Quotes About Engagement

Other lives just fascinated her.

painting, in music, in literature or theater? If so, did that make the rest of the world nothing more than the audience? Passive observers whose only contribution was applause or criticism?

Make your days count. Don't invest all your efforts in the future. You miss too much of the now.

Mama, David asked me to marry him. I said yes. I see. That's it? That's all you have to say? I'm not finished. Tereza tugged Pilar's hand under the desk light, examined the ring, the stones. She, too, recognized symbols. And valued such things. He gave you a family to wear on your hand. Yes. His and mine. Ours.

Not answering your phone is the equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and going: La la la.

Delighted, she laughed. "Not that soon. Talk about boots-first. I need a fabulous dress, and I need Nan to be here. And I haven't met your family." "A lot of them are right in this house." "That's true. We won't wait too long, but long enough to do it right." "I have to buy you a ring. The boys were right, after all. I need to get you something shiny." "Absolutely.

She had lessons on politics, and found them annoying, as people talked too much, did too little.

What's the greatest problem in America today? Is it ignorance or is it apathy?" One time a student answered, "I don't know, and I don't care!

Without a soundtrack, human interaction is meaningless.

I'm sure I could have read the entire four-thousand-page plot summarized in four hundred words on Wikipedia, or I could simply walk into any high school and ask a few questions of the first kid I find who isn't smoking crystal meth.

To matter forever, you need to matter to those who don't care. And if that strikes you as sad, be sad.

If you did not really care, any experience could be entertaining.

Here, of course, lies the biggest difference between a successful interviewer and an unsuccessful one: the successful one makes the interviewee feel as though he or she is interested in the answers. The unsuccessful interviewer—and I have sat in or listened to enough interviews to know, unfortunately, and disappointingly, how common they are—does not.

The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.

If you're going to read this, don't bother.

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.

I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.

If you're not drunk and half naked by this point, you're not paying attention.

I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to be with people than it ever was to be with a television.

People will listen to you only when they know you're dying, otherwise they're just waiting for their turn to talk.

You decide your own level of involvement.

And the seventh rule is if this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight.

This is the greatest momemt of your life and your out missing it