Judith Martin Quotes

The only thing I worry about over-sharing is boring people.

I often write things, and then I think it's too personal for the Moodies. It's not something that I could share with other guys to say.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

I really don't like the idea of people knowing what I am doing. I find telling everybody what you had for breakfast is really uninspiring.

No one cares what you ate for breakfast. Unless it's something really spectacular, don't tweet me your breakfast, I don't care.

I don't like this instinct of reality television to wear your lifestyle in public. I've really always loved the anonymity of things.

The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure out what they really are.

I'm uncomfortable with selfies and status updates documenting mundane pieces of my life, which I don't think should be of interest to anyone else.

I share a lot of my life with everybody.

I can't think of anything I'd rather do less than have to continuously share details of my everyday life.

I don't like talking about me. I only speak when I have something to say and won't share my personality.

There are tribes in Africa who believe that a camera steals a little part of your soul, and in a way, I think that's true about living your private life in public. It takes something away from your relationships; it cheapens them.

Your emotions are very personal, as personal as your data gets.

Humans will always babble. If someone wants to tweet that they can't decide whether to wear blue socks or brown socks, then fair enough. But when sharing becomes automated, I get the heebie-jeebies.

I am not in every picture I post, and my social media is not only for film promotions. I don't feel comfortable with that. Yes, I'll post something promotional now and then, but rest of the time, it is like any other social media account.

If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.

Technology is a double-edged sword for sure. You can use it to get in touch with somebody, to get to know somebody, to have really meaningful conversations, or you can use it to hurt and bully people.

I'm pretty sure I would have managed to over-share no matter what time period I was born in. It's a family thing, too.

It's beyond TMI - oversharing is not just too much information; it's incessant sharing of non-information - breaking news about your gluten-free diet complete with duck face selfies.

We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.

We're living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it'll be nothing but a tide pool, then a thimble of water, then a micro drop.

Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

It now appears that the world is filled with people who believe that everyone should be interested in everything they have to say about anything - people who tweet, you might call them. I find this so astonishing, my own hubris pales in comparison.

You have to trust your own instincts about what is appropriate and what is not appropriate and trust your own feelings about what you can and can't show for yourself, and it'll be different for everybody.