Hermida Quotes

#1. Sharing our ideas with others is a way of showing what is important to us. We are sending out signals about ourselves as we highlight what we value and care about.

Alfred Hermida

#2. Emotions play a vital part in the social transmission of news and information. Interest, happiness, disgust, surprise, sadness, anger, fear and contempt affect how some stories catch on and travel far wider than others.

Alfred Hermida

#3. No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain.

Mark Strand

#4. No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called 'Mrs.' That simply means that we have a family.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#5. I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that. And comedy is still the bread and butter.

Martin Short

#6. She'd always thought she was sensible about romance: she hadn't ever wanted any sort of wild destructive passion that would interfere with college applications. She had thought love would change the story she told about herself too much, that love would make her story less smart or less meaningful.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#7. It may take a lifetime for an individual to live, but it takes just under four seconds for the occupants of the Seville to live a collective life.

Bradley Somer

#8. People are not hooked on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook but on each other. Tools and services come and go; what is constant is our human urge to share.

Alfred Hermida

#9. Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.

Charles Schwab

#10. It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.

Damien Hirst

#11. My son, I don't believe in God, prayer, afterlife or miracles. You may disagree with me on all of these. I'd prefer that you agree and reserve rebellion and independence over important issues instead.

Brian Spellman

#12. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the myriad of other services resonate with the basic human urge to be social. The tools have changed, but human behaviour remains consistent.

Alfred Hermida

#13. Youth had been a habit of hers for so long that she could not part with it.

Rudyard Kipling

#14. It is a nightmare scenario for any executive who works in an industry that relies on asymmetries in information between the producer and the consumer.

Alfred Hermida

#15. Taken together, the rhythms of real time show how Twitter becomes a place to come together when everyday social bonds are strained. It serves as a fleeting town square for people to share their sorrow, fear and hopes.

Alfred Hermida

#16. Blessing will happen to you and your family throughout the year because you faster in January.

Jentezen Franklin

#17. Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up.

Joan Collins

#18. When I get married,' said Fred, tugging at the collar of his own robes. 'I won't be bothering with any of this nonsense. You can all wear what you like and I'll put a full body-bind curse on mum until it's over.

J.K. Rowling

#19. There are three things healthy people most need to do - to be creatively productive, to render service, and to act in accordance with their moral impulses. In all three respects modern society frustrates most people most of the time.

E.F. Schumacher

#20. Money always flows to the leader ... If you want more money, simply become more of a leader.

Robert Kiyosaki