Quotes About Interaction

Indeed, half the battle of living a playful life lies in committing yourself to authentic communication. The fun of engagement with others soon follows.

Psychotic hallucinations, whether they are visual or vocal, they address you. They accuse you. They seduce you. They humiliate you. They jeer at you. You interact with them.

The brain is more than an assemblage of autonomous modules, each crucial for a specific mental function. Every one of these functionally specialized areas must interact with dozens or hundreds of others, their total integration creating something like a vastly complicated orchestra with thousands of instruments, an orchestra that conducts itself, with an ever-changing score and repertoire.

Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music.

She decided he might be an easy acquaintance, but would not be easy to know.

We tend to match the emotions of those around us. For example, we're more prone to become stressed when we're around someone who is high-strung. And we're more likely to be in a good mood when others around us are laughing.

Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people whom you come in contact everyday.

They called me by my first name and bought me drinks.

The five brothers and sisters, and I myself, have gradually grown more adult, more polite, more guarded—have become, in short, "members of society"—and when we do on occasion meet, it's not the least bit fun.

A vida humana está repleta desses exemplos, de seres humanos enganando uns aos outros sem sequer se magoar por isso, como se nem mesmo percebessem que estão se enganando mutuamente.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

Dr. MacBride had a manner of saying "pardon me," which rendered forgiveness well-nigh impossible.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

To live is not enough; we must take part.

I cannot remember what we talked about except that we never stopped talking.

We are up in the attic doing a jigsaw puzzle, which may be the single fastest way one OCD person reveals herself to another.

Hey, I gotta take a piss. Want to come with me? Said no man ever.

other people have needs and feelings too – such as the simple need to be acknowledged. Bonjour also sets the tone for a child to observe other rules of civility.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status such friendship will never give you happiness.

La lingua è cosa viva e come tutte le cose vive deve vedersela con larealtà.

I've learned in my travels not to ask too many questions. It's better to talk about yourself. Offer something of yourself and your own story so that the dialogue turns into a bartering of firsts.