Quotes About Engagement

It wasn't until I started to do 'Poison River' that the readership started falling. 'Poison River' started out very slowly and simply, but then it got really dense and complicated. I don't know, I think the readers just got fed up or burned out. They started dropping off.

You cannot have players come on and not make the impact because the game will slowly slip away from you. It is important you are ready.

There's something so great when you're watching a movie when you slowly get to know somebody more, because it's like a real relationship.

Sometimes taking it slowly, taking a player through the paces is the best way to keep him wanting more.

You have to give the crowd energy to feed off of and they will give it back. If you go on stage acting sluggish and nonchalant, that's how the crowd will be. But if you let them know you appreciate them and do call and response, you'll get a good reception.

A high five is a very open kind of hand, but it can still smack you.

Irrelevance is the feeling that an employee gets when they don't see how their job really makes a difference in someone else's life in some large or small way.

If you cannot bore your friends to death about your own small business, then something is seriously wrong.

Big businesses can help by engaging aspiring entrepreneurs and promoting initiatives which support small businesses from within.

I like to just make things... If I have the TV on, I'm not just going to sit there. I want to do something with my hands; I've always got a project. Or I get a small group of people over, and I say, 'Let's make these things today.'

Most experiences are either sensual or intellectual. Chamber music, played by a small group so the listener can follow what each player is doing, is both.

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

I like going out on the practice court and training with my mates. But I don't know about fully engaging and giving everything to it. It's just a game. It's just a sport. It's such a small part of my life.

I'm not great at small talk.

That's all small talk is - a quick way to connect on a human level - which is why it is by no means as irrelevant as the people who are bad at it insist. In short, it's worth making the effort.

I'm not an ace at small talk.

I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.

I hate small talk! I can't do it.

I don't think one gets to choose the kind of comedy he/she does. I may not talk about Rahul Gandhi's take on an ordinance, but I will talk about things as simple as a 'chappal' or a 'sherwani.' My comedy is about small things, and that is how it connects.

Every week in a small town is very different. Something is going on.

When you're in a big theater, you want to reach the very top of the place. Up to the highest seat, so that each person feels like you're talking to them. There's really no difference when you're in a smaller place; you just don't overdo it. It becomes far more personal.

It was so much easier to connect with my fans when I was smaller. I could answer every message, and I enjoyed doing that.

I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group.

The most powerful thing we can do is get involved locally. Help our local community and become community activists in our own smaller circle.