Shallow Interaction Quotes

It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.

It's safe to talk openly and honestly with people because they're not really listening.

Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind where politics means giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to a website. The world is a much more complex place.

I do not like talking casually to people - it does not interest me - and most of them are unwilling to talk at all seriously.

Another stupid party . . . with six people to look on, and talk nonsense to each other.

We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and fleeting, unless he taps into some fervent special interest niche. And that audience, almost by definition, will be tiny.

There are instances where you're in a space with someone who has been extraordinarily successful, and they don't necessarily connect with you as another person. You can be a prop for them to deliver their stuff, and you're just another element in the scene.

One of the biggest problems with the Internet: people thinking they know something or are participating in or experiencing something when they aren't. Or, how people think they are staying in touch with their friends by "liking" their pictures.

I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport.

You're put on this platform where you see beauty every day, and you kinda get numb to it. So then it's like, 'What else do you have? You really can't hold a conversation? Next'.