Sociable Quotes

48 quotes by 43 authors

A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues? — Arthur Schopenhauer
I fell in love with the most cordial and sociable city in the Union. — Mark Twain
The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable… — Nicholson Baker
What now on the other hand makes people sociable is their incapacity to endure solitude and thus themselves. — Arthur Schopenhauer
My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat… — Franz Kafka
Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he… — Arthur Schopenhauer
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. — John Updike
I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable. — David Walliams
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin
a sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth — Jack Kerouac
We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read… — Daniel Pennac
He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the people with sociable… — Jonathan Franzen
The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann
Is he having a party?" "Dorian is a sociable king. He likes keeping people around him, mostly so he can mock them. — Richelle Mead
It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him. — Emily Bronte
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his… — Thomas Mann
We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts… — Susan Cain
I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the… — Anne-Marie Duff
A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake… — Alain de Botton
There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical… — Nikola Tesla

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