Cory Doctorow Quotes

There's always something to talk about.

What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.

I have always liked hanging out with people and talking to people.

Nothing trumps good conversation.

I don't think you really get to know a person until you talk to them.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

I actually like talking.

The longer I go about living, I see it's the relationship that is most meaningful.

I have a horror of boring someone or, worse still, of someone boring me. I said to my mother when I was seven, 'But, Mums, if it was only my husband and me in the house together, what would we talk about?' I've never wanted to answer my own question, and doubt I'll bother now.

He loves people, but even more than that he loves to talk to people.

I'm a linguist. I study how people talk to each other and how the ways we talk affect our relationships.

Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.

I like talking to people.

People talk to pass the time, share information, and entertain each other.

We want to encourage people to talk to one another.

I love to talk to people.

I like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.

I like talking to visitors, especially children.

I love meeting people.

Communicating with a man is a very new experience for me.

People think it's not necessary to talk to another human being, and that's the part of it that I don't like. Some people will go up and want to talk to you about the music, which is cool; they're enthusiastic about the songs and know stuff about it, or, 'I really like your music. Nice to meet you.'

But I think 'Love, Actually' has a very realistic view of human nature in line with the latest scientific evidence. The opening scene, where Hugh Grant's character talks about the arrivals gate at Heathrow, is about friendship and connection, it's about who we really are as a species.

In apartments and cottages, on the street and in the train... I listen... More and more, I turn into one large ear, always turning to another person.