I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“I just predicted the future, Small talk = Short Term Relationships.” — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
“He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk.” — Charles R. Cross Copy Share Image
[In the aftermath of death] Small talk feels too small, big talk too enormous. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I find small talk exhausting, and I don't like myself when I'm around people. — Jack Thorne Copy Share Image
“I'm going to be honest with you. I don't want to sit here all night making small talk when all I want… — Karli Perrin 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
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
Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and… — Yxta Maya Murray Copy Share Image
“If I were among midgets I didn’t know, I’d be afraid they’d see I was uncomfortable making small talk.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“You're not big on people, are you?" "I wouldn't say that. Just ... when faced with the choice between small talk with… — Kirsten Hubbard Copy Share Image
During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
“I usually found so-called "small talk" boring. I like "large talk", which is more about theories and concepts, mixed with facts and… — Holly Goldberg Sloan 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
“Parker and her mother exchanged small talk like a pair of strangers in an elevator. What a nice day it was and… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
I crave the sweet surrender of sleep and my dreams' uncensored communication: no tiresome small talk, sucking up to impress, or tiptoeing… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other… — Gregory of Nazianzus 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
“He had a fund of small talk, a pleasant voice, a caressing glance and his moustache was irresistible. Crisp and curly, it… — Guy de Maupassant 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
to the Indian, politics are what the weather is to an Englishman. Politics are an introduction to a stranger on a train,… — Santha Rama Rau Copy Share Image
“Tell me something about yourself.” “I’d rather save the small talk.” “There’s no need to be rude, child, and believe me, I’m… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“My man Daniel sees twenty patients a day, many of whom he has never met before their appointment. With only fifteen to… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“They weren’t ashamed of their bodily functions and they didn’t lie to themselves or others. They had no patience for small talk… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
“In 1956, two psychologists, Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, would conclude that television’s representation of celebrities was carefully constructed to create an… — tim wu Copy Share Image
“Miraculously, thirty minutes later I found Marlboro Man’s brother’s house. As I pulled up, I saw Marlboro Man’s familiar white pickup parked… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Dating is all about getting to know somebody, without wasting a lot of time or money. What is the price of love?… — Jarod Kintz 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
“It’s not that there’s no small talk, observes Strickland, the leader of the gathering. It’s that it comes not at the beginning… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image