Media Quotes - Page 29

In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.

We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about ‘Super Mario’ or ‘Legend of Zelda.’

Donald Trump is not intimidated by the media, and he's not frightened by them, and in fact he loves toying with them. You know, while they're sitting there wringing their hands and taking things so seriously and it's the end of the world, Trump is laughing and having the greatest time.

The great danger of the new media is that it seems to relish the superficial. There has been an ethos within the Church for many years to pursue an accommodationist strategy in regards to the culture, and this has resulted in a public presentation of the Faith that is often nebulous or "dumbed down."

There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.

Well, let me tell you, if you're 45, had three children and are post-menopausal, you're not going to weigh what you did the day you graduated from high school. Get that out of your head. That's a media-driven ideal that you're never going to healthfully obtain.

We're living at a time when attention is the new currency. Those who insert themselves into as many channels as possible look set to capture the most value.

When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they pointed to is the use of plastics in the earth. We don't think about it, but it has a tremendous effect. But these are things you don't see right in front of your eyes. You need to think about them a little, to see what the consequences are. It's easy to put them aside, and the media don't talk about them.

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.

There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability to dissent without fear. It is our right to utter the words, 'I disagree.' We must feel at liberty to speak those words to our neighbors, our clergy, our educators, our news media, our lawmakers and, above all, to the one among us we elect - President.

Well, I was lost but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament!

I have spent my entire life helping millions of children across the world. I would never harm a child. It is unfortunate that some individuals have seen fit to come forward and make a complaint that is completely false. Years ago, I settled with certain individuals because I was concerned about my family and the media scrutiny that would have ensued if I fought the matter in court. These people wanted to exploit my concern for children by threatening to destroy what I believe in and what I do. I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.

The new media are not ways of relating to us the 'real' world; they are the real world and they reshape what remains of the old world at will.

The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.

Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.

Go to the Sydney Institute Media Watch Dog website to marvel at his [Gerard Henderson's] work.

I do not comment on my client's personal lives in the media. As for Luke, he did so once, a long time ago when he was an inexperienced, young actor and now with maturity and hindsight, he has learned not to engage the press in his personal life again.

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.

Successful social media marketing is not built on impressions. It is built on relationships

I like how I'm able to be curvy and beautiful and represent that in media, because I don't think it's shown often enough.

Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.

I'm less upset with politicians than the media. I feel like politicians, there is a certain, inherent - you know, the way I always explain it is, when you go to the zoo and a monkey throws its feces, it's a monkey. But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesn't say bad monkey... Somebody's got to be the zookeeper.

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.