Media Quotes - Page 85

We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents.

I can’t control who follows me, but I can control who I follow.[Social Media]

By elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.

Well, when it comes to inspiration, I come from San Diego originally - it's an un-media-hyped, sleepy sort of town, big on beach culture you know?

I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!

No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

The inherent non-linearity of the digital allows for more input from others, including the subject and reader as collaborators. The top-down, bedtime-style story is of limited use. A non-linear narrative that allows for increased complexity and depth, and encourages both subject and reader to have greater involvement, will eventually emerge more fully from the digital environment. This, in a sense, is the more profound democratization of media.

Hey ugly folks, go get some cyanide and die.

I hate when comedians use Performed For The Troops as one of there credits before they go up on stage.

Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.

The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.

Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.

Pushing a company agenda on social media is like throwing water balloons at a porcupine.

People in my industry [PR] would like people to believe we have ways to control social media. But that's one of the great swindles.

Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.

I'm a young woman who lives in a world of social media; I'll post boring things too!

I'm with a crowd but oh so alone.

She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine.

What is this land of Instagram, social media? Having a lot of likes and a lot of followers, and getting paid for it? I kind of found it to be really twisted, but then I started to see how it worked, and see how powerful it was, and how impressionable we all are.

In order to have a lasting career you'll need to spend time performing live to build your own audience, as it's not all about social media. Word of mouth still rules.

There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.

I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.

A comic says funny things. A comedian says things funny.