Quotes about Texting

Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk. Votes: 6

Texting, even browsing the Internet - all these things can attract monsters. Votes: 6

Texting and driving at the same time is like jerking off and juggling at the same time. Too many balls in the air, if you catch my drift. Votes: 6

Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk? Votes: 6

I don't think people realize the risks they face every time they create a text, or post on a social network. Unless you expressly make the effort, everything you do online, including texting, has a shelf life of forever. Votes: 5

Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things. Votes: 4

Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk. Votes: 4

I'm much better at saying something on the answering machine than texting. Votes: 4

I do use texting as a great way to communicate quickly, but I dont Twitter or anything. Votes: 4

I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone. Votes: 4

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster. Votes: 4

Evidence my 14yr old daughter is geek-literate: In lieu of OK, one might type K while texting. She instead typed "Potassium". Votes: 4

I'm not good at texting because I'm an older generation, old school. And nobody ever listens to the answering machine anymore. It's terrible. Votes: 4

Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it! Votes: 4

Here in California, we passed a law against texting while driving. But there's no law preventing you from writing a letter while driving. Votes: 4

I'm definitely a child of the 21st century and I prefer texting to phone calls, but I would prefer an answering machine over all. Votes: 4

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you. Votes: 4

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for. Votes: 4

Good. If you checked your e-mail every five minutes, or keep texting and Tweeting in the middle of our conversation, I might snap your neck out of sheer principle. Votes: 4

There's a lot of phones; but I'm out of that field. They make me feel like a prisoner of war; there's not going to be any texting for me. The pre-paid phone is the frontier of my technological advance. Votes: 4

Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action. Votes: 4

I really think that the planet is growing a new nervous system. I mean, when you think of Facebook as the third largest nation in the world, that's so unprecedented, so amazing. Think of how many people are texting and twittering. The planet has created a nervous system for massive, rapid connectivity. Votes: 4

It's like, if this person is going to betray me or deceive me, they're going to do it regardless whether or not I'm texting him constantly or looking through him phone or being jealous. And once you realize that, then jealousy isn't a factor. You're just you, and you can live in the moment. Votes: 4

I pity the babies whose mothers are busy texting trivialities instead of playing with their children; I pity the children who are tethered to their cell phones instead of playing ball; I pity the adolescents who are wasting their best years holding one of those artefacts instead of the hand of another young person. Votes: 4

When I see a kid in a movie theater texting, I think it's a failure of the movie. It's not a triumph of the Apple iPhone. It's a failure of Warner Bros. and Sony, and all that, because they haven't kept their attention and challenged them. They're smart little kids that are bored, and I wanted to challenge them. Votes: 4

The Internet also makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to focus. One small break to look up exactly how almond milk is made, and four hours later I'm reading about the Donner Party and texting all my friends: DID YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE DONNER PARTY AND HOW MESSED UP THAT WAS? TEXT ME BACK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT! Votes: 4

John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it's a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn't exist in movies today. It's left on the floor. Votes: 4

Perk, from the minute you got here... I hated you before you got here... But the moment you got here, man, you just changed my whole perception of you. Just one of the best teammates I ever had. I just thank you so much. The late night calls after tough games, you texting me, telling me I'm the MVP. That means a lot to me, man. Thank you. Votes: 4

It's so fun to be on a show where we're all on our toes, all the time. We're constantly texting each other and calling each other while we're reading and go, "Oh, my gosh, I can't believe you do that! Holy cow! This is crazy!" Sometimes it's a bit more procedural. Sometimes it's a bit more emotional. We get the best of all genres, in one little package. Votes: 4

Calling is for #‎ Men - Texting is for #‎ Teenagers . Votes: 3

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now. Votes: 3

Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk? Votes: 3

Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor. Votes: 3

Texting has become my favorite way to communicate. I feel like many of my relationships are based in this, because in a sense it feels the closest to actual conversation that isn't the phone. Votes: 3

Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I have celebrated widely. But we've fallen behind on savoring the formal layer of our language. Votes: 3

I'm terrible at texting people back. It takes me, like, three days. I'm not a big phone person. Votes: 2

Most single people I know, myself included, have a difficult time even meeting up with the people they like, be it busy schedules, texting games, or whatever. Votes: 2

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is. Votes: 2

People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice. Votes: 2

I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather insert a word laboriously keyed out than resort to predictive texting for a - acceptable to some - synonym. Votes: 2

Judging by informal observation, most young Americans burn up their spare time buffing their emotional IQ and self-esteem with social media and non-stop texting. That's great for eye-thumb coordination, but what about the satisfaction of actually making something? Votes: 2

Anything that you can become obsessed with, and you do so much that you don't do the things you need to do with family, friends, school, job - that can be an addiction. And texting absolutely can qualify. Votes: 2

You have nothing if you're texting a guy in a relationship. We can text six women a minute. We can text it and push 'reply all.' I mean, since we're lying, we might as well lie to everybody. Votes: 2

Everybody is continuously connected to everybody else on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram, on Reddit, e-mailing, texting, faster and faster, with the flood of information jeopardizing meaning. Everybody's talking at once in a hypnotic, hyper din: the cocktail party from hell. Votes: 2

Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out. Votes: 2

I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology. Votes: 2

Riding my motorcycle around L.A. is like my own video game. But unlike many folks at the wheel, I am occupied with getting where I'm going and keeping myself safe. Most people are applying makeup, texting, and checking out the beauty in the next car. Votes: 2

I like texting as much as the next kidult - and embrace it as yet more evidence, along with email, that we live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy. Votes: 2

When I tell children that they are far too dependent on their gizmos, they do not deny it. But they really don't care. This is their real life - texting about trivial things; listening to numbing music on their private headphones. The machines block everything out - you create your own little trivial world. Votes: 2

I met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet; I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She's sort of become my fairy godmother. Votes: 2

Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings. Votes: 2

If you've been driving for a little while and nothing's happened to you yet - and you've been texting and driving - you think, 'Oh nothing's going to happen.' But all it takes is an accident happening with one of your friends or God forbid, something happening to you, to really give you a wake-up call. Votes: 2

I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't say that I like one better than I like the other. I like them both. I speak pretty well; I gesture. If I don't understand something, you know, pen and paper, texting. I use it all. Votes: 2

As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything else: that it is possible to sit in a crowded railway carriage laboriously spelling out quite long words in full, and using an enormous amount of punctuation, without anyone being aware of how outrageously subversive I am being. Votes: 2

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication. And so many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Votes: 2

No texting. What happens then? Good old-fashioned letters. Votes: 0

I've lost friends over texting because I'm so bad at it. Votes: 0

We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids]. Votes: 0

Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them. Votes: 0

Between video games and texting, how do our youth find the time to know everything? Votes: 0

If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you Votes: 0

No one is talking. No one is emailing. No one is texting. It's spooky and scary. Votes: 0

They say man he reading rhymes off his iPhone, no I texting your girl meet me at my home Votes: 0

I've been texting for a year with a couple of guys without ever going on a date with them. Votes: 0

Cars will soon have the Internet on the dashboard. I worry that this will distract me from my texting. Votes: 0

A recent study found that people lie more when they are texting. Yeah, especially that one lie: "Sorry, just got your text! Votes: 0

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine. Votes: 0

I thought about texting Lucas, but what would i say? That i'd tossed and turned all night, thinking of his hands on me? Votes: 0

Short answers seem like you don't care even if you are trying to answer. I get the same flack for my short texting. Votes: 0

In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts. Votes: 0

No sooner my kids leave their friends than they start texting them. And it's all in code in a language I totally don't understand. Votes: 0

As for tweeting and texting: impassioned discussions, particularly when they're intimate, don't work in abbreviated script messages. No relationship should begin or end in 140 characters. Votes: 0

If you're in a theater, people are texting, all around you. You have the little glowing screens everywhere. Think of how annoying that can be. Votes: 0

If you are active online or texting, there is a good chance I could look at what you do and know more about you than your family. Votes: 0

My legs have become accustomed to the treadmill. And in L.A., running on the street is asking for a distracted texting driver to knock you over. Votes: 0

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can. Votes: 0

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication. Votes: 0

Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical. Votes: 0

LOL' is one of several texting expressions that convey nuance in a system where you don't have the voice and face to do it the way you normally would. Votes: 0

'LOL' is one of several texting expressions that convey nuance in a system where you don't have the voice and face to do it the way you normally would. Votes: 0

The parents in the room know that texting is actually the best way to communicate with your kids. It might be the only way to communicate with your kids. Votes: 0

I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling. Votes: 0

I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters. Votes: 0

I cannot emphasize just how dangerous it is cycling in the city. Especially now. Even though it is against the law to do this, you'll see people texting while they drive. Votes: 0

I'm not one of those "omg texting kids rite bad" alarmists. I just think there's an interesting nexus where the Internet itself hastened language change when it comes to Internet terms. Votes: 0

My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology. Votes: 0

I can be on a telephone call, and be emailing or texting somebody else, as well. I would imagine everyone appreciates that efficiency of communication. I see it as a huge positive. Votes: 0

Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it's texting or e-mailing or Facebooking, there's a kind of distance between the participants. Votes: 0

I don't see teenagers anymore. I see... I see youths. Slumped S shapes in their hoodies, all huddled round a bin of burning grannies. All texting eachother because they've given up on speech. Votes: 0

Balthazar was the kind of guy who used totally correct spelling and punctuation even when he was texting, which was sort of bizarrely hot. She was in serious trouble if commas could get her going. Votes: 0

If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it. Votes: 0