Shervin Pishevar Quotes

Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down at a device in their hands? We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us.

I am the first to admit my iPad is the coolest thing in the world, but when we can be in a room together and really connect, or leave the gadgets home and go for a hike, then I'm happy.

I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.

I will always find something that I want to try and become better at. I always love to spend more time with my friends, more time with my family, my extended family. I always want to read more books.

I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.

I go to dinner with my friends, and we're like, 'Let's put our phones on airplane mode so we can really enjoy each other's company.'

I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.

On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other.

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.

What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.

When I'm not shooting, I like to spend time with friends and family.

Modern life, especially with young children, so often seems like a mad rush... We so rarely take time to just do nothing - not look at our phones, not read the news.

In such a fast-paced world, gathering people around a table to share a meal allows everything to slow down. I would ask people to sit at least once a week around a table and just enjoy each other's company. Give them the time to talk, laugh, and fill their bellies. It seems like a small thing, but it can bring so much joy to so many people.

Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

Some of the best times I've spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I'm concerned to see today's kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.

I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.

I love watching old movies, reading and having some good meals. I have a very close group of friends and family. I try to spend time with the ones that I love and work as hard as possible.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

Mostly, I just like to write music and spend time with my family and friends and jam.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood.

Man must be associated with his fellows.

Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

'Transformers' gives people the ability to relax and rest for three hours. That's a substantial amount of time, given how plugged in to our devices we are. People don't give themselves enough time to sit down. They're no longer comfortable with themselves.