People Online Quote by Elizabeth Berg

“When we’re online, we’re often oblivious to everything else going on around us. The real world recedes as we process the flood of symbols…

— Nicholas Carr

“Smartphones are tools which fools fiddle with when they are around people that they don’t have the courage, or, the intellect, to converse with.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phone, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those moments we…

— Jefferson Bethke

“And all this, I said, just as today was the case with the beginnings of wireless, would be of no more service to man…

— Hermann Hesse

“It made me wonder whether our ability and desire to interact with strangers is another muscle that risks atrophy in the smartphone world.”

— Aziz Ansari

“You need to develop the ability to just be yourself and not be doing something, that's what the phones are taking away. The ability…

— Louis C. K

“People who have so much of their personality invested in the Internet can’t really survive as whole individuals without it.”

— Mark A. Rayner

“An “online presence” is “all the true things and all the lies about a person on the Internet.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“This means that whatever happens on my smartphone, especially under the guise of anonymity, is the true exposé of my heart, reflected in full-color…

— Tony Reinke

“Computers and mobile devices are becoming known for their inherent insecurities and the ability to damage the long term health of the users.”

— Steven Magee

“Many people forget that their smartphone, computer, and other devices exist for their convenience—not the convenience of everyone who wants to interrupt them throughout…

— Chris Bailey

“The social network, the only place that doesn’t physically exist but u can still live vicariously through someone who is only virtual.”

— Carl Henegan