Robert Burton Quotes

Wherever I am, it's a really good feeling to have that connection to people. I love to go out to talk to people and be with folks. I don't shy away from it.

The more we can encourage participation, I think the better off we are.

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!'

I like to create a community where people want to come and have a good time and do their best work.

Once you choose to enter a WeWork, you choose to be part of something more 'we' than 'me.' People start coming together. They'll see each other in the elevator; they talk in the stairways. There's a thousand other things they do.

I like being in groups rather than alone - I'm very open to people.

I'm realizing I need to be in close proximity to everyone I'm working with because that - I don't know - it keeps me engaged.

You always want to contribute wherever you are.

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.

I don't like being on my own. I'm happy meeting people and collaborating.

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

The happiest people in America socialize about seven hours a day.

In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community.

Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.

Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth.

I couldn't be a one-woman show, since I wouldn't have anybody to bounce off from. Once you're out there, dribbling on, you have nobody to interrupt you. I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box.

Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done.

You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit.

People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together.

Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical.

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.