Quotes
Authors
Sherry Turkle

"It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think is so ironic about Facebook being called Facebook, because we are not face to face on Facebook ... when we are face to face, we are inhibited by the presence of the other. We are inhibited from aggression by the presence of another face, another person. We're aware that we're with a human being. On the Internet, we are disinhibited from taking into full account that we are in the presence of another human being."

-- Sherry Turkle

#Thinking Quotes #Ironic Quotes #Faces Quotes

“I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.”
“You can go to the gym, lift as many weights as you want, but if you can't bench press your duvet at fajr then it doesn't mean anything”
“There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites.”

Source : "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.
“A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within.”
“SanitisedÂ violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.”
“I used to say things like, 'My name's not Al (Bundy), you know?' Not to the press, but to fans. 'My name is actually Ed.' I'd find myself saying that, and I'd think, 'Who do you think they think you are? They only know you from that!' And finally I just got...I don't know, I guess a switch went on for me, and I realized, 'This was the greatest job that you've ever had in your life. Why are you acting like an asshole?' So from that minute on, I kind of...well, I hate the word 'embraced,' but I just kind of went, 'Yeah, okay.' 'So you're Al, right?' 'Yep!'”
“Poor eating habits developed at an early age lead to a lifetime of real health consequences.”
“Politeness is the poison of collaboration.”

You may also like: