Away Quote by Pico Iyer

The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.

— Pico Iyer

While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to…

— Padmasree Warrior

We can be incredibly disconnected in this day and age with computers and cell phones.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I'm actually a bit of a technophobe, which surprises people. I like to stay unplugged as much as possible.

— Sal Khan

Why do we feel the need to disconnect in order to connect?

— David Levithan

In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us…

— Emilio Estevez

Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking…

— Regina Brett

We have cellphones and smartphones and iDevices and laptops and the ability to be perpetually connected. We never have to miss anything, significant or…

— Roxane Gay

I try to make a point in my life to leave the cell phone in the car sometimes, to try to unplug as much…

— Tom Green

I have those moments with my kids and family where we try to unplug and just be in the moment. We put everything else…

— Soleil Moon Frye

These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

— Richard Louv

I do think we've become so reliant that the phones are never out of our reach. We're always trying to stay connected that way…

— Carly Pope