Absence Quote by Timothy D. Snyder

“When we repeat the same words and phrases that appear in the daily media, we accept the absence of a larger framework. To have…

— Timothy Snyder

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

— Brian Ferneyhough

The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.

— Clay Shirky

It's funny, the old media idea is very segmented, like "this is my territory and this is yours." But media is changing. You're at…

— Tim Hetherington

That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.

— Eric Hoffer

Media generally likes to generalise things, as it makes their life easy.

— Urmila Matondkar

Our society needs to become less fragmented and more open to alternative viewpoints.

— Susan Collins

“Millions of those who are watching...can read hardly at all. Millions more can read the words but cannot understand them. Of those who can…

— Walter Lippmann

At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long -…

— Richard M. Nixon

Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words…

— John Berger

I understand the power of words and ideas as I get older and as I become more responsible as a stand-up. I think the…

— Omid Djalili