Ahead Quote by Harper Reed

You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to…

— David Cameron

Thinking of Internet chat rooms or AIM as a kind - there's such an intimacy and honesty to tapping on your phone, despite how…

— Liv Bruce

I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

— Caitlin Moran

It's ironic, but true, that in this age of electronic communications, personal interaction is becoming more important than ever.

— Regis McKenna

When we began, we used chatrooms on AOL and Yahoo! and nowadays, we have dozens and dozens of ways to communicate. Technology has improved…

— Chris Hansen

I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.

— Giovanni Ribisi

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

— Kanye West

It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It…

— Padgett Powell

On the simplest level, telecommuting makes it harder for people to have the kinds of informal interactions that are crucial to the way knowledge…

— James Surowiecki

Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

— Brian Reynolds Myers

People need a space that they can go to make a conference or Skype call. It's important to create those spaces and create a…

— Miguel McKelvey

I'm not a great one for chatting people up because it's phoney.

— Antony Armstrong-Jones