In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“She’d just spent the last hours engaged in endless small talk. Now, when it mattered so much, she seemed to have no… — Penn Williamson Copy Share Image
“One benefit to being late: eating on the run meant Jonah didn’t have to do any agonizing over cafeteria seating. He just… — Heidi Belleau Copy Share Image
That's all small talk is - a quick way to connect on a human level - which is why it is by… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
“It was loud. It was crowded. I hate crowds. I had to make small talk with a bunch of people I don’t… — Ally Blue Copy Share Image
“The therapist's worldview is in itself isolating. Seasoned therapists view relationships differently, they sometimes lose patience with social ritual and bureaucracy, they… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“In most settings, people use small talk as a way of relaxing into a new relationship, and only once they’re comfortable do… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“She’d discovered a fact of modern life by standing at a cash register for hours: mindless work could nevertheless fill up your… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
Maybe it was the home tutoring, or the late start to formal schooling, or an overly cautious and protective upbringing, but in… — Charles K. Kao Copy Share Image
“Things are embarrassing, best to avoid them. But since your death I prefer a naturalist style of conversation. Let's strip it down… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
“I receive remarkable letters. They are opened for me, unfolded, and spread out before my eyes in a daily ritual that gives… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
“If you're worried about your very life, the last thing you want is small talk.” — Rhys Bowen Copy Share Image
“am in no mood for small talk with the staff, so I carry a chair to the balcony outside my room and… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
“I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But with you there… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.” — James D. Sass Copy Share Image
“To say that I fail at small talk is like saying Superman dislikes kryptonite.” — Ruby Dixon Copy Share Image
“Analyzing data from 79 men and women who wore inconspicuous devices that recorded some of their conversations over the course of four… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
“When I was drinking I was doing it to suppress emotion, yes, but I was also doing it because it made me,… — Lauren Sapala Copy Share Image
Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but when they saw each other each would nod, as… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I can't bear small talk, it's awful. I want to get beyond that thing of discussing how the weather is a bit… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“I thought you were makin’ small talk about the weather.” “When have I ever made small talk with you?” “When we first… — Ann Charles Copy Share Image
If Christians cannot communicate as thinking beings, they are reduced to encountering one another only at the shallow level of gossip and… — Harry Blamires Copy Share Image
