Pope Francis Quotes

In an odd sort of way, the computer and the Internet is the hermit's ideal form of communication. You don't have to see anyone. To send an email, you don't have to talk to anyone. You can just send it, and they'll read it on their own. The Internet has been really good for hermits.

While the digital age has done so much to improve our world, it has dramatically changed our social structure, often further isolating us from each other.

Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

The once-science-fiction notion of hyper-connectivity - where we are all constantly connected to social networks and other bubbling streams of digital data - has rapidly become a widespread reality.

Our generation's grown up with the Internet, so it's an extension of our social lives; it's an extension of us. It makes perfect sense for me to use that medium.

Facebook has woven itself into the fabric of our lives and the foundation of the Internet. I think everything will be redefined because people are using their real identities on the Internet.

The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global human civilisation.

Real social situations are taking a back seat to social media.

I had looked at dating sites and niche communities like BlackPlanet, AsianAvenue, and MiGente, as well as Friendster, and I thought, 'They're thinking way too small.'

Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved for thought and creativity.

I think we've built a bit of a culture and a market around people who are open and seek out that social interaction.

Twitter was an alternative community for me. A different kind of community. I knew I was making people angry. But it didn't matter, they weren't my community. But the longer I was on Twitter and the more I came to know these people, to like and respect them, the more I could see the empathy and grief and sorrow they were expressing.

In our society, social media's so big in our lives. It's all over the place.

That definitely I feel is part of my generation: social networking, communication over the Internet, whether it's Skype or IRC or some form of text-based chat, text messaging.

Like books, the Internet has saved my life. It helped me recognize that so many people I adore suffer from the same things I do.

I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.

As the world grows and technology grows, it's getting harder to communicate and for kids to socialize.

Now in the digital age, in the age of social media, all of the wrestling audiences are so much more connected. I cannot stress that enough, how much more connected wresting audiences are around the world.

As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection.

I don't think American life requires you to be on Facebook. It does require you to have access to the Internet.

We are in the era when I go home and have dinner with my kids and put them to bed, and hours later I go to Twitter, and the world has changed.

It's a new era with regard to social media. It's just something that we have to adapt to and accept.

I think so much of adolescence is about finding your tribe, and what kids today have that we did not have is access to the whole world.