“I'm wondering how someone who goes around wearing a wedding ring succeeded in the dating pool. Normally a wedding ring sends a flashing "Do Not Enter" message - except to those looking for flings with married people.” PeopleWonderMarriedMessagesDatingRingsPoolFlingWedding Ring Author:Emily Yoffe
“One of the more popular activities was “Talk-O-Matic”. Five people at a time could write messages, and read each other's messages, on the same screen. Today, Internet chat rooms work on the same principle. One of the remarkable new features of this page was that you could log in with an invented name, and pretend you were anyone you wanted - any name, any age, any gender. One favorite trick was to log in using the name of someone else already logged into the page, simply to confuse everyone else.” PeopleWritingAgeTodayWantedNamesRoomsPrinciplesFiveInternetActivityMessagesPagesGenderScreensTricksFeaturesRemarkable Author:Guy Consolmagno
“I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the time people spend exchanging messages; I don't have a lot of time left over for those things.” PeopleNeedsLeftTechnologyMessagesClimateSakeSophisticatedAmazedExchangingTime Left Author:Annabelle Selldorf
“The deeper message that is resonating with people is that it is possible to build. It is possible to invest in people; it is possible to invest in green infrastructure; it's possible to change.” PeopleMessagesGreenDeeperInfrastructureResonating Author:Naomi Klein
“When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.” PeopleEnergyMessagesHappeningsConsumersConstructionVitalityConsumer Confidence Author:Mick Cornett
“Every day, President Obama sends a beautiful message about how we should treat our women based on how he treats his wife. When people went after his wife during the campaign, he took a stand.” PeopleShouldBeautifulPresidentWifeMessagesTreatsCampaignsPresident Obama Author:Steve Harvey
“The message to organizations is this: You have to increase the number of categories of contributing, or the types of career paths, which people can experience as successful. You cannot restrict esteem to the fewer and fewer who will be climbing up the management ladder. You need to have the majority of your people feeling like winners.” PeopleNeedsFeelingsNumbersCareersPathSuccessfulTypeMessagesOrganizationIncreaseManagementMajorityEsteemWinnerCategoriesClimbingFewerLaddersContributingCareer PathClimbing Up Author:Judith M Bardwick
“The message is resonating, not just in Wisconsin, but all over America, the people are sick and tired of establishment politics, establishment economics. They want real change.” PeopleWantRealAmericaPoliticsChangeMessagesEconomicsSickTiredEstablishmentWisconsinReal ChangeResonating Author:Bernie Sanders
“I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so.” PeopleKnowsGivingKindIdeasCountryJobsLeadershipSkillsMessagesOptimisticLiftsHopefulLeadership Skills Author:Jeb Bush
“That's not an easy message to deliver whether it's in war and peace or in the economic arena, people don't want to be told that all their problems have been solved and everything good so it's a little bit tricky.” PeopleWantLittlesHas BeensWarProblemEasyBitsPeaceEconomicLittle BitMessagesArenaTricky Author:Vin Weber
“Five million Jews are regarding me as a traitor, but six billion people around the world think me as a hero and a good man who bring the message to all the human beings that we should survive and prevent the use of nuclear weapons and to prevent the nuclear preparations and to prevent nuclear war in the future.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldShouldHumansWarUseHuman BeingsMillionsFiveHeroSixMessagesWeaponsJewNuclearBillionsAround The WorldPreparationGood ManNuclear WeaponsTraitorNuclear War Author:Mordechai Vanunu
“I want to win. [...] We're not going on win by doing what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton do each and every day. Dividing the country. Saying, creating a grievance kind of environment. We're going to win when we unite people with a hopeful, optimistic message. I have that message because I was a governor of a state that saw people lifted up, because we had high sustained economic growth.” PeopleWantKindCountryStatesWinningGrowthEnvironmentSawsEconomicCreatingMessagesClintonOptimisticBarackHopefulGovernorsEconomic GrowthGrievanceDividing Author:Jeb Bush
“Pick something you are interested in, and keep applying a business model that includes Internet Marketing to make it global, get thousands of leads and clients for free and make more sales. Remember you are building a business, as people make the internet appear to be push-button money, when in fact it is a medium to market your message!” PeopleFactsRememberBuildingInternetMessagesModelsPicksMarketingMediumsClientsButtonsRemember YouRemembers YouBusiness ModelsInternet MarketingBuilding A Business Author:Tracy Repchuk
“Too often we forget how powerful we are as individuals to shape how other people see the world. Each one of us constantly broadcasts to other people - whether consciously or unconsciously - verbally or non-verbally - and those messages influence their brain.” PeopleWorldIndividualForgetPowerfulBrainInfluenceShapesMessages Author:Michelle Gielan
“I always love to put hidden messages in my music videos, because I know there are people like me who, when they watch something, are really active, involved participants. I'm not usually a really passive listener or observer. So I do put those messages in there for people who spend a great deal of time [looking for them].” PeopleKnowsDealsWatchesInvolvedMessagesActiveVideoLike MePassiveListenersObserversParticipantsHidden Messages Author:Jared Leto
“Sometimes, the simple messages are the best thing music can do, really. Sometimes, songs can stir people up, motivate them to make change.” PeopleSometimesSongCan DoSimpleMessagesBest Things Author:Jack Johnson
“You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.” PeopleWantGivingCharacterPoliticalSocialInterestSituationNovelMessagesPrize Author:John Irving
“People believe that if you're concerned about the clothes you're wearing and the larger aspects of your appearance, that it's anti-intellectual. I say "Hogwash!" The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveMessagesClothesIntellectualConcernedAspectAppearancePerceiveHogwash Author:Tim Gunn
“You gotta be careful with message movies. People say "What do you want people to take away from it?" I always say its totally individual.” PeopleWantIndividualMessagesCarefulBe Careful Author:Robert Duvall
“My song are more about the practical message of not wearing ourselves out just to get rich and looking at what life is really about and enjoying each and every day as opposed to the opposite of that. About living your life in a freer sense and not being bound by what people think of you and looking forward to seeing the grander scheme of who God is, what He's done and what He's doing and what He'd going to do.” PeopleThinkingDoneLife IsSongEnjoyRichSeeingMessagesOppositesBoundsPracticalsSchemesLive Your LifeLooking ForwardThink Of YouGet RichWho God Is Author:Peter Furler
“I think that is a really good message, especially for young girls to hear. The fact that someone like me from the western suburbs of Sydney could become an actress in movies who didn't look like a regular actress, and that I can make it I think gives a lot of hope to other girls who are really creative and don't necessarily follow the standard of what some people consider beauty to be.” PeopleThinkingGivingLooksI CanFactsYoungGirlCreativeMessagesStandardsWesternActressesLike MeSuburbsSydneyOther Girl Author:Rebel Wilson
“Sometimes I get this gut feeling about people - maybe I sense a hidden agenda or that they care for the money more than the message. I wish that I'd listen to that feeling instead of waiting for the truth to rear its ugly head. I'm a smart girl. I'm loyal. But sometimes I'm too loyal. I'm not loyal enough to myself.” PeopleSometimesEnoughFeelingsCareGirlWishWaitingMessagesSmartUglyGutsAgendasLoyalGut FeelingsSmart Girl Author:Lady Gaga
“You can think whatever you want to and laugh, but I believe if I would have never learned to put my stuff back on the right grocery store shelves, and I would have never learned to put my cart back where God told me to, I don't believe I would be standing here today preaching this message to you. And I think there are literally millions of people who miss the will of God for their life because they think little things don't make any difference.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveLittlesWould BeI BelieveStuffDifferencesMillionsLaughingMissingMessagesDon't BelieveStoresGods WillLittle ThingsPreachingShelvesGroceriesCartsGrocery Stores Author:Joyce Meyer
“We live in an age where people are like, "I'd love to catch up. Maybe text me later? But don't call because I don't really listen to my messages. But if you text me..." We've displaced interaction into sound bites and untethered phrases and sentences that come up on the phone as Twitter feed.” PeopleIfsAgeSoundMessagesPhonesCome UpSentencesPhrasesBitesInteractionSound BitesText Me Author:Marc Maron
“The songs themselves sometimes have messages and people can read into them different ways, but I try to use concerts as a way to gather people and then have information there. I think that's important to find that balance, a way to be able to turn people on to things at the shows, but also just have it be an entertainment experience for people who just want to hear music and dance and don't want the extra stuff.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTryingImportantDifferentSometimesUseShowsAbleSongTurnsStuffInformationBalanceMessagesEntertainmentDifferent WaysExtrasConcertsMusic And Dance Author:Jack Johnson
“I'm sentimental about Jesus on the cross. Jesus was a Jew, and also I believe he was a catalyst, and I think he offended people because his message was to love your neighbour as yourself; in other words, no one is better than somebody else. He embraced all people, whether it was a beggar on the street or a prostitute, and he admonished a group of Jews who were not observing the precepts of the Torah. So he rattled a lot of people's cages.” PeopleThinkingBelieveJesusI BelieveGroupsStreetsLove YouMessagesCrossesJewSentimentalCagesOffendedObservingNeighbourBeggarCatalystTorah Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I encourage people in a lot of my messages that you've got to make the most of every day.” PeopleMessages Author:Joel Osteen
“It's frustrating when you feel like you have a message to get out and people just judge you regardless.” PeopleFeelsJudgingLike YouMessagesFrustrating Author:Dawn Angelique
“We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message.” PeopleLooksSometimesMessagesSurfaceNeglectDiscouraged Author:Dawn Angelique
“Leadership will either lead you into a ditch or lead you into purpose. We need our leaders, especially those who are teaching our young people, to have the right message.” PeopleNeedsYoungPurposeLeaderTeachingMessages Author:Myles Munroe
“One of the great things about humor is, you can slip things past people with humor, you can use it as a sweetener. So you can actually tell them things, give them messages, get terribly, terribly serious and terribly, terribly dark, and because there are jokes in there, they'll go along with you, and they'll travel a lot further along with you than they would otherwise.” PeopleGivingUsePastDarkSeriousMessagesJokesGreat ThingsSlipsThings PastSweeteners Author:Neil Gaiman
“I want to give people the message and let them feel my emotion behind it.” PeopleWantGivingFeelsEmotionBehindsMessages Author:Kirko Bangz
“My music is more like ghetto gospel; there's a message in my words, so people listen. Sometimes you might here different things; it depends on how you feel. You might feel down, and I might be the cat in the same sentence saying, "You need to get up and do your thing." And then I could be the same cat, when you at the top of your game, telling you, "It feel good, don't it?" but with the same words.” PeopleNeedsFeelsDifferentSometimesMightGamesDependsMessagesMusic IsCatDown AndSentencesFeel GoodGet UpDifferent ThingsGhettoHow You Feel Author:Young Jeezy
“It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.” PeopleFirstsBelieveHumansLittlesShowsEarthJesusBeliefChristChristianityClassPracticeMessagesClaimsTragedyFirst ClassPrince Of Peace Book:Gandhi on Nehru Source: Gandhi on Nehru
“There is message to the community that a non-governmental process is underway to bring about social change, it's a public one, and people like Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev are throwing their weight behind it. In a world where there's a lot of cynicism and despair, this has a candle-lighting effect.” PeopleWorldSocialProcessCommunityBehindsEffectsDespairMessagesWeightThrowingCandleCynicismSocial ChangeLightingGorbachev Author:Ram Dass
“I am amazed that people want to ask me questions about God's work in my life. The interviews are a great way to share God's life-changing message and I pray that God continues to open this door for Christians.” PeopleWayWantChristianAsksDoorsSharePrayingMessagesAsk MeLife ChangingInterviewsAmazedI Pray Author:Joyce Meyer
“I never had the desire to be a professional Twitterer. Every now and then something dumb pops into my head and I'll tweet it. I don't feel any obligation to respond to everyone. Not that I don't appreciate people sending me messages on there, but there are too many. Responding to everyone would take away time for all the stuff I'm actually in the business for.” PeopleFeelsDesireStuffMessagesAppreciateScriptsPopsObligationDumbNow And ThenTweetRespondingAppreciate People Author:Aziz Ansari
“I'm trying to get good message out to the people. It's like the scriptures because you know what the scriptures are in the bible. Words of Jah, words of Christ, words of Rasta and everything that's righteous are in the scriptures unto I and I.” PeopleKnowsTryingChristMessagesScriptureRighteousRasta Author:Sizzla
“One particular debate that I have seen play out again and again is whether trans people who have more traditional gender expressions or who "pass" more should be the ones who are represented. A recent advocacy guide focused on advocating around trans health care access produced by the largest trans advocacy organization in the US instructs readers that advocacy will be more successful if the message is delivered by people who pass as non-trans men and women.” PeopleIfsMenShouldPlayCareSuccessfulParticularExpressionReaderMessagesMen And WomenOrganizationGenderFocusedGuidesAccessDebateTraditionalHealth CareAgain And AgainTransAdvocatingAdvocacy Author:Dean Spade
“For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.” PeopleWellsCountryReasonWould BeActionSocialSimpleEnvironmentNeededMessagesTestsBasesDecentSlogansGhettoAffluenceSocial ActionDecent Life Author:Barry Commoner
“Much of the message that I try to put across to students is that they have to figure out what they really like to do and find a way to do that as an adult for their jobs. A lot of people have jobs they don't like, and it makes for very unhappy people. So I tell them if you like to write, or run around, or dig in the dirt, then find a job that will allow you to do that, and you'll be happy.” PeopleIfsWayWritingTryingRunningJobsFiguresStudentsMessagesAdultsUnhappyDirtHappy PeopleUnhappy People Author:Kadir Nelson
“When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message to everyone else that that's who we are. People often don't try to understand black men as a whole. We're creative, strong and influential.” PeopleMenTryingWholeGuyStrongBlackCreativeTroubleTvsMessagesSpreadWho We AreInfluentialThugBlack Guys Author:Thomas Jones
“I try to put in every one of my movies some sort of message. I don't want to overdo it, because I don't want people to get annoyed by it, but it's good to have a message.” PeopleWantTryingMessagesAnnoyed Author:Roland Emmerich
“Bold has been my message to the people of the west, bolder is my message to you, my beloved countryman.” PeopleHas BeensMotivationalMessagesWestBelovedCountrymen Author:Swami Vivekananda
“Church was the thing for me. The fellowship and the message that was given and singing in the choir and singing the solos and really listening to the words that you were singing and seeing how it affected people was huge for me.” PeopleGivenChurchSeeingHugeListeningMessagesSingingAffectedSoloFellowshipChoir Author:DeLisha Milton-Jones
“It's so different going in the studio and singing your own music and you don't really think about making sure that the message of the song or the idea behind the song comes across to people. Because it's in your head, it's in your heart, whatever, but it's... different when you're playing a character and you're singing as the character. There's just a lot more involved in that, I guess.” PeopleThinkingHeartIdeasDifferentCharacterSongBehindsInvolvedMessagesSingingStudios Author:Mandy Moore
“Marketing by interrupting people isn’t cost-effective anymore. You can’t afford to seek out people and send them unwanted marketing messages, in large groups, and hope that some will send you money. Instead, the future belongs to marketers who establish a foundation and process where interested people can market to each other. Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk.” PeopleWayProcessGroupsCostMessagesFoundationMarketingConsumersUnwantedIgniteMarketersInterruptingLarge Groups Author:Seth
“I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.” PeopleIdeasMessagesBlameResentMessengers Author:Anita Hill
“I haven't sworn off Facebook. I'm on Facebook. There's a fan page on Facebook that I will update, but I'm on there myself under a pseudonym, because there were a lot of people able to private-message me on Facebook, and it was getting really weird. And then with MySpace, I just don't read messages. I delete everything, and I just post updates every now and then.” PeopleAbleFansHavensMessagesPagesPostsNow And ThenReally WeirdUpdatesPseudonyms Author:Patton Oswalt
“I think being a woman alone enhanced the impulse in others to be generous. What we're told is that to be a woman alone is to be in a dangerous situation. The message is that people are gong to prey on you and do bad things to you. That may be true in some cases, but what I experienced was the other case.” PeopleThinkingMaySituationCasesDangerousMessagesBeing TrueImpulseGenerousBad ThingsPreyBeing A WomanGongsDangerous Situations Author:Cheryl Strayed