Communication Boundaries Quotes

A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do. -Sara

You don't have to write to me if you don't feel like it. There's no real friendship without absolute freedom.

Don't ever interrupt me again. And next time you do, show me the proper respect.

You don't want to be mean to people, but some people are real assholes. And you can't say that on TV - or, you can, but probably, as a celebrity, I can't get away with it. Trust me. Unless you're somebody who can say anything they want, I guess, like Donald Trump.

The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon with suspicion - unless he happens to be an American, when his ignorance of good manners is indulged.

Talk is a pure art. Its only limits are the patience of listeners who, when they get tired, can always pay for their coffee or change it with a friendly waiter and walk out.

Avoid that romantic trap: saying more than you feel, forcing yourself to feel more than you've said!

I love to interact with people, but there is a time and place for everything.

If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh.

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

If, when you talk to people, they keep backing away from you, it's because you're TOO CLOSE, alright? SO DON'T KEEP ADVANCING ON THEM LIKE A HUMAN GLACIER.

I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.

Women are upset if their partner has an intimate conversation of any kind with someone who isn't them. They consider it a violation, a betrayal. Men should think this way, but they don't.

Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.

I don't have bad relationships with my players. But I don't get into long conversations with them either.

Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, "Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people."

There's a fine line between being colorful and being an asshole, and I hope I'm still just colorful.

I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.

Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that?

I try to take a weekly digital Sabbath, batch my emails so I deal with them a few times a day rather than constantly, and increasingly give myself permission to ignore unsolicited communiques. I try, too, to give others more slack. The respond-now culture is a two-way street. I'm trying to be more mindful of that.

The limits of my language mark the limits of my world.

I hate phone calls so I believe in a telephone armistice. To me, the idea of calling someone unprompted is basically saying, 'Hey, stop whatever you're doing and talk to me right now.

You’re impinging on my private space,” I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isn’t the SAT, Nora.

I'm one of those people who tells my wife, "No coaching from the sidelines."