Quotes About Engagement

I try to avoid Politico to spare myself psoriasis of the brain but so many journalists cite it that I'm forced to be aware of it no matter how big a moat I build.

I don't have time to spare for a daily soap; it needs commitment.

We play short songs and short sets for people who don't have a lot of spare time.

There are offers, but I would sign the dotted line only when a project excites me enough to spare time for it.

I love business and that's why I go on other people's board because it is my hobby. Some people join a tennis club to do things in their spare time. I join boards because that's what I love.

Just go out and do things, and those things that continue to spark an interest, do more of.

I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.

Social sharing of photos - landscapes, selfies, latte-foam art - can spark conversations and deeper engagements.

I enjoy stories that can spark a conversation.

One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It's a Victorian-style setting that's closed in the back, so it doesn't sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.

If, in the very first pages, I'm forced to read gratuitous phrases or banal metaphors, I won't be able to get inside the story. Only if the sentences 'sparkle' can I get hooked.

I feel there are Sparks songs that are somehow both commenting on a song while at the same time being the song. In a sense, this is breaking down the fourth wall of hiding behind the traditional song form and speaking past the song to the listener.

I don't enjoy sparring with the audience. It devastates me.

There are two kinds of magic. If you think of it like martial arts, there's sparring, where you are doing it with a partner, and the other is kata, where you're doing an exposition for the audience.

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.

As a presenter, you have to speak with artificial energy and enthusiasm.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

When I speak it is in order to be heard.

I try to speak in a way that people can understand.

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.

I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.

If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.

I always wanted my work to speak for itself but I realized you have to show people a little bit of yourself and interact with them, especially before your film releases.