Interrupting Quotes

49 quotes by 44 authors

Queen Mary had a way of interrupting tattle about elopements, duels, and play debts, by asking the tattlers, very quietly yet significantly, whether they had… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much. — Marilyn vos Savant
It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're… — Regina Brett
The horrible truth is we are linear beings; we can't multitask, and we shouldn't keep interrupting important connections to each other with the latest message… — Douglas Rushkoff
Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting. — Winston Churchill
Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game." Maybe if… — Rick Riordan
Over the summer we chatted one night while Angie stripped a bed, changed wet sheets, comforted and repajamaed a toddler, and chased down a car… — Jen Lancaster
There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting. — Mark Twain
Now lemme get this straight," she said in a throaty, nasal voice. "You put the lime in the cocanut and drink 'em both up--whoa, long… — Lauren Kate
Oh my God. What inâ€”â€ I was going to be killed by two generations of beautiful women. While naked. â€œMom,â€ Isabel snapped, interrupting. â€œDo you… — Maggie Stiefvater
From behind Lissa, I heard Christian say, "Worst. Timing. Ever." Adrian studied Lissa and then looked at Christain sprawling on the bed on the far… — Richelle Mead
Hi, Tad!' she said. 'Hi, Jeff! Hey, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?' 'Uh, no,' I said. 'We were just...I mean, Tad was...uh, nope.' 'So… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Perhaps the window is not a sun but an asterisk, interrupting the grammar of the sky, with me sitting below it like a footnote. — China Mieville
Fiftey years isn't too bad. With luck you might see it happen when your a sweet,old granny,dandling big fat babies on your knee. Actully"-he held… — Jonathan Stroud
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to… — Richard Carlson
Oh," he said, knocking a red ball into a hole. "It's you." "You were expecting someone else?" I asked. "Am I interrupting your social calender?"… — Richelle Mead
Youâ€™re like Marilyn Monroe,â€™ Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous â€œThank Youâ€. Interrupting, he adds, â€˜Youâ€™re all velvet… — Emma Forrest
Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then he saw her waiting, suspicious eyes, so… — John le Carre
Dresden. Am I interrupting something?" "Well, I was going to settle down with a porn video and a bottle of baby oil, but I really… — Jim Butcher
I kept interrupting the movie by asking a lot of questions that Xavier managed to answer with endless patience. "How old do you think Bell… — Alexandra Adornetto

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