Quotes of: Small-talk Keyword

He had crossed the room with no notion what he might say or do - he had no knowledge of the language of condolence, no skill at social small talk; his metier was business and politics. And yet, when his hostess had introduced them and left, he found ...

Lord John and the Private Matter

I had a dream about you. You claimed Orafouraville was a town, and I declared it a city. You said it was one resident shy of being a city, and I said, “So what if that one resident is shy? Do shy people not count as citizens? Do introverts not pay ...

We Had A #Dream About You

The fatal misconception behind brainstorming is that there is a particular script we should all follow in group interactions.... [W]hen the composition of the group is right—enough people with different perspectives running into one another in unpr...

Jonah Lehrer

Gandalf: Here lies the Last Homely House East of the Sea. Thorin Oakenshield: This was your plan all along - to seek refuge with our enemy? Gandalf: You have no enemies here, Thorin Oakenshield. The only ill will to be found in this valley is that wh...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

That night we made love "the real way" which we had not yet attempted although married six months. Big mystery. No one knew where to put their leg and to this day I'm not sure we got it right. He seemed happy. You're like Venice he said beautifully. ...

Anne Carson

When you got no future, Billy, you got no past - no dreaming to guide you into the future. Gotta have your dreaming of you get lost...

Four Small Stones

Mom could make small things seem miraculous. That was her talent.

The Good Luck of Right Now

In a determined reversal of her inherent nature, Kochu Maria now, as a policy, hardly ever believed anything that anybody said.

The God of Small Things

She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself.

The God of Small Things

Categories No. 4 and No. 5: Three small cards to a straight and two small cards with an ace.

High-Low-Split Poker, Seven-Card Stud and Omaha Eight-or-better for Advan

As I'm traveling around, I meet many small children. And when I look at a small and think how we've harmed this beautiful planet since I was that age, I feel a kind of desperation, anger, shame. I don't know what I feel; I just don't know what the em...

Jane Goodall

I studied fine arts and architecture, but I decided to move into movie design because I grew up in a small town in the Marche region and spent a lot of time after school in the movie theater.

Dante Ferretti

The goal is to build a profitable business, not maintain an expensive hobby that will leave you in the poorhouse.

Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

Every small business has to become a publisher—a publisher of marketing messages and customer resources, and a publisher of stories.

The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance

Mending a broken heart isn't easy. It's messy and complicated, but when it's finished, it's stronger than ever.

Infinite Limits: A Conclusion to Small Circles

Happiness comes in many forms. Whether through a passion for something or someone, it makes no difference. The results are the same: you live.

Infinite Limits: A Conclusion to Small Circles

No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.

The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

Small children are capable of great love. Love that overwhelms. Love that changes small worlds completely. Dangerous feelings that blot out everything.

Jimmy James Blood

Maybe if the empty space inside her was filled with love there'd be no room for sad and dark things.

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark

You don't tell anyone things like that about your friends, even when you're mad at them.

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark

Through the night we drove in a tangle of waking and sleeping, nightmares from hell and holy white dreams.

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark