Cilla Black Quotes

Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.

I just don't give off a great first impression.

You know what? It's a great conversation starter, right? You meet friends that way. Sometimes it's a good thing. And then other times, I guess, the person is just a little too... then you kind of like want to back away. It depends on the person, you know?

I'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly.

I'm not great at small talk.

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

You know, I'm not really any good at working out when people are flirting with me. And I think I'm too flirtatious with people I'm trying not to flirt with! What I am good at is making people feel uncomfortable. I don't want to but it always ends up happening!

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.

I wouldn't say I handle attention well. I'd say I stumble over pick-up lines poorly. I'm not good at any of that.

I haven't got the patience for small talk, although I once saw a woman standing on her own in the corner, and I realised it was Monica Lewinsky, and I had the nicest evening with her - she was charming.

Me at parties: 'Like, do you want to know the historical context of the prophet Jeremiah?'

I am very bad at schmoozing, and I'm not overtly charming in social situations.

I can get awkward. I am not the best person to break the ice.

As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them.

Being able to walk in a room with people you don't know and be comfortable - I'm very used to that.

If you think meet-and-greets are fundamentally stupid, then you're never not gonna think that.

I hate small talk! I can't do it.

You have to learn how to dress yourself and how to walk into a room and talk to people. Once you're in rehearsal, you have to know how to rehearse and how to communicate with your creatives, even if you don't communicate the same way.

I just kept making social mistakes in my career.

Cocktail parties for me can be nerve-racking. The brevity of conversations, the number of them - it's not my sweet spot.

I'm not an extremely social person in general because I don't love crowds, but I'm an engaging person, and I love good conversation.

I hate parties. I hate having to do things.

Mathematicians don't like it when they're associated with mental illness and sort of bristle when you say that they can't get along socially, that they're not good with people.

Even as a kid, classmates asked pointed personal questions about my family. I have conditioned myself to handle it with maturity.