“For example, students of policy have noted that the availability heuristic helps explain why some issues are highly salient in the public’s mind while others are neglected. People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media”

“People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common”

“Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content in the media.”

“The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.”

“... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.”

“Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress”