“Because of social media, we have access to amazing spiritual teachers. You can watch the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle or any number of other masters. Their teachings are available and we must celebrate that.” SpiritualSocialNumbersWatchesTeacherTeachingMediaMastersAvailableSocial MediaAccessCelebrateLamaDalaiSpiritual TeachersTolle Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Separation happens in so many different dimensions. We see it everywhere. I believe we are all part of the spiritual heart. We all come from that place of oneness, so that place in us that knows love, that knows connection, hurts. It's a challenge that we also feel more than any other time because it's in the news and social media. It's in our families. There is division with people in our lives, as well as political division and religious division.” PeopleKnowsFeelsBelieveWellsHeartDifferentHappensSpiritualPoliticalI BelieveSocialChallengesHurtReligiousOur LivesMediaNewsConnectionsSocial MediaSeparationOnenessOur FamilyDimensionsDivisionDifferent DimensionsPeople In Our Lives Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Twenty years ago if you provided someone with horrible service, it may take weeks or even months for the word-of-mouth message to get out to 15-20 potential customers. Today, with social media, thousands of potential customers can learn about horrible service within hours, minutes or even seconds after it happens.” IfsYearsMayHappensTodaySocialHoursWeekMinutesMediaMonthsMessagesMouthsYears AgoTwentiesSocial MediaCustomersHorribleSecondsWord Of Mouth Author:Bill Capodagli
“Social media can work to a CEO's advantage. Someone with a great product in a small town in the middle of nowhere can compete in the world marketplace. In 1962, Sam Walton changed the face of retailing with Wal-Mart. As we speak, Amazon is again changing the face of retail with on-line buying.” WorldFacesSpeakSocialLinesMiddleMediaChangedProductsAdvantageTownsSocial MediaBuyingCeoSmall TownMarketplaceAmazonRetailMiddle Of NowhereRetailing Author:Bill Capodagli
“Companies whose marketing and sales departments are not using the Internet and social media for communication may have the same fate that the dime stores had when Wal-Mart came onto the scene.” MaySocialCompanyFateMediaCommunicationInternetSceneMarketingSocial MediaStoresDepartmentDimesMarketing And Sales Author:Bill Capodagli
“I think if you use Twitter and social media as your main source of information you are an idiot, but I think most people who use it know better, so I kind of enjoy it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindUseSocialEnjoyMediaInformationSourceSocial MediaIdiot Author:Dave Barry
“For the ancient Greeks, who lacked our social media, the only way to achieve mass duplication of the details of one's life in the apprehension of others was to do something wondrously worth the telling. Our wondrous technologies might just save us all the personal bother. Kleos is a tweak away.” WayMightSocialTechnologyAchieveMediaMassAncientDetailsSocial MediaBotherGreekApprehensionWondrousAncient GreekTweakDuplication Book:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away Source: Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
“I'm on social media a lot. It kind of revises or revives your career. Because of social media I get pictures and autographs from all over the place. If that wasn't around, people would wonder, "What's Frank Stallone up to?" Now they can just got to YouTube and see a million things. It's quite a bit of fun.” PeopleIfsKindFunSocialBitsWonderCareersMillionsMediaSocial MediaFrankYoutubeAutographsRevive Author:Frank Stallone
“I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be an actor, a musician, a stand-up comic, writer, or a director. Focusing in on one thing doesn't take up all of your time.” ThinkingMeanIdeasActorsSocialOne ThingMediaDirectorsMusicianSocial MediaComicErasPerformersSaturation Author:Robbie Rist
“I am 32-years-old, and diversity is working for me. I see a lot of change. You can't deny the revolution that is happening about body sizes. With social media and everything, everyone can get their voice out more. It puts a lot of pressure on the industry to do, give more spaces to different ethnicities or ages or sizes. I do feel like the change is happening. It might have just started, but I believe it's not going to end. It's just the beginning.” GivingFeelsYearsBelieveDifferentEndsBodyMightAgeI BelieveSocialVoiceSpaceMediaRevolutionIndustryDiversityHappeningsPressureSizeSocial MediaDenyEthnicity Author:Bianca Balti
“I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took up all my time. People wanted me to have a Twitter account and I spent the whole day figuring out what would be the first message. I still haven't wrapped my head around it.” PeopleFirstsStillsWholeWould BeWantedSocialDealsMediaHavensMessagesAccountsSocial MediaMy TimeWebsite Author:Patti Smith
“Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream.” PeopleIfsTogetherLostStrongSocialTermAbilityWonderMediaSocial MediaVery StrongDaydreaming Author:Patti Smith
“We can work together across countries and cultures like never before through the Internet and social media. Everyone can make a difference, whether it is by building a school, sponsoring a child's education, volunteering at their local school, or working to hold leaders accountable for their promises.” ChildrenCountrySchoolTogetherCultureSocialDifferencesLeaderMediaBuildingInternetPromiseSocial MediaLocalsMaking A DifferenceWorking TogetherVolunteer Author:Shakira
“It's not enough to vent about what you don't like on social media. I would ask everyone who can, men included, to get involved in an organisation actively working for gender equality.” MenEnoughAsksSocialMediaInvolvedSocial MediaGenderGet InvolvedOrganisationGender Equality Author:Catherine Mayer
“I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.” PeopleWantWishSocialMediaMomLuckSocial MediaWant MeGood LuckExam Author:Boy George
“You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.” WritingPersonsSocialLevelsMediaSocial MediaTricksOddNasty Author:Boy George
“I think that we live in a world - and this is something which living in Pakistan, perhaps, has taught me - and, you know, we live in a world where there is a constant feed from social media, the news, etc., of things that can scare us. And we become so anxious because human beings are meant - are designed to be sensitized to dangerous stuff.” ThinkingKnowsWorldHumansSocialStuffHuman BeingsMediaDangerousTaughtNewsConstantSocial MediaEtcScareAnxiousPakistan Author:Mohsin Hamid
“Women that look like me [the black ones] need to see more of themselves in social media, in film, in music.” NeedsLooksFilmSocialBlackMediaSocial MediaLike Me Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I like to say I have Internet Immorality. From the beginning of the "internet famous" era until now, I've evolved and went with the flow of change, always changing my makeup looks, fashion, and vision. My brand has grown so fast from social media and I don't know how life would be without be logging onto MySpace for the first time 10 years ago!” KnowsYearsFirstsLooksWould BeSocialVisionKnow HowMediaFashionInternetFirst TimeYears AgoFlowSocial MediaBrandsErasMakeupImmoralityLogging Author:Jeffree Star
“Social media is alluring, tempting, frustrating, etc. We mistake our interactions in social media as community, but is community possible when you don't even know what someone looks like or what his or her voice sounds like? I've enjoyed connecting with a lot of poets through social media, but do I truly know them if I haven't even met them yet?” IfsKnowsLooksSocialSoundVoiceCommunityMistakeMediaHavensPoetMetsSocial MediaEnjoyedEtcInteractionFrustratingConnectingTemptingAlluring Author:Allison Joseph
“The most important thing in the professional wrestling industry in this day and age of technology and the Internet and social media is to be able to make wrestling unpredictable.” ImportantAgeAbleSocialTechnologyMediaIndustryInternetImportant ThingsSocial MediaThis DayWrestlingUnpredictableProfessional Wrestling Author:Matt Hardy
“Now is a time where social media allows people to be heard on a different level. Everyone is using their voice.” PeopleDifferentSocialVoiceLevelsHeardMediaSocial MediaDifferent Levels Author:Dwyane Wade
“There are no general-interest media that all of us can tap into. I'm not a good person to talk to about social media. I just avoid it. I'm suspicious also of the culture of venting. But the bigger question is, How can we in this media world have a genuine civic conversation? I mean, look at Franklin Roosevelt. He had these radio talks that all Americans listened to, and there was a common civic conversation that came out of it.” WorldLooksMeanPersonsCultureSocialInterestCommonMediaConversationBiggerRadioSocial MediaGenuineSuspiciousGood PersonCivicsFranklinVenting Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“TV has a lot of problems, but I think the Internet and social media have a lot more. Under the cover of anonymity people say the most vicious things.” PeopleThinkingProblemSocialMediaTvsInternetSocial MediaViciousAnonymity Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“The thing that I find so bad about anger is the desire for payback. Of course, it is very human to wish for revenge. Your mother has died in the hospital, and the first thought a lot of people have is, I'll sue the doctor. You feel helpless, and you think, I'm less helpless if I'm doing something active that makes someone else pay. And social media make it easy to inflict all kinds of pain on other people. But what good does it do?” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsFirstsHumansKindDoePainMotherDesireCoursesWishSocialEasyPayMediaDoctorsDiedSocial MediaActiveRevengeAll KindsHospitalsHelplessPayback Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“When we look back on this time and we are going to see what the Internet brought us, and social media brought us, I think people are going to say 'how did people know anything in those years, during that particular time in history?' Because there is so much disorganization in the information.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsLooksSocialMediaInformationParticularInternetSocial MediaDisorganization Author:Greg Graffin
“I want to utilize social media to elevate the consciousness of those people who feel like all they want from social media is to be famous. Like, you can actually be a voice. You can actually say something that's inspiring and not just make people feel like you need to buy things and be a certain way.” PeopleWayWantNeedsFeelsCertainSocialVoiceConsciousnessMediaLike YouSocial Media Author:Willow Smith
“When I can see someone that's posting the way that they're thinking about what's happening in the world right now or even art that they've created, it inspires me to do the same. It makes me turn off my phone and go paint a painting or go hike a mountain or go record a song. Those are the kind of things that social media helps me do. But it also can make me sit in my room and not do anything.” ThinkingWorldWayKindArtI CanHelpingSongTurnsSocialRoomsRecordsMediaInspirePaintingRight NowMountainHappeningsPaintPhonesSocial MediaHelp MeTurn Off Author:Willow Smith
“It's good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. It inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways - with money or with different things that are not true happiness. It's leading people down a rabbit hole that actually doesn't exist. So people think like, "Yo, once I get this money and these cars and stuff, I'ma be so happy." But that's not true. And I feel like that's why it's very important to educate people on different things while you are actually on social media.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingImportantDifferentLife IsSocialStuffMediaCarInspireSocial MediaHolesDifferent ThingsEducateRabbitsTrue HappinessWrong WayInspire OthersRabbit HolesTrying To Be Happy Author:Jaden Smith
“As a model I had a lot of success when I was 17 and 18 years old. It was before social media, before the world was what the world is, but even then it was terrifying, to be 18 years old and people knowing who you are, and I was this personality who was completely devoid of who I actually was. It was almost like being a manufactured boy band. You're sort of like a wind up doll; they wind you up and put you on the runway or something like that.” PeopleWorldYearsSocialBoysKnowingMediaWindPersonalityBandModelsWho You AreSocial MediaDollsRunwayKnowing Who You AreBoy Bands Author:Karen Elson
“I think having not only personal connections with friends and family I'm able to pull from, but having a connection with so many people through social media, it also feels like I have a relationship with those people that follow me. And feel that what I'm going through, they've gone through something similar, and that's why we've connected. And they're the ones that make it into that body of work that represents them or that time in their life, because we've found each other.” PeopleThinkingFeelsBodyAbleFoundSocialGoneMediaConnectionsSocial MediaConnectedFamily And FriendsFollow MePersonal Connection Author:Hailee Steinfeld
“I think sometimes younger people - not necessarily thinkers and intellectuals and the like, but people who are on social media and who are not as informed as journalists or professional thinkers - may get a bit, you know, impatient with the necessity of sustained thinking, sustained argumentation, sustained dialogue.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMaySometimesSocialBitsMediaSocial MediaDialogueJournalistThinkerImpatientArgumentation Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“When I first came into the NFL, I was just trying to be super, super ready to learn the plays and all that. Now, I've found more balance. I think that with new life coming in, and family and everything else, balance has been critical. That goes for the social media part, too - allowing the fans to come into our world a little is cool.” ThinkingWorldTryingFirstsLittlesHas BeensPlayFoundSocialFansMediaReadyBalanceSocial MediaCriticalNflOur WorldAllowingNew Life Author:Russell Wilson
“I don't see social media as lending my voice as much as I see it speaking my truth. If you look at my open letters, the one I wrote about Blue Ivy too - you see, I am always as the foundation, talking about us being a better humanity. I believe in that.” IfsBelieveLooksHumanityI BelieveSocialVoiceTalkingMediaLettersBlueFoundationI Believe InSocial MediaIvyLendingMy Truth Author:India.Arie
“Growing up in the social media world, it's tough. Your face changes, you get older, your face fills out, and you fall into liking makeup and different stuff like that. And for people saying that, for the most part - it would kind of hurt my feelings when you haven't done anything. You just kind of have to keep being yourself and move forward with what you love.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentDoneFeelingsMovingFallHurtGrowing UpToughSocial MediaMoving ForwardBeing YourselfMakeupYour Face Author:McKayla Maroney
“With gymnastics, I know I was making some people in that world mad because they thought that I wasn't focused on gymnastics. They were like, 'Ugh, she won't get off social media, she's always tweeting.' They wanted me to be America's sweetheart. And I think I've never fit into that cookie cutter person.” PeopleThinkingWorldFitMadSocial MediaFocusedGymnasticsSweetheart Author:McKayla Maroney
“I've always loved so many different things about social media and music and art and fashion. I always loved it. But I've been too scared to jump into it, knowing that people would be upset about it. So that's why I hid from it. And now, I'm not afraid to be myself.” PeopleArtDifferentFashionScaredSocial MediaUpsetNot Afraid Author:McKayla Maroney
“Something I do love about social media is how you can expand your idea. You can make an extension of your art as opposed to just using it for promotion.” ArtSocial MediaPromotion Author:James Taylor
“Young people are tremendously frustrated because they don't see politics as changing anything. They see it as perpetuating a system that frankly doesn't work and no matter who you vote for things don't really change. Social media is where I think a bold message will wake them up. We saw that a little bit in the Occupy movement. Over the next three years, I think young people are going to wake up and be empowered.” PeopleThinkingVoteWake UpSocial MediaFrustratedEmpowered Author:Justin Trudeau
“Social media is hugely important as a vehicle for communication. That's the reality today, whether you like it or not. The good part is that you can continually share news about yourself and your company. But it can also make the design timeline more challenging.” ImportantRealityTodayChallengesShareDesignCommunicationSocial MediaAbout YourselfVehicleYou Like It Author:Peter Dundas
“You have to control things, especially with the social media, because once it's out there, it's out there. And that becomes the fact.” Social Media Author:Vanessa Bell Calloway
“Social media, it's a minefield! Technology is moving so fast right now. Everyone is scrambling around trying to understand what it means to have an avatar, how to live our lives on the internet, what it means for privacy, for citizens of a political universe. I think that we're trying to find rules now, as we speak, and it's difficult. But, like everything, the internet is an incredibly powerful force that needs governing - not to restrict our freedom, but to protect people.” PeopleThinkingTryingMeanMovingPoliticalUniverseSpeakDifficultPowerfulTechnologyInternetProtectSocial MediaPrivacy Author:Emma Watson
“A lot of children of this generation have their entire lives made public before they have a say about what they would want. I think it should always be a choice. I love social media, and I love what it can do and how it brings people together, but used in the wrong way, it's incredibly dangerous.” PeopleThinkingChildrenTogetherChoicesDangerousSocial Media Author:Emma Watson
“People who are invested in feminist movements are going to be talking about it regardless. Because we have such powerful tools to disseminate information and share resources, especially via social media.” PeoplePowerfulShareFeministSocial MediaFeminist Movement Author:Andi Zeisler
“I think as more people get more aware, people get more defensive. And when I say that, I mean people who are more privileged, like men. People will think that by pointing out patriarchy and an oppression, that means that all men are horrible people, and they'll write that on social media, and I think that's something that's increased.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingMeanSocial MediaHorribleOppressionPatriarchyPointingMean People Author:Rowan Blanchard
“We're in a hyper-connected world, and there's a crisis of connection. The first thing that God says about woman and man in the Bible is that it's not right for humans to be alone. Social media interaction cannot take the place of face-to-face interaction. If anything, it prevents us from doing that. We're staring into our screens for so long that we're forgetting to look at the people directly in front of us.” PeopleMenWorldLongForgetMen And WomenCrisisSocial MediaStaring Author:Bruce Feiler
“Social media is fine, but we need to put the phones down and look somebody in the eye. Talk to your neighbor. Talk to your community. Especially talk to the one you love. It's all about connection. It's hard, but it's ultimately what gives us meaning in the world.” WorldGivingEyeCommunitySocial MediaNeighborOne You Love Author:Bruce Feiler
“Nowadays we can sidestep traditional media with social media and technology that allows us to become citizen journalists, to fight against injustice by showing what's shamefully going on.” FightingTechnologyInjusticeSocial MediaJournalist Author:Emily Raboteau
“Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I'm not just a business woman. I'm my sons' mother and my husband's wife - although I never post about him on social media because he'd probably divorce me if I did! But I think by showing who I am as a mom and as a business owner, I show other women that we're all balancing those two worlds.” ThinkingWorldMotherParentWifeShareMomSocial MediaDivorceBeing A ParentBusiness Woman Author:Elle Macpherson
“I don't think anybody has a choice. Everybody has to kind of interact with all the craziness right now. I don't like to engage - a lot of people made a point of doing the social media thing, and I think that social media is complete trash, so I treat it like that. I like Instagram. I like the funny photos. Other than that, it's not for me.” PeopleThinkingKindChoicesSocial MediaCraziness Author:Mac DeMarco