“American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are being manipulated in the most insidious way. Our emotions, personalities and core values are under siege from media and cultural forces too complex to decode. A continuous product message has woven itself into the very fabric of our existence. Most North Americans now live designer lives-sleep, eat, sit in car, work, shop, watch TV, sleep again. I doubt there's more than a handful of free, spontaneous minutes anywhere in that cycle. We ourselves have been branded.” PeopleWayHas BeensTodayLife IsValuesCultureForceSleepEmotionExistenceWatchesDoubtMinutesMediaCarTvsProductsPersonalityMessagesComplexesCoreDesignerShopsCyclesFabricConsumerismSpontaneousHandfulAmerican CultureWovenOverconsumptionInsidiousCore ValuesSiegeBrandedAuthentic LifeUnder Siege Author:Kalle Lasn
“I had looked forward to old age as a time of quietness, a time to draw my horizons about me, to watch memories ripening in the sunlight of a walled garden. But there is the void over my head and the distance within that the tireless signals come from. And astronaut on impossible journeys to the far side of the self I return with messages I cannot decipher.” SelfAgeSidesMemoriesWatchesImpossibleJourneyReturnMessagesDrawsGardenDistanceOld AgeHorizonVoidSunlightSignalsAstronautQuietnessWatch MeDecipherRipeningFar Side Author:R. S. Thomas
“Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good messages in the film. The films starring those actors are the films I tell young people to watch for good acting and to view for quality movies.” PeopleFilmYoungActorsViewsActingQualityWatchesMessagesRubiesGood Acting Author:Brian J. White
“It's important for parents to watch for trouble and convey to their daughters that, if it comes, they are strong enough to deal with it. Parents who send their [adolescent] daughters the message that they'll be overwhelmed by problems aren't likely to hear what's really happening.” IfsImportantEnoughProblemStrongParentDealsWatchesTroubleMessagesHappeningsDaughterAdolescenceOverwhelmedStrong Enough Book:Reviving Ophelia Source: Reviving Ophelia
“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
“When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages. I would record TV commercials with SoundRecorder.exe on Windows 95 and reverse them to see if I was being subliminally influenced to watch Pokémon by Japanese spies.” IfsYearsSecretWatchesRecordsTvsMessagesWindowCodeObsessedConspiracyReverseSpyTv Commercial Author:Alex Hirsch
“Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read into it and say, "Wow! You know what? Whatever they're doing over there, it's extraordinary, and maybe that culture is superior to ours in certain ways."” PeopleIfsKnowsWayBeautifulCertainCultureLiteratureSportsWatchesMessagesExtraordinaryViolentSuperiorsWowNon Violent Author:Gabe Polsky
“I would argue that it's almost better to do heroin than to watch TV. At least when you're doing heroin you're responsible for your own reveries and thought processes. When you're mainlining TV what is it but endless messages to fetishize products?” ProcessWatchesTvsProductsMessagesResponsibleArguingEndlessHeroinReverieThought Process Author:Terence McKenna
“It makes sense that anybody with religious beliefs would pray that the Lord would watch over them and protect them as their sleeping. We just want to send that little message out to the Lord, "Take care of us."” WantLittlesCareBeliefReligiousSleepLordWatchesPrayingProtectMessagesTake CareMake SenseReligious Belief Author:Denzel Whitaker
“When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.” PeopleHeartMayWalksLordWatchesMessagesTheaterRingsBagsDeceivingPopcornMovie Theater Author:LeCrae
“Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.” PeopleYearsMindFirstsHardStoriesAbleJoyDifficultAnimalWatchesApproachMessagesOrganizationMiseryAverageDeeperDuesCoreVideoOpeningSellingEngagedRescueAgonyBackwardsInvolvementHappy EndingsHeartbreakingShortageHeartwarmingHard CoreAnimal RescueRescue Me Author:Elayne Boosler
“At the same time, you had Barack Obama as a president. You had Hillary Clinton on track, all the Democrats looking good. And, you know, Donald Trump was just an entertaining buffoon to watch. And, over time, you came to realize that Donald Trump was appealing to a lot of people with his populist message. And, slowly, I think, even as a show, we started shifting in tone as the election started shifting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShowsPresidentRealizingWatchesTrumpMessagesElectionClintonDemocratTrackBarackToneEntertainingLooking GoodShiftingPopulistBuffoons Author:Trevor Noah
“I put messages out there that start with why and they talk about what I believe. They go on to demonstrate and give examples. If it resonates with others, those with whom it resonates will share it with their friends and say, "This inspired me. You should watch it. You should read this."” IfsGivingShouldBelieveI BelieveWatchesShareExampleGoes OnMessagesInspired Author:Simon Sinek
“If you watch Michael Jackson [1992] concerts from Budapest and compare it to a Madonna concert of today, you'll see such uplifting beauty and a message that you won't see in any other artist of our time.” IfsTodayArtistWatchesMessagesUpliftingCompareOur TimeConcertsBudapest Author:David LaChapelle
“President Trump watches a lot of television. I mean, really a lot. His favourite channel is Fox. Now just imagine somebody wants put a message in front of the president. You can hire a lobbyist or you can buy a minute on Fox or you can even pay somebody at a think tank to articulate your message and then pay a booker at that think tank to get that person on Fox and put the thought directly in the president's ear.” ThinkingWantMeanPersonsPresidentPayWatchesImagineMinutesFrontsTelevisionTrumpMessagesEarsFavouriteFoxesTanksLobbyists Author:David Frum
“I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin' — there's more of us UGLY MOTHERFUCKERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out.” PeopleIfsWorldWantImportantBeautifulWatchesMessagesUglyHeyCuteYou Re Beautiful Author:Frank Zappa
“Some dangers are so spectacular and so much beyond normal experience that the mind refuses to accept them as real, and watches the approach of doom without any sense of apprehension. The man who looks at the onrushing tidal wave, the descending avalanche, or the spinning funnel of the tornado, yet makes no attempt to flee, is not necessarily paralyzed with fright or resigned to an unavoidable fate. He may simply be unable to believe that the message of his eyes concerns him personally. It is all happening to somebody else.” MenMindBelieveLooksMayRealEyeFearAcceptingWatchesFateDangerNormalApproachMessagesHappeningsConcernWaveRefuseHis EyesDoomSpectacularSpinningApprehensionFrightParalyzedResignedDescendingTornadoesAvalanchesTidal Waves Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God's hand until we learn to hear Him...Watch where God puts you into darkness, and when you are there keep your mouth shut. Are you in the dark just now in your circumstances, or in your life with God? Then remain quiet...When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light.” GivingHandsLightSongDarkWatchesTeachDarknessTaughtDisciplineCircumstancesQuietMessagesBirdMouthsShadowGods WillHeed Author:Oswald Chambers
“Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen” IfsWayLooksChildrenLittlesRealUseKidsLastsCan DoChanceWatchesClearSacrificeMessagesMercyFingersLiftsYour ChildrenRebellionSurvivingRemindingThirteenCapitolHunger Games BookCapitol In Hunger GamesDistrict 12 Book:The Hunger Games Source: The Hunger Games