Quotes About Engagement

the weakness of many tellers of tales who seem so often unaware of what their audience would best like to hear;

One writes only half the book; the other half is with the reader.

Conrad actively sought the reader's collaboration in the production of meaning, telling a friend 'one writes only half the book; the other half is with the reader' (Letters, i, 370).

An author writes only half the book. The rest is written by readers.

They had been engaged for six months (I don't think a single one of them had any clear idea of time, as we at the end of countless ages have. They still belonged to the beginnings of time—had no inherited experience to teach them as it were), and of course, as long as there was a piece of paper written over in accordance with some farcical law or other made down the river, it didn't enter anybody's head to trouble how they would live.

I had to keep a lookout for the signs of dead wood we could cut up in the night for next day's steaming. When you have to attend to things of that sort, to the mere incidents of the surface, the reality—the reality, I tell you—fades.

No quiero aburrirlos demasiado con lo que me ocurrió personalmente

this month past. They had been engaged for six months (I don't think a single one of them had any clear idea of time, as we at the end of countless ages have. They still belonged to the beginnings of time—had no inherited experience to teach them as it were), and of course, as long as there was a

Well! well! It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country

When we are with people and feeling bored, can we listen a little more carefully, stepping off the train of our own inner commenting? If we are sitting in meditation and feeling uninterested, can we come in closer to the object, not with force but with gentleness and care? What is this experience we call the breath? If someone were holding your head under water, would the breath be boring? Each breath is actually sustaining our life. Can we be with it fully, just once?

To realize that boredom does not come from the object of our attention but rather from the quality of our attention is truly a transforming insight.

Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.

The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so interesting they were foolish.

She listens to him with great intensity because she is paying no attention to him at all.

Normally it was not until the latter half of a course that Gold lost interest in his subject matter and starting disliking his students. This term it was happening at the outset.

In his first year as president he received 1,881 letters, not including internal correspondence from his cabinet, and sent out 677 letters of his own. This

ought not to fight them at all unless we determine to fight them forever.

participate in civic life. The Reports result from research projects

Give your attention to living life.

multitasking isn't actually possible. In the same way that we can only focus on one sense perception, we can really only focus on one task at a time.

Your copy has to put the prospect into a relaxed buying environment.

Axiom 4 Your ad layout and the first few paragraphs of your ad must create the buying environment most conducive to the sale of your product or service.

Axiom 5 Get the reader to say yes and harmonize with your accurate and truthful statements while reading your copy.