“The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.” WorldNeedsReasonStoriesFeelingsHandsSoundKnownMessagesUltimateProsperityLimitationRememberedReason WhyContentmentDictatorSnaps Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of life of those who utter them, they will not be heard. But if they are uttered through the practice of the commandments, their sound has such power that they dissolve the demons and dispose men eagerly to build their hearts into temples of God through making progress in works of righteousness.” IfsMenWayHeartChristianSoundPracticeProgressHeardExpressionMessagesDemonTemplesOrthodoxRighteousnessWord Of GodRootedVirtuousCommandmentsOrthodox Christian Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Well, I don't care for Paul Ryan's sound or his lyrics. He can like whatever bands he wants, but his guiding vision of shifting revenue more radically to the one percent is antithetical to the message of Rage.” WantWellsCareSoundVisionBandMessagesPercentDon't CareRageI Don't CareRevenueShifting Author:Tom Morello
“If a story is funny, and I made it up, then the big message is, `Aren't I clever?' .. If a story is funny and it actually happened, the big message is, `Isn't the world funny?' And actually I think that's a better message. I kind of want to think that about the world -- and it sounds less like boasting.” IfsThinkingWorldWantKindMadeStoriesBigsSoundHappenedMessagesCleverMade ItBoastCleverness Author:Dave Gorman
“There is something strangely determinate and fatal about a single shot in the night. It is as if someone had cried a message to you in one word, and would not repeat it.” IfsNightSoundMessagesShotsRepeatsCriedOne Word Book:Out of Africa Source: Out of Africa
“Double-check your voice mail message. Listen to your on-hold words and music. Write welcoming scripts for your telephone team. Pay attention to the music in your office and lobby areas. Make sure what your customers hear sounds good.” WritingCultureSoundVoicePayAttentionTeamOfficeMessagesAreasScriptsCustomersChecksWelcomePay AttentionMailTelephonesService CultureWords And Music Author:Ron Kaufman
“People are more likely to search for specific books in which they are actively interested and that justify all of that effort of reading them. Electronic images and sounds, however, thrust themselves into people's environments, and the messages are received with little effort. In a sense, people must go after print messages, but electronic messages reach out and touch people. People will expose themselves to information in electronic media that they would never bother to read about in a book.” PeopleLittlesBookReadingSoundEffortEnvironmentMediaInformationTelevisionMessagesBotherJustifyPrintReach OutThrustElectronic Media Author:Joshua Meyrowitz
“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