Engaging Quotes

Her beauty was not in itself quite incomparable, we are told...but conversation with her had an irresistible charm. Her presence, combined with the persuasiveness of her discourse and the character which was somehow diffused about her behavior towards others, had something stimulating about it …. she could readily turn to whatever language she pleased, so that in her interviews with barbarians she seldom had need of an interpreter, but mostly made her replies unaided, whether the men were Ethiopians, Hebrews, Arabians, Syrians, Medes, or Persians.

The name of the game is to talk to people. If you don't talk to people, you can't get started...You knock on twenty doors or so, and twenty guys tell you to go to hell, or that they haven't got time. But maybe at the fortieth or sixtieth house you find the one guy who is all you need. You're not going to organize everything; you're just going to get it started.

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

Anybody with a big personality, I'm a big fan of.

If you can't move and talk to people that you see, it's not really my scene.

Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money.

I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal to a certain type of person or being very cerebral.

Amy Adams was great to work with, fun and lovely.

Freshness is important. If a game is fresh, new, intriguing, challenging, and enchanting, it will sell, and sell well.

It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

If you come across as boring or monotone, you're going to lose your audience.

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic.

I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important.

I've never felt like thumping Piers Morgan. Others may do, but not me. He's exhilarating to be around.

When you’re responding, you’re losing.

I'm trying to find new ways to make this game more attractive.

When you're watching a Hitchcock movie, you, for most of the movie, are playing the guessing game. What's the endgame? What's the plot? How are these people involved? It's the best way to tell the story, and as a viewer, that's what you want to experience.

I'm already a personable person. I always try to smile and get to know somebody and say hello - even when people are trying not to talk to me.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'

My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously.

In person, RuPaul is warm, funny, personable - someone who thoroughly enjoys life.

The first night I met Yo-Yo Ma, I found him the most charming person I had ever met, and I was willing to follow him with the camera anywhere.

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

I would like to visit with people who are so interesting and so... and there are so many wonderful people out there that I would love to have the chance to talk to for a longer time.