Lynn Coady Quotes

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

I do a lot of schmoozing.

I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill.

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

I meet a lot of people.

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.

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

I want people to get to know me, because I want to get to know them.

Always come to a conversation armed with two drinks. Then if it's dire you can pretend you were on the way to find someone else. And if it's interesting, you can stay and down both glasses without moving.

I take a lot of pride in connecting with people - period.

I haven't got the patience for small talk, although I once saw a woman standing on her own in the corner, and I realised it was Monica Lewinsky, and I had the nicest evening with her - she was charming.

Because you know what happens when you say 'hello' or 'good morning?' You make a connection. And isn't that what being human is all about?

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

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

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

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.

I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

Social does not just equal Facebook. Social is how people interact anywhere.

I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.

I'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly.

Girls didn't really take much interest in me until I was about 14. But I knew how to talk to them very quickly. What I figured out - that my friends didn't - was you have to talk to women like you're not constantly trying to have sex with them. That seemed to work.

Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.

I love somebody that can hold a great conversation.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.