Media Quotes - Page 121

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.

There's an obsession by the media to delegitimize Donald Trump, and we are not going to sit around and let it happen. We're going to fight back tooth and nail every day, and twice on Sunday.

I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice.

Good comedians are great philosophers.

There is now a scourge that is called Twitter

If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them

Sometimes I suspect most of the media commentariat are suffering from Munchausen syndrome.

I think that fear of the mob, the expectation that people, particularly poor and nonwhite people become mobs almost automatically in the absence of coercive authority, is inculcated by the media, the movies, and politicians.

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.

The Sun had a good relationship with Frank Bruno. We did lots of interviews. He was a great character, very friendly to the media.

Once social media was introduced, it enabled a new way for people, particularly the younger generation, to connect with one another, based on common interests, goals and even values.

My girlfriend's packed her bags and moved out to another town, she couldn't stand the boredom when the video broke down.

Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

You say your image is new, but it looks well tested.

You make alterations, affecting your pose, a new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.

Revolution used to be cool, but now it's out of fashion.

Newsmen winding up the nation, a little bad news helps circulation, pass on the panic to the population.

Trendy intellectuals always take action for every cause that's been in fashion.

I think the media argues all the time with itself.

We don't know what truth is anymore. You or other media people can say there's no problem, but you're losing your credibility. There's distortion, and it's hurting our society. And as a result of that, there will be forces that, one way or another, are going to naturally bring that into equilibrium.

With the media, we don't know what's true, and we don't have radical transparency because we're seeing everything through somebody else's eyes. There's no other industry that has as much power and as much freedom and as little quality control. I can't imagine how anyone could not think that's a problem.

The media has the power to create an entrenched perception of reality that's incorrect.

The specific media may change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia.

I think when people voted for Donald Trump, they realized he owned a lot of stuff with his name on it. I think the concern over conflict of interest seems to be higher in the media than the public. People saying, oh, he has to sell all of his stuff.

We are more polarized. And some of that comes from the people and some of that comes from the media.