Quotes About Interaction

And he got to this woman, came up from behind ... ("So, folks, look me over. If you like what you see ...") and gently, but decidedly, he put his hands on her. In Council Bluffs, Iowa! He got both hands onto her shoulders, while he talked to the crowd over her head, like it was her and him, through thick and thin.

En una semana normal, ¿usted pasa por lo menos el veinticinco por ciento de su tiempo hablando con colegas que no sean de su propia división? ¿Tiene reuniones frecuentes de información con los jefes de otras divisiones?

porque antes no podían tener contacto con la gente de la gerencia, pues "siempre estaban en reunión".

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

The manner in which we carry ourselves has an equally significant role to play in expressing body language.

Whatever the culture, there's a tongue in our head. Some use it, some hold it, some bite it. For the French it is a rapier, thrusting in attack; the English, using it defensively, mumble a vague, confusing reply; for Italians and Spaniards it is an instrument of eloquence; Finns and East Asians throw you with constructive silence. Silence is a form of speech, so don't interrupt it!

Multi-active cultures are very flexible. If Pedro interrupted Carlos's conversation, which was already in the process of interrupting Sven's tennis, this was quite normal and acceptable in Portugal. It is not acceptable in

Britain, though, that humor is most intertwined in business talks. The British hate heavy or drawn-out meetings and will resort to various forms of humor and distracting tactics to keep it all nice and lively.

Now, what did you say your name was?" Bill asked.9 "I'm Frank Sinatra." "And what is it that you do?" "I'm a singer." "I believe I've heard of you," said Bill, deadpan. "Well, I hope so," Sinatra replied with considerable grace.

Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking important things back. Yor rareley miss anything by cutting most people off after two sentences.

That may be great for a married couple, but I think it is a stupid idea for two people trying to get to know each other! If you are a young man trying to get to know a young girl, for heaven's sake, don't take her to a movie!

Scheff called shame the social emotion because pride and shame provide the social evaluative feedback as we experience ourselves as if through others' eyes.

No more than 25 percent of the guests at a university dinner party can come from the economics department without spoiling the conversation.

On average, those who eat with one other person eat about 35 percent more than they do when they are alone; members of a group of four eat about 75 percent more; those in groups of seven or more eat 96 percent more.

Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.

The truly creative mind is hardly ever so much alone as when it is trying to be sociable. The

Trees know when we are close by. The chemistry of their roots and the perfumes of their leaves pump out change when we're near...when you feel good after a walk in the woods, it may be that certain species are bribing you

Berries may compete to be eaten more than animals compete for the berries.

There it was: roll the dice and find your life catalyzed by another, one who, ten minutes later or three seats farther down at another computer screen, would have remained an undetected signal from deep space.

Olivia leans in. Are you okay? His reply sticks in his wide, coprophagic grin.

A guy in a dirty suit jacket and shorts, his hair bound up in a bungee cord, cuts behind her on the sidewalk, talking out loud: voices or cell phone—choose your schizophrenia.

Life is nothing but mutual infection. And every infecting message changes the message it infects.

it may be that certain species are bribing you. So many wonder drugs have come from trees, and we haven't yet scratched the surface of the offerings. Trees have long been trying to reach us. But they speak on frequencies too low for people to hear. She's

She goes on staring at the city, waiting for the city to stare back.