Sms Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old sms quotes, sms sayings, and sms proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Silence is a text easy to misread. A.A. Attanasio
Intexticated: distracted by the act of texting to such a degree that one seems intoxicated. Anonymous
Texting has reduced the number of waste words, but it has also exposed a black hole of ignorance about traditional - what a cranky guy would call correct – grammar. Richard Corliss
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. Lynne Truss
People have SMS, right? It stinks. It's a dead technology, like a fax machine left over from the Seventies, sitting there as a cash cow for carriers. Jan Koum
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? John H. McWhorter
I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail. Alber Elbaz
SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule. Susan Maushart
We're human beings; we're not robots. And face-to-face contact is something totally different than typing a text message and then forgetting about it. Noam Chomsky
A text message has no soul, no matter how many commas you shift. Vikki Wakefield
Text messaging is popular for two reasons: It's mobile, and it's quiet. Amanda Lenhart
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. Lynne Truss
It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped. John Humphrys
Scientist say that music can change the speed of a heartbeat. They failed to add: so can a text message. Holly Smale
Stay alive, don't text and drive. Author Unknown
Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk. John H. McWhorter
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. Bill O'Reilly
Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming. Merlin Mann
A frequent exchange of text messages is not a relationship. It's not even a pen-pal. Ethlie Ann Vare
There is some argument about who actually invented text messaging, but I think it's safe to say it was a man. Multiple studies have shown that the average man uses about half as many words per day as women, thus text messaging. It eliminates hellos and goodbyes and cuts right to the chase. Ashton Kutcher
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. Danielle Steel
Nothing stings quite like an unanswered text message. Paula Stokes
Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest. Bryan Callen
People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills. Tracy Morgan
Your next SMS will probably be around longer, and remain more legible, than your tombstone. For, unlike your tombstone or even your mortal coil, your texts may be worth something. Douglas Rushkoff
How many of you text message? It's a great way of not communicating. Greg Giraldo
Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things. Nick Cave
The interesting thing about text is that, as a medium, it separates you from the person you are speaking with, so you can act differently from how you would in person or even on the phone. Aziz Ansari
Oceans of emotion can be transmitted through a text message, an emoji sequence, and a winking semicolon, but humans are hardwired to respond to visuals. Jenna Wortham