Affordances Quotes & Sayings

One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance. — Sherry Turkle

'The Hunger Games' has something for everyone. — Natalie Dormer

The Best Gift a parent can give to a child..
Is a gift of 'communication' where the parent 'listens' without judgment, tutoring, telling, criticizing, stopping,telling..
So that the child feels free to talk anything and everything...
In turn , the parent receives the 'gift of trust',forever ! — Abha Maryada Banerjee

The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival. — James J. Gibson

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. — W. Clement Stone

With the wings of imagination, don't be afraid to fly. — Debasish Mridha

What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of the executive producer ... As a staff writer you're not being called upon to be the great creative person. You're sort of called upon to understand the characters and their voices and put them through certain paces. — Howard Gordon

for the teens that I interviewed, privacy isn't necessarily something that they have; rather it is something they are actively and continuously trying to achieve in spite of structural or social barriers that make it difficult to do so. Achieving privacy requires more than simply having the levers to control information, access, or visibility. Instead, achieving privacy requires the ability to control the social situation by navigating complex contextual cues, technical affordances, and social dynamics. Achieving privacy is an ongoing process because social situations are never static. — Danah Boyd

I'm looking forward to seeing some sexy football. — Ruud Gullit

Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all. — Helmut Walcha

Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort. — Julian Schnabel