“Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.” WayRealInformationInternetConversationMessagesOne WayBloggingDump Author:Indra Nooyi
“I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, .. It's extremely important that we get our message out, but it's also the case that we should not have a monologue with other people. It has to be a conversation, and you can't do that without exchanges and openness.” PeopleShouldImportantCasesStudentsHugeConversationMessagesUniversityOpennessDiplomacyMonologuesCultural Exchange Author:Condoleezza Rice
“(I want to) make good stories that have a redemptive message and allow people to dig into their own lives and personal struggles and go "Am I like this? Do I have these flaws too?" and open up a conversation.” PeopleWantStoriesStruggleConversationMessagesFlawsGood StoryPersonal Struggle Author:Drew Waters
“A lot of people try to use sarcasm to flirt, and it tends not to read well. Most people who are successful at flirting do so via instant message instead of email. The best way to flirt is to care deeply about whatever your date is saying and to focus all of your attention on him or her. Ask thoughtful questions. Take a keen interest in the conversation. Be enthusiastic.” PeopleWayTryingWellsUseCareAsksInterestAttentionSuccessfulFocusConversationMessagesBest WayInstantThoughtfulSarcasmFlirtingEmailEnthusiastic Author:Amy Webb
“People choose the most flattering photos of themselves to put on Facebook. Text messages can be vague and confusing. But conversations are confusing too. And some people wear lots of makeup. I think it's just hard to be a person.” PeopleThinkingPersonsHardConversationMessagesMakeupVagueConfusingFlatteringText Message Author:Chelsea Martin
“I do a lot of conferences, and I did a campaign with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation called "Just Say Hi." They get celebrities to record little messages about how you start a conversation with someone who has a disability, which is to "Just say hi."” LittlesRecordsConversationMessagesFoundationCampaignsDisabilityConferencesCerebralCerebral Palsy Author:Zach Anner
“I feel that all the messages in the Conversations with God dialogues came from God. And many of them have been considered radical.” FeelsHas BeensConversationMessagesDialogueRadicalConversations With God Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites.” LittlesHelpingKnownOpinionMediaEasierConversationMessagesOnlineRegimesPublic OpinionManipulateWebsiteIdeologicalMedia Control Author:Evgeny Morozov
“A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph is suited only to the flashing of messages, each to be quickly replaced by a more up-to-date message. Facts push other facts into and then out of consciousness at speeds that neither permit nor require evaluation. (70)” BookFactsPastConsciousnessConversationMessagesSpeedPermanentPermitReplacedEvaluationTelegraphUp To Date Book:Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
“By the way, I haven't heard an 'I'm sorry' from you yet." My sense of grievance had overwhelmed my sense of self-preservation. I am sorry that the maenad picked on you." I glared at him. "Not enough," I said. I was trying hard to hang on to this conversation. Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me." That's more like it.” WayTryingSaidSelfHardEnoughBodyEvilVisionHeardHavensConversationMessagesSorryWickedSmoothI'm SorryPreservationOverwhelmedSense Of SelfGrievanceSelf PreservationAngelicI Am SorryTrying HardAm SorryVoluptuousSookie StackhouseMaenads Book:Dead in Dixie Source: Dead in Dixie