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Quotes About Emoticons

I am emoji-heavy as hell. I'd use the same emoji 140 times just to communicate how excited I am.
~ Frankie Grande
passive-aggressive emoji
~ David Sosnowski
I sent a simple smiley face, because my phone did not have a smiley face that was wrapping her hands around her own throat and beating her head against a wall.
~ Laurie Halse Anderson
Emoticône. Le nom est aussi vulgaire que la chose.Je hais ces trucs de feignants. Au lieu d'exprimer un sentiment, on l'expédie. On appuie sur une touche et tous les sourires du monde sont pareils. Les joies, les doutes, le chagrin, la colère, tout a la même gueule. Tous les élans du coeur se retrouvent réduits à cinq ronds hideux.
~ Anna Gavalda
True net-heads sometimes resort to punctuation cartoons to get around the absence of inflection.
~ Barton Gellman
People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.
~ Carly Pope
I was dating this guy and we would spend all day text messaging each other. And he thought that he could tell that he liked me more because he actually spelt the word 'YOU' and I just put the letter 'U'.
~ Kelly Osbourne
'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.
~ John McWhorter
I do think technology really has changed the way that we communicate with each other and texting can be the way to communicate and to kind of get up the nerve to say things that maybe you wouldn't say in real life, but that also comes with a price.
~ Shannon Purser
There's silence, then the phone bleeps again with his reply: :) I stare in disbelief. A smiley face. Sam Roxton typed a smiley face! A moment later he sends a follow-up. I know. I don't believe it either.
~ Sophie Kinsella
According to an analysis done by Swift Key, Canada uses the poop emoji more than any other country. Hearts are number one in France, even beating the standard smiley and Australia leads the world in alcohol and drug related emojis
~ Scott Matthews
I've just got to remind myself that it's hard to express tone and sarcasm and stuff through text.
~ Kyle Larson
If I could send myself a bunch of snake emojis, I probably would.
~ Alaska
I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
~ Karan Johar
Emoticon" is] one of the worst words ever--it deserves to die horribly in a head-on crash with infotainment .
~ Geoff Nunberg
I don't do emoticons unless I'm making a big deal out of them. I'll type out, 'This is so amusing it makes me want to grin in pixels.' And then do it.
~ Sloane Crosley
I fill my business emails with smiley faces and question marks so that I don't sound too severe.
~ Betty Gilpin
You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.
~ Gillian Jacobs
LJS: rrr! K? lol! JIM: :( ! :)
~ Lane Smith
Punctuation is meant only to clarify. And fruit off with the little smiley faces.
~ Greg Proops
If people winked in real life as much as they do in texts, the world would be a pretty creepy place.
~ Internet meme
a sea of disembodied thumbs senselessly pressing hearts.
~ Lisa Jewell
anyone is laughing out loud about the things they lol. i think it should be spelled loll. like what a lobotomized person's tongue does. loll. loll. i can't think anymore. loll. loll! or ttyl. bitch, you're not actually talking. that would require actual vocal contact or <3. you honestly think that looks like a heart? if you do, that's only because you'v never seen scrotum. (rofl! what? are you really rolling on the floor laughing? well, please stay down there a sec while i KICK YOUR ASS)
~ David Levithan
isaac knows how stupid i find these things, and he finds them just as stupid as i do. like lol. now, if there's anything stupider than buddy lists, it's lol. if anyone ever uses lol with me, i rip my computer right out of the wall and smash it over the nearest head. i mean, it's not like anyone's laughing out loud about the things they lol. i think it should be spelled loll, like what a lobotomized person's tongue does. loll. loll. i can't think any more. loll. loll!
~ David Levithan