A Quote by Charles Buxton

A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.

Charles Buxton

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Companionship Conversation Everlasting Family Flight Gregariousness Large Large Family Like Much Party Rather Too Too Much Twitter Without

Quote Author

Charles Buxton
English - Public Servant
November 18, 1823 - August 10, 1871

A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.

Madame de Stael

Too many of the elderly do not have the family or the communal attachments necessary to feel valued; too many are widowed or otherwise alone; too many live in surroundings where they are essentially without the companionship necessary to stimulate a mind in danger of deteriorating.

Sherwin B. Nuland

As I wrote 'The Christmas Lamp' I realized that tradition is priceless, whether you have a small family, a large family, or no family. Tradition doesn't have to be logical; it only has to emphasize the light of Christ and his everlasting love.

Lori Copeland

One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.

Jane Austen

I'd like to be with someone kind who can hold a conversation and is in my age group. If that's too much to ask, I'll do without.

Viv Albertine

I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.

Karen Armstrong

I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.

Ina Garten

You ever say a phrase you say all the time at the wrong time, feel like a complete idiot? Something like, 'You, too. You, too.' I was getting out of the cab at the airport, and the driver goes, 'Hey, have a nice flight.' 'You, too. You, too. You have a nice flight, too - in case you ever fly some day.

Brian Regan

To me I think Twitter is a much more honest way to really connect with your fan base without it being the horrible magazines out there that might not get the truth right. At least this gives a little bit of an honest glimpse into someone's life without it being too overdone and too personal. You get to control it, which is what I like about it.

Tiffani Thiessen

Twitter is not a technology. It's a conversation and it's happening with or without you.

Charlene Li

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city.

Samuel Johnson

I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also chatter with my friends and family. It's a cocktail party with a fraction of the awkwardness of an actual cocktail party.

Roxane Gay

I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives.

Tim Walberg

I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having too much sex. At what point does a healthy amount become too much? There are, of course, those who suffer because their desire for sex has become compulsive; in their case the drive (loneliness, guilt) is at fault, not the activity as such. When morality is discussed I invariably discover, halfway into the conversation, that what is meant are not the great ethical questions but the rather dreary business of sexual habit, which to my mind is an aesthetic rather than an ethical issue.

Edmund White

The Democratic Party has had a real problem with recruitment because the party too often looks at just who's next in line in the party to run rather than in finding inspiring new leaders.