Blackberries Quote by Elizabeth Lesser

I hear the same anxieties over and over again. Everything is too fast; everything is too precarious. We have more access than ever to…

— Anna Wintour

We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but often these things help us create the illusion of…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

Modern life, especially with young children, so often seems like a mad rush... We so rarely take time to just do nothing - not…

— Michael Finkel

When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the…

— Ewan McGregor

“Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted. Then they begin to count on it. Finally they reach a…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I get very annoyed when you can't concentrate on what is going on because so much is happening.

— Bernard Cribbins

“Let’s take a look at how modern life goes. Mostly, it’s frenetic and at a pace that’s not conducive to reflective thought./ It’s all…

— Sarah Wilson

We often use technology to save time, but increasingly, it either takes the saved time along with it, or makes the saved time less…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Under the deluge of minute-to-minute text conversations, emails, relentless exchange of media channels and passwords and apps and reminders and tweets and tags, we…

— Ariel Garten

Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up, however much…

— Douglas Rushkoff

We're sort of in an age now when we have too much information, which can take us down a specific path. You're getting too…

— Megan Ganz

I think in today's world, we're so busy, and we're so distracted. But it's also really important to slow down.

— Jessica Long