“I’m not very good with dating. I never was at twenty-two and I’m not much better at forty-two. Small talk… tiptoeing around… — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
Not wanting anyone to pop my bubble by speaking to me, I immediately began reading Lesbian Nuns, and that did the trick.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Given any new technology for transmitting information, we seem bound to use it for great quantities of small talk. We are only… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“I might have hasked a question..., except that 1. I didn't know what it was, and 2. I didn't care to learn,… — John Green Copy Share Image
He could say nothing. He had no right to be there, he had already been profoundly changed, he was no good at… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“I barely managed to do the small talk—the what-do-you-do , the where-are-you-from , the what-neighborhood , the what-college , the despair of… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of small talk but if you want to get into the big questions of life - your deepest… — Anh Do 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
In a foreign country it is far from easy to study a scene at length when you know that at any minute… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“And it suggests, says Jadzia Jagiellowicz, the lead scientist at Stony Brook, that sensitive types think in an unusually complex fashion. It… — Susan Cain 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
Steve Carell is such a non-tech person. He actually communicates with people. He actually asks people how they're doing and makes friends… — BJ Novak Copy Share Image
Most personal correspondence of today consists of letters the first half of which are given over to an indexed statement of why… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“The weather is fine,' she said after a moment. 'Have we already run out of things to say?' His voice was light… — Julia Quinn 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
The time that Ted and I spend talking about our careers is almost infinitesimally small. We mostly talk about our kids and… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
“I shifted in my seat, curious about the tension that idea caused in my body. Every time I thought of a blindfolded… — Cybill Cain Copy Share Image
“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Colton picked up a glass of cider and tok a sip. "We're not a couple, Olivia and I, so if you want… — Janette Rallison Copy Share Image
“Looking back, Colleen and Neal have somewhat different perspectives. . . . She remembers she "was impressed that he seemed to have… — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
“In a waking dream, he was with her again. She ate the words from his mouth. Talked to him of waves. The… — Michael Sadoff Copy Share Image
“The British attendees reported a similar difficulty identifying introverts in America because “U.S. Introverts exhibited behavior that in the United Kingdom was… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“In every generation there are men and women who pretend to be able to instruct us in a way of life that… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“And all those boys of Europe born in those times, and thereabouts those times, Russian, French, Belgian, Serbian, Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh,… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
Whenever someone asks me, How you doing? I say, Everything was fine till I had to stop and respond to your small… — Green Monk Copy Share Image
Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I… — Andrew Wylie Copy Share Image
Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“there was no such thing as small talk when one of you is naked and paying the other one to be there.” — Caimh McDonnell Copy Share Image
“I realize this is what people call small talk. I also realize the world would be a better place without it.” — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
I don't like meeting strangers. I don't like bars. I don't like small talk. I have five friends, and that's enough. — Myha'la Copy Share Image
It's not that parents expect a lot from their kids, except, maybe 5-10 minutes of time in a day spent on something… — Sudeep Copy Share Image
Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
When you have to do small talk, you know, 'Hello, how are you?' after that, I don't know what to do. I… — Naomi Osaka Copy Share Image
Be careful of entertaining the small talk of cancerous people, it will eat away at you and your joy. Misery loves company! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk without loss of esteem — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Musing on the phrase 'waste of time.' So much more complex than it appears. Many 'wastes of time' small talk, daydreaming are… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
My condolences on all the small talk you must endure because of your desk's proximity to the elevator. — Nikhil Saluja 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 dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
![“Looking back, Colleen and Neal have somewhat different perspectives. . . . She remembers she "was impressed that he seemed to have so much charisma. People were looking to him for answers and just had a great regard for him." Then Neal adds, "So much charisma [that] she turned me down when I first…” quote by Bruce C. Hafen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/bruce-c-hafen-27814_charisma_looking-back-colleen-and-neal-have-somew_3103943.jpg)
