“Perhaps it is in this respect that language differs most sharply from other biologic systems for communication. Ambiguity seems to be an… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“We struck up a conversation, but took pains to keep to small talk at first. We touched on the most trivial of… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
“Now that he was actually introducing Eleanor to his mom, he couldn’t help but see her the way his mom was going… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Small talk had been replaced by a general reminiscence that people called “remember when.” “Remember when there was electricity?” “Remember when we… — Benjamin Wallace Copy Share Image
My hair is very fine, so I use Tigi Bed Head Small Talk before I blow dry for volume, and I'm a… — Sasha Jackson Copy Share Image
I think in certain ways sex work has been romanticized. I can only speak from my experience, but what surprised me about… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man and Tim were standing in the hall, not seven steps from the bathroom door. “ There she is,” Tim remarked… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
I'm not good at small talk; I'm not good at big talk; and medium talk just doesn't come up. — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“But when they talked now, there was a space between their words, a space that both of them tried to fill with… — Rachael Herron Copy Share Image
I’m the one who looks at the infant, smiles nervously, and as my contribution to small talk, robotically announces to the parent,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“I wondered if other single women understood the delight that came from fifth-wheeling it. To not have to make small talk with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I were a gynecologist, I'd say things like, Okay, enough of the small talk. Let's check under the hood. — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
“One of the great things about LinkedIn is it isn’t the same kind of networking that happens at conventions, where you’re wearing… — Melanie Pinola Copy Share Image
My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Introverts tend to avoid small talk. We'd rather talk about something meaningful than fill the air with chatter just to hear ourselves… — Jenn Granneman Copy Share Image
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“From "Lady In Waiting" in the anthology The Morgue : Now I have yet to meet the corpse could hold up its… — Ken Goldman Copy Share Image
“Gary Cooper called to invite me to a dinner party he was giving for Clark Gable at his house. When I accepted… — Farley Granger Copy Share Image
“There he must, despite the anguish devouring his brain, present a face approximating the one that is associated with ordinary events and… — William Styron Copy Share Image
I just have a hard time with small talk. My friend Jocelyn says I'm too quiet, but I'm really not quiet. I… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
“I cannot stand small talk, because I feel like there’s an elephant standing in the room shitting all over everything and nobody… — Paul Gilmartin Copy Share Image
It's hard to do a variety show. It's hard to do all that small talk and make it sound real. — Bob Einstein Copy Share Image
“He avoided small talk at the best of times, and this, unquestionably, was a million horrific miles from the best of times.” — Jane Harper Copy Share Image
