George Ade Quotes

Pretending is the grease of non-relationships. Pretending is how you and I get through the day without ever having to know each other. When I walk in the room, you say to me, 'How are you?' Well, you don't want to know. And, frankly, I don't want to tell you. So I just say, 'Fine,' and you go, 'Fine.' And off we go.

You should not make specific pledges either to the Senate or to the People. Stick to vague generalities.

You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.

The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

There is nothing I hate more than meeting someone who has forgotten the art of conversing.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

I have friends come over and we read plays out loud and I make paintings and I just do things all the time just so I don't ever feel like I'm sitting around.

One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.

I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me.

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.

So, do you live around here often?

The politician is ... trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge, they may later return to wound him.

Do you come here often?

When I see someone for the first time in a while, and they ask, 'How have you been?' or 'What have you been up to?', it's politeness but a bit of a conversation stopper.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another's privacies. This makes it a land of small talk.

I really love the category on the site called Brain Massage.

Just be funny. Funny always goes over well, so try to think of something funny to break the ice rather than being weird or using pickup lines.

I can get awkward. I am not the best person to break the ice.

Banter is a great way of breaking the ice.

Whenever I meet someone new, I always extend a hand and say, 'Hi I'm Lana Condor... Condor like the ugly endangered bird.' I like to see how people react to that and if they laugh and, indeed, know what a condor is... chances are we're going to get along just fine!

My position in life has always been to be that person in the room who can make the conversation and break down any awkwardness.

A person talks in such generalities that everyone can understand him and it's considered to be some deep philosophy. However, I would like to be very rather more special and I would like to be understood in an honest way, rather than in a vague way.