While interrupting is not always wrong, it should never become a habit. — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Sir Tucker,” I say suddenly, interrupting Angela. “Yeah?” “I believe the correct response is, ‘yes, Your Majesty,” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“It's best not to get settled on things being a certain way, I realized. Life had a funny way if interrupting your… — Tracey Porter Copy Share Image
Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize middle of my sentence was interrupting the beginning of yours. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“On the Place she met Lestivoudois on his way back, for, in order not to shorten his day's labour, he preferred interrupting… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
The fact that I am interrupting serious work to answer these questions proves that I am so stupid that I should be… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Picking up our Bibles, we should give God our full attention, withhold our opinion until we understand what He is saying, listen… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
Oh, that's me. I'm just masturbating. Well, if you keep interrupting me it will take a little bit longer. But usually it… — Due Date Copy Share Image
Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
I have this habit of asking 'why do you want to do it?' and then interrupting them to say, 'here's why you… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
My philosophy is to "kill the monster while it's little." The best time to handle a "negative" emotion is when you first… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“If you have ever experienced this type of unprofessional treatment, I doubt you would even consider giving them business in the future.… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Dear Lord, make me a better parent. Teach me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say… — Gary Myers Copy Share Image
“Leaders should not interrupt teammates during conversations, because that will establish an interrupting norm. They should demonstrate they are listening by summarizing… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of… — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
“It is unimpressive to interrupt another person while they are talking. Interrupting someone in mid-sentence demonstrates that your focus is on yourself,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace ... Children who have the habit of constantly… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
When the Vent begins, you might confuse [it] for a conversation. It's not. It's a Vent. It's a mental release valve and… — Rands Copy Share Image
“At a small dinner with other business executives, the guest of honor spoke the entire time without taking a breath. This meant… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“As I approached the elevators, a familiar man passed me, pausing to say, "You will—" "Stop it right there!" I yelled, interrupting… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
The truth came slowly like a story told by people interrupting each other. — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
“I doubt if we’d ever get a complete case tried—the ladies’d be interrupting to ask questions.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak - something you… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move… — Elizabeth Sims Copy Share Image
Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was when… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
Rather than simply interrupting a television show with a commercial or barging into the consumer’s life with an unannounced phone call or… — Seth Copy Share Image
“Look,” said Chains. “I don’t want to spend the rest of the day interrupting your questions, so I’m going to temporarily forget… — Scot Lynch Copy Share Image