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Quotes About Introductions

That pause in conversation when you're about to introduce someone but you've forgotten their name. There's a word for it. In Scotland, it's called a tartle.
~ Robyn Schneider
You the Dark-Hunter? Kyrian arched a brow. You the flunky? I don't like your tone. And I dont't like you. Now that we've dispensed with the introductions and have declared our mutual distaste for one another, why don't you take me to the one who holds your leash?
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I am the Earl of Ravensmoor. And you are? (Sparhawk) Totally freaking out. (Taryn) Tis a most peculiar name, milady. Are you by chance Welsh? (Sparhawk)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I always figure, you come to a party, you gotta know somebody. And somebody leads to another person and leads to somebody else, somebody else. That's one of things that I really enjoy doing.
~ Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
The other two guys sat down. "I'm Gavin Strick," the kid in the Anthrax T-shirt said. "This here's Edward Vaugh, but everyone calls him U.V." "As in sunlight," U.V. said with a white-toothed grin. "'Cause I get so much of it.
~ John Whitman
One time, I brought Prince to the set. He's a friend of mine, and he asked to come. Everyone wanted to meet him, but he's a little shy.
~ Kirstie Alley
Everyone that you'll ever met wil know someone that you won't
~ Bill Nye
I've been blessed with doing something I love and then at the same time, do introductions at World Series, Stanley Cup championships, NFL playoff games and a lot of commercials. No regrets at all.
~ Michael Buffer
Council members Nick Beim, Steve Denning, and Auren Hoffman helped with early Silicon Valley introductions.
~ Sebastian Mallaby
Step 10: Whenever you go to meetings, parties, or social gatherings (including coffee shops or busy streets) make it a routine or habit to introduce yourself to at least three people. This will get you comfortable talking to strangers, and over time you will meet some amazing people and form incredible relationships.
~ Matt Morris
introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness
~ Steve Martin
She knows that she needs new friends but introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness.
~ Steve Martin
By the time he got back to the table, Tad Crispin was sipping an iced tea too. Win made the introductions. Crispin was dressed in yellows, lots of yellows, kind of like the man with the yellow hat from the Curious George books. Everything was yellow. Even his golf shoes. Myron tried not to make a face. As
~ Harlan Coben
I'm not sure whether or not any love matches are made in heaven, but some do suggest heaven had a hand in the introductions.
~ Josephine Humphreys
Early in life I discovered that the way to approach anything was to be introduced by the right person.
~ Eve Babitz
Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions.
~ F. Sionil Jose
As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
~ Harper Lee
I have pictures with Morimoto where I'm all embarrassed and he's so serious, it took me 30 minutes to get up the courage to introduce myself.
~ Marcela Valladolid
I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduced himself to somebody and they said, 'Oh, do you know Ben Elliot? I'd really like to meet him.' I remember him ringing me up, really annoyed.
~ Ben Elliot
It's amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud.
~ James Rosenquist
Nearly everybody, when they first meet me, seems to have this sense of trepidation.
~ Deborah Meaden
8. A woman whom we can introduce to our friends and family is a keeper; a woman we don't even bother introducing to our friends or family is a throwback.
~ Steve Harvey
Most people don't have the time to meet in person so ask for a ten-minute phone conversation. Be specific. Tell them you're looking and would appreciate any help they can give. Could they introduce you to a key person in their own organization?
~ Kate White
During holiday parties when people used to ask me what I did for a living, I would tell them I sold resort timeshares. That was an effective conversational nonstarter, until I met someone that actually did sell resort timeshares.
~ Dean Karnazes