Group Settings Quotes

There are things I don't like, like sitting at the head of the class. It makes me uncomfortable. I'll do it in a seminar if I have to, but with a workshop, I try to put myself in the circle somewhere. Because that hopefully frees up some people by making somebody else sit at the nominal head of the table.

Both in their origins and effects, boredom and stuffy air resemble each other. They are usually generated whenever a large number of people gather together in a closed room.

Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family

When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.

In general, in more collectivist cultures, we see that in group settings, people dampen their emotions but are very expressive when they are at home alone. In more individualistic cultures, such as North America and Europe, it's the opposite - people are more expressive in group settings than when they are by themselves.

Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that.

I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.

Yoga, working out, go to class, group settings where you can't be on your phone, that's a great way to unplug!

When people ask what I'd like to do next, the answer is usually, 'Something with people in rooms.'