“When you're on a submarine you're usually underwater for months at a time, and you don't get to Skype or make phone calls. When you get messages, they're maybe two sentences. They're very short.” TwoMonthsMessagesPhonesSentencesPhone CallsUnderwaterSubmarinesSkype Author:Jessy Schram
“Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This week, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.” MenLongTodayLawValuesCultureHalfTakenWeekMessagesFemaleAbuseFunctionMalesKillingInjusticeValuableSentencesOur SocietyJailMisogynyInfidelityEquationsAdultery Author:Anna Quindlen
“What will the greatest experiment discover? I have no idea!, maybe nothing!, If we won't check, we will never know. In science there is never a guarantee of success. If you understood this last sentence, then you understood the most important message of this lecture.” IfsKnowsImportantIdeasLastsScienceMessagesUnderstoodMathematicsSentencesExperimentsChecksNo IdeaGuaranteesLectures Author:Nathan Seiberg
“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
“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
“Make your initial contact short and sweet. Five sentences or less, or under 150 words. If someone instant messages you while you're online, go ahead and IM them back if you want. Otherwise, wait twenty-two to twenty-three hours between email contacts for the first few messages. Don't send messages while most people are sleeping, even if you're wide-awake. Shoot for business hours or just after dinnertime.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsTwoThreeWaitingHoursSleepFiveSweetMessagesTwentiesSentencesWideContactAwakeInstantOnlineEmailInitialsTwenty TwoWide AwakeShort And Sweet Author:Amy Webb
“I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I think your goal has to be to craft in one sentence what the truth is you are trying to convey. And then you find or create a story that you wrap around that truth.” ThinkingTryingStoriesSidesGoalTruth IsMessagesEntertainmentSentencesCraftsWrapsOne SentenceTilt Author:Max Lucado
“Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.'” ThinkingI CanHardCharacterUseEarthThreeTypeMessagesSevenIncludingSentencesText Message Author:Susan Orlean
“Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming the two of you have a certain degree of familiarity - which your words might alter. So every sentence has to do two things at once: convey a message and continue to negotiate that relationship.” TwoMightCertainSpeakDegreesMessagesSentencesTwo ThingsFamiliarityPresuming Author:Steven Pinker
“He pulled the envelope out of his pocket and ripped it open, then took out the slip of paper. The soft lights that ringed the mirror lit up the message in a warm glow. It was two short sentences: " KILL ME. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN MY FRIEND, KILL ME.” IfsTwoLightPaperMessagesMy FriendsMirrorsWarmSentencesPocketsSlipsLitKill MeRippedEnvelopes Book:The Maze Runner Complete Collection Source: The Maze Runner Complete Collection