Sherry Turkle Quotes

I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.

Today, it's almost the outlier if people are not photographing what they ate and then sharing that in real time.

I honestly just want to take a selfie sometimes.

I think most people's view is that selfies are just vanity and stupid, but I think they're really great.

Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.

We've all taken hundreds of selfies until we get the perfect one.

People are obsessed by pictures these days. They just want to say they met someone, have the evidence.

I started taking selfies since I was 4

Everybody feels like they need a photograph because we're in a generation where, if you don't document it, it didn't occur. So you've got to stop and take a picture with everybody.

I've never taken a selfie and I don't plan to start now.

The selfie phenomenon is enormous, and it's hilarious. Especially as Australians, because we kind of hate people that love themselves, but that's all flipping on its head now, and we're happy to love ourselves.

Selfie is referred to the new age 'autograph' for our fans nowadays! Also, I like clicking selfies.

We are really focused on the beauty enthusiast... but also, as you know, everybody has got a great phone in their pocket. Everybody is taking pictures. Who doesn't want to look good in a picture? I don't know anybody who doesn't.

I have no interest in Twitter or Twotter or Twatter. It would never occur to me to use it. People who Tweet during programmes are always asking, 'What happened then?' If you're bloody Twittering away all the time, you miss what is actually going on.

I'll go out to eat and have a really good lunch and try to shut the phone off, but I can't, really, because the social media stuff will start happening.

Everyone has a really short attention span nowadays with social media, our phones. Even me - I can't go without touching my phone every five minutes.

When you're in a meeting and you pull out your paper notebook, people look at you and go, 'Oh, he's taking a note.' But if you're in a meeting and you pull out your iPad, they go, 'Oh, he's checking Facebook.'

I never liked the idea of taking a photo just for yourself - I think everything is better when shared.

I definitely think we're living in a world or generation where we need constant gratification and adoration with Instagram and likes, and we base everything on attention.

People said, 'MySpace is going to rule and dominate all Internet; all young people will live on MySpace.' Well, along comes Facebook. And, obviously, all the innovation that Apple is doing.

Anywhere I go, if I go out, I have to keep my phone out. I don't try to be rude. If I turn it around, I have to check it every 5 minutes.

I'd like to pretend to be all Olympian and above it, as if this is a phenomenon I'm observing from a great height, nothing to do with my own behavior at all - but the fact is I'm absolutely one of those people in the cafe staring at my phone.

If somebody asks for a photo, with a smile, it is nothing.

The thing is, people only care about their selfie. I am a fan of artists, and if I have 30 seconds with an artist, I am not going to take a photo just to prove on social media that I was with the artist. I am going to enjoy every single second of those 30 seconds, ask questions, talk, actually make something of the moment, thank them.

Everybody in Naples must have a picture with me by now, but if you need another one, I never say no to a selfie.