector
“Race is a core reality of American experience. Media images on television need to reflect that reality to help people who consume media and who don't have the day-to-day, face-to-face contact with others, or where that contact is minimal, to help them have a greater appreciation of other experiences and how they're all part of the American fabric.” PeopleNeedsHelpingRealityFacesRaceGreaterMediaTelevisionAppreciationCoreContactFabricDay To DayFace To FaceAppreciation Of Others Author:Darnell M. Hunt
“I think as consumers Europeans are a lot more artist loyal irrespective of the genre of music or the type of project or the collaborative effort, and Americans are more media-loyal, because they need to be fed that media to know what's going on, because we're so inundated with promotion and marketing and everything that's going on - advertising.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsArtistEffortMediaTypeProjectsMarketingAdvertisingConsumersGenreFedsLoyalPromotionGenres Of MusicCollaborative Effort Author:Serj Tankian
“The media, the corporations, the politicians…have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it’s come to the point where they don’t need to give any reason at all.” NeedsGivingReasonDoneJobsMediaPoliticianCorporationsGood JobColumbine Author:Michael Moore
“What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of modes of perception and making whose skill and doggedness make you think and feel; art that isn’t merely sensational, that doesn’t get its message across in ten seconds, that isn’t falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep-running in our natures. In a word, art that is the very opposite of mass media.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsArtRunningGrowsWaterMediaTenSkillsPerceptionMessagesMassOppositesSecondsHookMake You ThinkIconicMass MediaSensationalVasesDoggedness Author:Robert Hughes
“I don't feel the need to brand myself in that way [social media]. But as a means to share information and raise awareness of things, I think these social-networking platforms are unprecedented.” ThinkingWayNeedsFeelsMeanSocialShareAwarenessMediaInformationRaisesSocial MediaBrandsPlatformsNetworkingUnprecedentedSocial Networking Author:Scarlett Johansson