Quotes About Interaction

It taught me this: The most insecure people often seem like the most obnoxious ones.

When I interview candidates, I like to go where they live, so I can see them in their environment, not just in mind.

So, instead of doing your email as you push your daughter in her stroller, talk to her. Instead of putting a digital tablet in your son's baby bouncer, read to him and chat about the book. Instead of a quick text if you find a conversation going stale, make an effort to engage your peers.

We go from curiosity to a search for communion.

Shakespeare might have said, we are "consumed with that with which we are nourished by.

Once we become tethered to the network, we really don't need to keep computers busy. THEY KEEP US BUSY.

I'm done with smart machines. I want a machine that's attentive to my needs. Where are the sensitive machines?" —Tweet available at dig_natRT @tigoe via @ramonapringle

But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is often presented as supporting student "engagement.

Our capacity for solitude is undermined as soon as we introduce a screen.

It is unfortunate that some of us worry about losing data but not our thoughts about the data. If we believed in the premises of sociology—that interaction is patterned, that people share meanings, beliefs, and behaviors—then we would trust that the patterns we missed while we were writing will still be there when we return to the field. We are more likely to forget our insights into what we observed.

He came to talk to you," Jenny

Be careful. Don't get too close to the truth when talking with the rich,' I was whispering to myself.

I don't think as a creator that I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.

Human interaction, the play of emotions I could see over a person's face, had always intrigued me. Emotions, and my lack of ability to fully understand them, were so intriguing. But her face, serene and remote even as she faced a man who would likely inspire rage in others, never changed.

I play with children so that I can learn from them.

I played with children so that I could learn from them.

We are not interested in dialogue for the sake of dialogue.

It is said that when Alexander heard that the philosopher Diogenes was the smartest person in the world, he decided he must meet the man. So he went to Corinth, where Diogenes was contemplating his theories as he lay in the sun. Alexander stood over him and said, "I am Alexander, conqueror of worlds; put forward your request and it shall be done." Diogenes squinted up at him, shook his head, and said, "Just get out of my light.

In all her interactions with me, my grandmother presented herself with ruthless honesty, almost in spite of herself. In this age of political correctness when most people are afraid to voice their opinions and are guarded even with family, Nalla-ma stood out as someone who revealed herself completely, warts and all. What greater gift could she have given to the all-absorbing mind of her first grandchild?

I learned that when people greeted me by saying, "Hi! How are you?" the correct response was not to elaborate on how I actually felt but to toss it right back at them with a "Fine. How are you?

There is nothing in the world, I tell you, so maddening as a person who doesn't answer when you abuse him. You shout and you scold, you are ready to burst a gut, and he stands there and smiles....

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

That, Echo, is a bird." "A bird?" he repeated in disbelief. "Yes," Taylor said, joining them. "Why don't you talk to it, and see if it answers." Echo, still unmoving, watched the bird, then called, "Hello!" When the bird didn't answer, he added, "We want to talk to you!

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.