“Friends told me that the latest trend, at least in Europe, is public sex. They showed me some clips, and they're terrifying. A couple enters a streetcar, half-full, simply takes a seat, undresses, and starts to do it. You can see from surprised faces that it's not staged. It's pure working-class suburb. But what's fascinating is that the people all look, and then they politely ignore it. The message is that even if you're together in public with people, it still counts as private space.” PeopleIfsLooksStillsTogetherFacesSexSpaceHalfClassCouplePureMessagesEuropeSeatsFascinatingTrendsWorking ClassSuburbsClipHalf FullLatest Trends Author:Slavoj Žižek
“When a picture can't make it on its own, the producers pull in a 'controversial' message - the way a couple whose marriage is falling apart decide to have a baby.” WayFallBabyCoupleMessagesProducersMovieFalling ApartControversial Author:Pauline Kael
“After I saw a couple of pictures put out by my fellow comedy-directors, which seemed to have abandoned the fun in favor of the message, I wrote Sullivan's Travels to satisfy an urge to tell them that they were getting a little too deep-dish, to leave the preaching to the preachers.” LittlesFunSawsComedyCoupleDirectorsMessagesFellowsFavorsUrgesAbandonedPreacherPreachingDishesToo Deep Author:Preston Sturges
“Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God needs to get a message out to the human race, without which they will perish...foreve r. What's the plan? First, He starts with the most unlikely group ever: a couple of prostitutes, a few fishermen with no better than a second-grade education, a tax collector. Then, he passes the ball to us. Unbelievable.” NeedsFirstsHumansRacePlansGroupsCoupleTaxesMessagesBallsHuman RaceGradesUnbelievableUnlikelyCollectorsFisherman Author:John Eldredge
“I did have a couple of people asking me to illustrate their MC in a hope to widen the exposure, unfortunately the messages weren't a good fit, so I couldn't oblige. And I didn't really want to become a matchmaking service. Someone posted a missed connection "I like your blog" which was directed at me... that was kind of fun to stumble across.” PeopleWantKindFunLike YouCoupleFitMessagesConnectionsAskingExposureBlogsI Like YouMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“[Rock 'n' roll] music started out with some cat banging a log with a couple of pieces of stick. He sent a message across a river and although the cat on the other side receiving the message didn't know the exact words, he did understand basically something about what was being communicated.” KnowsSidesPiecesRocksCoupleMessagesRiversCatSticksRock N RollReceivingBangingRock N Roll Music Author:Van Morrison
“From the conservatives, the - the battle cry for the last couple of years, especially from people like Ted Cruz, was repeal ObamaCare, every single word of ObamaCare. That is not the message from Donald Trump.” PeopleYearsLastsCryTrumpCoupleBattleMessagesObamacareCruzSingle WordBattle Cry Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.” PhilosophyGuyActorsHoursLosesSimplePleasureSeeingCoupleMessagesProfoundSpendingMovieLive ByBad GuysWayneSimple Pleasures Book:One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko Source: One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko