"Smartphones stimulate the reward center of the brain in a way that encourages dependency. This dependency sets the stage for the onset of a full-blown addiction."

- Damon Zahariades, Author

"The smartphone is the modern-day, hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine, 24/7 for a wired generation."

- Anna Lembke, Psychiatrist

"The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free."

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Writer

"Scrolling will never be enough."

- Jason Reynolds, Author

"Are you using your device or is your device using you?"

- Denzel Washington, Actor

"We’ve built up this layer of anxiety surrounding our use of phones, that if we don’t check in as often as we think we should, we’re missing out.”

- Larry Rosen, Author

"Technology interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, because we're too busy on our phone."

- Steven Spielberg, Director

"We are composites of the people we want to conform to, and this conformity defines one of the most powerful lures of our smartphones."

- Tony Reinke, Author

"The greatest technology in the world has replaced the ultimate relationship: the human touch."

- Shep Hyken, Columnist

"Smartphones connect us digitally, but their addiction can disconnect us emotionally."

- Tuko News

"I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction."

- Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Our smartphones have become Swiss Army knives, capable of doing almost anything we can think of."

- David Pogue, Tech Columnist

"Our addiction to control ends up controlling us."

- David Zahl, Author

"You know you are a human when a beautiful image on a smartphone appears more alive than a living being"

- Saurabh Sharma, Spokesman

"Our smartphones have become our digital security blankets."

- Lisa Beamer, Author

"Smartphones are not just gadgets. They have become an extension of our being."

- Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!