“The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.” PeopleDifferentGovernmentDifferencesSpaceMediaMinesMembersPhilosophicalBlameSeniorUnderestimateSingle Mindedness Author:Tony Abbott
“I think there is a spiritual hunger, and I think that people are really tired of getting kind of a two-dimensional take on religion in most of the media.” PeopleThinkingKindTwoSpiritualMediaTiredHungerSpiritual Hunger Author:John Fugelsang
“I don't really even know what Twitter is. I know that might sound wierd to some people. I don't use social media. I make music, so I use social media... it's more helpful for me when I'm making music than as an actor.” PeopleKnowsUseMightActorsSocialSoundMediaSocial MediaHelpful Author:Michael Pitt
“Our society is falling back increasingly on rampant consumerism and self-promoting social media as a way for people to feel that their lives matter - self-centered means of numbing the questions of mattering. Culture has relapsed back into the self-aggrandizing, glorifying answers that the Athenians had presumed, which had Socrates railing against them until he got so annoying that they killed him.” PeopleWayFeelsMeanSelfMatterFallCultureSocialAnswersMediaSocial MediaOur SocietyAnnoyingConsumerismPromotingSelf CenteredNumbingAthenians Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“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
“The main thing [of social media] is it allows us to speak directly with our fans and customers, getting that immediate feedback, that conversation; that's what I love. It means that no matter what we are saying, if it's big or small we have a way of saying it. People connect with that.” PeopleIfsWayMeanMatterBigsSpeakSocialFansMediaConversationNo Matter WhatSocial MediaCustomersFeedback Author:Karen Walker
“You can be labelled but if it doesn't speak to people then it won't work. The social media and online has been really important. Fans are really smart too: they don't want to hear something manufactured or something that has too much marketing behind it.” PeopleIfsWantHas BeensImportantSpeakSocialBehindsToo MuchFansMediaSmartMarketingSocial MediaOnlineReally Smart Author:Mac Miller
“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
“The biggest reward is seeing via social media people sending me pictures back with excitement of what they bought from my fashion line. I ReTweet most everyone i see who tweets a photo.” PeopleSocialLinesSeeingMediaFashionRewardsSocial MediaExcitementTweetRetweet Author:Ashley Purdy
“I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their own merit, their good deeds, however simple, to not judge themselves by what they have materially, by what other people think of them, through social media.” PeopleThinkingShouldYoungSocialSimpleMediaJudgingDeedsSocial MediaMeritGood Deeds Author:Patti Smith
“On the professional side, I've helped move cinema from a chemical-based medium to a digital-based medium. That'll be one of the landmarks. And I've left these stories, these little tales that have been imprinted on the media, which will or will not be of interest to people in the future. I've done the best I can.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensI CanDoneStoriesMovingLeftSidesInterestMediaTalesMediumsCinemaDigitalChemicalsLandmarks Author:George Lucas
“Well digital media and social media are eliminating the middle man - in the old days, you had to go through the editors. Or the television producer, you know? Now you have people talking directly to each other, globally who have never met. I think you put the "word" in "word of mouth."” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWellsSocialTalkingMiddleMediaTelevisionMetsMouthsSocial MediaProducersDigitalEditorsOld DaysEliminatingPeople TalkingWord Of MouthDigital Media Author:Kelly Cutrone
“But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there - to show them, to reach out and grab them and make them stop what they are doing and pay attention to what is going on - to create pictures powerful enough to overcome the diluting effects of the mass media and shake people out of their indifference - to protest and by the strength of that protest to make others protest.” PeopleEnoughShowsPowerfulPayAttentionEffectsMediaPhotographyMassOvercomingPhotographerPay AttentionIndifferenceShakesProtestReach OutMass Media Author:James Nachtwey
“A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.” PeopleWritingEnoughSocialCareersMediaFiguresCreatingAspectSocial MediaMomentumMerchandising Author:Tyler Hilton
“The people we talk about around water cooler at work or at school, they're all the people who are visible in our media whether it's a sports star or a movie star or a writer or a politician. They are people that have received media exposure and have become important to us in a way that's not realistic.” PeopleWayImportantSchoolStarsSportsWaterMediaPoliticianVisibleRealisticMovie StarExposureSports Stars Author:Crowder
“We had much more imagery from Vietnam war. The media was not controlled. The storyline, the master narrative was not controlled. I thin it was some those images really radicalized people and shifted things to some extent. And the Viet Cong also, their tenacity.” PeopleWarMediaMastersNarrativeControlledVietnamImageryVietnam WarTenacityStorylineViet Cong Author:Anne Waldman
“What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people.” PeopleWayUseSeemsMediaToolsDivides Author:Zach Anner
“I think digital media is a valid tool, one that has it's own strengths and weaknesses. So often I see people dismissing digital art as somehow cheating or not as valid or important as traditional art, but the computer is just another tool.” PeopleThinkingArtImportantMediaComputerWeaknessToolsTraditionalDigitalCheatingStrength And WeaknessDigital Media Author:Julie Dillon
“A lot of people have already been impacted by the Life Cube Project and the principles behind it. They write to me and post on social media all the time, about their dreams coming true after writing them down, or how writing down their goals resonated with them.” PeopleWritingDreamSocialGoalBehindsPrinciplesMediaProjectsSocial MediaPostsDreams Come TrueCubes Author:Scott Cohen
“A lot of people are waking up to human history, but so many people have been conditioned by the government controlled media to think that it's cool not to care.” PeopleThinkingHumansHas BeensGovernmentCareMediaWake UpControlledWakingHuman History Author:Alex Jones
“Most people in the media aren't bad people. They just go along to get along and it's the group culture and the conditioning. As soon as they see that things are wrong, some of them will start speaking out and making a stand.” PeopleCultureGroupsMediaConditioningBad PeopleSpeaking Out Author:Alex Jones
“Damn it, if just 5% of people got motivated in some direction, and it doesn't necessarily have to be what I believe in, but if they just got motivated and stopped getting their political ideologies from the mainstream media, they would go out and figure out what they want.” PeopleIfsWantBelievePoliticalI BelieveMediaFiguresI Believe InIdeologyDamnMotivatedMainstreamMainstream MediaPolitical Ideology Author:Alex Jones
“People learn a lot about what they think they know about other people from what they see in the media. If they see certain types of images reproduced over and over again for other groups that limit them to narrow types of roles and portrayals, they start to take those prejudices into their interactions with those people in real society, and that creates all kinds of discriminatory problems.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindRealProblemCertainRolesGroupsMediaTypeLimitsPrejudiceAll KindsInteractionPortrayal Author:Darnell M. Hunt
“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 dream of a Digital India where Government proactively engages with the people through Social Media.” PeopleDreamGovernmentSocialMediaIndiaSocial MediaDigitalDigital India Author:Narendra Modi
“There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.” PeopleIfsKidsAbleYoungDecisionNiceMediaBattleDeeperDistractionSoulfulDig Deep Author:Jack White
“People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody would be pining for news about Angelina Jolie's babies if it weren't being given to them in the first place.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsWould BeGivenMediaBabyDrugNewsHungerMentalityFeedingPining Author:Patti Smith
“Social media is great because you can get information out there quick or you can use it as a ministry tool, but when you're on it all the time and you're not spending time with people and you're not sitting there looking at someone in the eyes and asking, "How are you doing?" that's when it's out of balance.” PeopleUseEyeSocialMediaInformationBalanceSittingToolsAskingSocial MediaSpendingMinistrySpending Time Author:Jeremy Camp
“Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.” PeopleThinkingYearsDifferentProblemGrowsSoundMediaPoliticianConflictDiseaseConcernedComplexesCongressProfitDebateTendenciesDataAnalysisSensitivePrizeCooperationBitesStaffSymptomsDifferent PlacePartisansMaineSound BitesIncivility Author:Tom Allen
“By the end of the millenium five men controlled the world's media. And the people rejoiced, because their TVs told them to.” PeopleMenWorldEndsFiveMediaTvsControlled Author:Michael Moore
“People in the news media after I got caught said how could you have not caught this guy? He had 50 corrections in four years. That's a lot of corrections. Well what they failed to look at is how many stories there were and out of 700 plus stories, 50 corrections is not a high amount.” PeopleYearsWellsLooksSaidStoriesGuyFourMediaAmountNewsCaughtPlusFour YearsThis GuyCorrectionsNews Media Author:Jayson Blair
“...The British press... [claimed that Tony] Blair was simply Bush's poodle - a favorite phrase, bewilderingly popular, although it made no sense - and that he was ignoring the will of the British people. Considering the hacks had spent Blair's first six years in office condemning him for relying on focus groups and opinion polls for his policies - in other words, paying attention to nothing but the will of the people, or at least their whims - that seemed a little rich to me, but as I said, logical consistency has never figured highly in the British media's scale of values.” PeopleYearsFirstsLittlesMadeSaidValuesAttentionOpinionRichFocusGroupsMediaPolicyOfficeSixPressesBritishScalesPay AttentionJournalistPhrasesLogicalConsideringConsistencyPollsWhimHacksBlairCondemningPoodlesOpinion PollsFocus Groups Author:Larry King
“Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.” PeopleCountryBigsGovernmentEconomyEnvironmentMediaStyleIncludingOur CountryCorporationsIronRebellionPopulismBig Corporations Author:Jim Hightower
“For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda.” PeopleYearsDifferentPastDesireOrderGoalCommunityMediaMilitaryComplexesPursueAgendasControlledProtectedSetting GoalsMilitary Industrial ComplexGoals And Life Author:Lauryn Hill
“Computer and video games represent one of the most important new media developments of this generation. Unlike many other forms of entertainment they offer players the opportunity to explore, be creative, learn through interaction and express themselves to others. It is vitally important that we protect and nurture this new art form so that it can reach its full potential. Like most new forms of artistic expression that have come before (music, novels, movies), the primary critics of video games are the people that do not play them.” PeopleArtImportantPlayFormOpportunityGamesNovelCreativePlayerGenerationsMediaExpressionDevelopmentOffersProtectComputerCriticsEntertainmentVideoArtisticPrimariesInteractionNurtureBe CreativeNurturingThis GenerationFull PotentialArtistic ExpressionNew Media Author:Will Wright
“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.” PeopleRealityTodaySufferingCommunityPoorClassGoneAirDyingMediaMilitaryTelevisionCollegeDrugDoctorsRateIraqWorking ClassPrescriptionsFilthyPrescription DrugsAsthmaPeople Dying Author:Bernie Sanders
“There are so many people who are conscientious and caring about others. I've spent time working in countries where I really noticed the absence of civic concern, care for other people. I've been in other countries where I feel a palpable, almost tooth-and-claw attitude between people - Machiavellian, me and mine. And you can take for granted being here, with all the bloviating and the media, on a day-to-day level, people in this country are really pretty concerned for each other.” PeopleFeelsCountryCareLevelsAttitudeMediaMinesConcernConcernedCaringAbsenceTeethGrantedOther CountriesDay To DayCivicsClawsReally Pretty Author:Edward Norton
“So that all the people who say, you know, "All the media hates America." A lot of the media does hate America but this is a case of, actually, the press doing its best, I think, to do the right by national security. So good for them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsDoeAmericaHateCasesSecurityMediaPressesNational Security Author:Tucker Carlson
“I think today that's a very big problem because of the world we live in and the social media and everything... everybody is obsessed with their own identity, but seen through other people.” PeopleThinkingWorldProblemBigsTodaySocialMediaIdentitySocial MediaObsessedBig Problems Author:Salma Hayek
“Social media puts reciprocity on steroids because now you can reach more people in more ways to do more things for them faster and at lower expense. Positive word about your reciprocity can spread faster than ever.” PeopleWaySocialMediaSocial MediaSpreadFasterExpensesReciprocitySteroidPositive Words Author:Guy Kawasaki
“This is the beauty of social media: it helps you find people and then you can contact them fast and inexpensively.” PeopleHelpingSocialMediaSocial MediaContact Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I don't think about being undefeated; I don't think about what people say in the media about me, whether it's good or bad; I just don't think of it.” PeopleThinkingMediaUndefeated Author:Cain Velasquez
“Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.” PeopleHouseChangeMediaTelevisionHabitInventionPlumbingIndoor Plumbing Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“If you have nothing to hide, if you're actually working for eight hours, or 10 or 12 hours, however long people decide to work, it's OK to have windows around conference rooms, it's OK to have cubicles. Because you're actually working. If you're not working, doing social media and spending half the day for personal stuff, then an environment like this will actually bother you.” PeopleIfsLongSocialStuffHoursRoomsHalfEnvironmentMediaWindowSocial MediaEightSpendingBotherWorking ItConferencesCubiclesPersonal Stuff Author:Marcelo Claure
“I feel that the people I see in the media are sometimes more real than I am, which is utter bullshit.” PeopleFeelsRealSometimesMediaBullshit Author:Gloria Steinem
“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
“Let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media. This is not a cage match. And, you look at the questions - "Donald Trump, are you a comic-book villain?" "Ben Carson, can you do math?" "John Kasich, will you insult two people over here?" "Marco Rubio, why don't you resign?" "Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?" How about talking about the substantive issues the people care about?” PeopleLooksHas BeensTwoBookCareNumbersTalkingIssuesMediaTrumpLet MeMathDebateComicFallenInsultVillainComic BookCagesDon't TrustMarcosBen Carson Author:Ted Cruz
“The way the media cycle works, the way the news works, and the way people's attention span works, is that we only learn that people exist when there is crisis.” PeopleWayAttentionMediaNewsCrisisCyclesAttention Span Author:Edwidge Danticat
“I just think we as consumers of information media must be very clear what it is we are consuming. Whether we are choosing to get our information by listening to people fight about it. Or whether we're choosing to get it by listening to the facts or watching the facts as they're laid out and then reaching our own conclusions. It's very different ways of info gathering, but it's not all journalism.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentFactsFightingClearMediaInformationListeningConclusionJournalismConsumersDifferent WaysReachingGatheringConsuming Author:Gwen Ifill
“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