Quotes About Connections

It was an architecture of relationships, of connections that I yearned to understand. I wanted to see the shimmering threads that hold it all together.

The question of goldenrod and aster was of course just emblematic of what I really wanted to know. It was an architecture of relationships, of connections that I yearned to understand. I wanted to see the shimmering threads that hold it all together. And I wanted to know why we love the world, why the most ordinary scrap of meadow can rock us back on our heels in awe.

I think we draw people into our lives...It's as though we broadcast our deepest needs...For better or worse, we attract our teachers, our allies, and sometimes even our own nightmares.

And how the connections between them were as terribly fragile as they were indelible.

Sensitive periods are triggered via the interaction of genetic timing and experience. Sensitive periods are times of rapid learning when thousands of synaptic connections are made each second (Greenough, 1987; ten Cate, 1989). The timing of sensitive periods varies

Our world is made up of a myriad of microcosms, of tiny worlds, each with its own habitues, every one known to the others.

The contents of a house can trigger all sorts of revisions to family history.

Rockefeller's sisters played a limited role in his adult life.

Rockefeller never developed quite the same fond attachment to Owego as to Moravia, but he retained pleasing associations with it.

The more tenuous the ties that hold us together, the easier it is to say goodbye. [Julia, 'Harbour of Love']

Life is just a series of good-byes, isn't it? People move in and out of our lives, they go on to new places, sometimes they die.

Good to have powerful friends. Even better to be a powerful friend, neh?

You can get anywhere in Pakistan if you know people, even into jail.

The people with whom you share a history: these are the people who can leave you shipwrecked and drowning.

We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress.

Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.

In the end, success is not about who you know, it's about you know who.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Relationship networking is about who you know and more importantly, who knows you. Building the right network can open new doors to future success in your business.

I love meeting new people and telling them about my stories and my projects that I am working on.

She thought that some people were like stories rather than whole books—at least the ones you never saw again. With people like that, you never knew what the real ending was.

These relatives of hers, the Boles and the Jetters and the Pooles, used to be around the house a lot, or else Lea wanted to be at one of their houses. It was a clan that didn't always enjoy one another's company but who made sure they got plenty of it.