Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Ross

I played a major role in the spread of crack cocaine, the marketing of crack cocaine, the glamorization of crack cocaine. But it's hard to say that it was totally my fault. My judge in Cincinnati told me, "Mr. Ross, I know that the prosecutor and the media and the DEA all want to blame you for this problem, but I sentenced my first drug dealer the year you were born, so I know you're not the cause. This is a problem we've had since before you were born."

Tallulah Bankhead

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.

Tony Pulis

Whether it's the internet, radio, television, there are always areas of debate, but you have to accept it. The media now has become an absolute monster.

Tony Benn

The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly.

Tony Abbott

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

Tony Blair

No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.

Tony Blair

You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.

Simon Mainwaring

By linking with friends and ultimately strangers and building those relationships, social media is reweaving the social fabric that can then be used to scale your non-profit efforts.

Simon Mainwaring

As a function of the easy access to information provided by the Internet, and the ease with which it can be shared thanks to social media, consumers are now better informed as to the behavior of brands and the multiple global crises we face.

Simon Mainwaring

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.

Simon Mainwaring

Brands must be very specific in their choice of social media platforms through which to communicate their CSR or cause messaging.

Simon Mainwaring

The evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that tools like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are little more than faddish distractions useful only to exchange trivial information, these critics are being proven wrong time and again.

Simon Mainwaring

Some critics have challenged what the return on investment is for engagement in social media. Others have complained that the metrics don't exist to demonstrate value.

Simon Mainwaring

Ultimately, it's possible that social media platforms will be designed as templates that the users themselves customize in terms of the best way to express their community and experience of life, and brands will have to simply follow suit.

Simon Mainwaring

Without question, CEOs, executives and employees in companies in the United States and around the world have rallied to face the challenge of a social media marketplace.

Simon Mainwaring

There's an adage that is an apt description of the new dynamic at work between brands and consumers connected through social media: People support what they help to build. But now that many brands are launching community-driven cause marketing campaigns, the challenge becomes what to do next?

Simon Mainwaring

Social media is not an end in itself. It's just another tool to reach people.

Simon Mainwaring

The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.

Simon Mainwaring

One of the greatest challenges companies face in adjusting to the impact of social media, is knowing where to start.

Simon Mainwaring

Social media demands a lot of us on top of our already demanding lives. So let's disconnect as we need to and renew our interest and ourselves.

Richard Branson

Whether you are launching a start-up or leading an established company, you should start establishing your social media presence if you haven’t already.

Tina Yothers

As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down.

Sonu Nigam

Social media gives one a family to share ones life with.

Sam Smith

The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you're using it.

Sam Smith

Polls are the corporate media's standardized tests to determine how well we have learned what it has taught us.

Rupert Murdoch

Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

Rush Limbaugh

I'm amazed at the Democrats and the media who do not know what's going on in my world. I know what's going on in theirs. I study 'em. I watch 'em every day.

Rush Limbaugh

I'm like anybody else that's in media. I've got my opinions. I share them. I'm not afraid of them.

Rush Limbaugh

Obama hasn't lost his standing because of tricks played by the Republicans. He hasn't lost his standing because the media's not fair to him. He hasn't lost his standing or his approval number because the media spent four years attacking him like they did George W. Bush. This is all on him.

Rush Limbaugh

It's impossible for a Democrat to be a failure. It's impossible for a Democrat to be a reprobate. It's impossible for a Democrat to be a mess. It just isn't possible, as far as the mind-set of the media is concerned.

Rush Limbaugh

There is one other business where the customer is always wrong and that's the media.

Rush Limbaugh

The thought that so many people get their news from social media really is scary.

Rush Limbaugh

The media is a like any other group of people. Their universe is all that matters.