“Even an idle phone conversation when driving takes a 40 percent bite out of your focus and, surprisingly, can have the same effect as being drunk.” FocusEffectsConversationPercentPhonesDrivingDrunkBitesIdleBeing Drunk Author:Gary W. Keller
“Most of the comics that I talk to I've never talked to for more than ten minutes ever. So 95 percent of the time you're really hearing the first conversation between me and that guy on the podcast.” FirstsGuyMinutesTenConversationPercentHearingThat Guy Author:Marc Maron
“A girl can talk about my nose, my teeth or my accent - anything that gets a conversation going is fine with me. It is weird, though, the way women respond to my body. Maybe 50 percent respond positively right away, while another 25 or 30 percent need a while to adjust to my size and to realize that ordinarily my muscles are soft, just like anyone's, only bigger.” WayNeedsBodyGirlRealizingFineConversationPercentBiggerSizeTeethNosesMusclesAccentsPositively Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“In my book ["Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age], I argue that we're vulnerable to technologies.There's a 40 percent decline in all markers for empathy among college students, with most of it taking place in the past years.” YearsBookAgePastTechnologyStudentsCollegeConversationEmpathyPercentArguingVulnerableDigitalDeclineDigital AgeCollege StudentsMarkers Author:Judy Woodruff
“In the study, 89 percent of Americans said that they interrupted their last social encounter by looking at a phone. And 82 percent of them said that it deteriorated the conversation.” SaidLastsSocialStudyConversationPercentPhonesEncountersInterrupted Author:Judy Woodruff
“If you go to a diner in the middle of America, people are having these conversations, but our politicians are too scared to bring it up because they're worried about offending the 0.002 percent of the country that may somehow be subject to what the conversation may be. And it's ridiculous.” PeopleIfsMayCountryAmericaMiddleSubjectsPoliticianConversationPercentScaredRidiculousWorriedOffendingDiners Author:Donald Trump, Jr.
“Twenty percent of meals in America are eaten in the car. What if we turn even three percent of meals into open, compassionate conversations with loved ones around topics we perceive to be hard - like death or addiction? A lot will change.” IfsHardAmericaTurnsThreeCarConversationPercentTwentiesAddictionPerceiveMealsWhat IfCompassionateLoved OnesTopics Author:Angel Grant
“It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be viewed as this myopic problem, because it's not. It's in 98 percent of all businesses, and it's easy for people to dismiss this conversation when they think it's around white women entertainers. But this is about all women in America.” PeopleThinkingWantProblemAmericaEasyWhitePayIssuesConversationEqualPercentConcernEntertainmentGapsEntertainersEqual PayEntertainment BusinessMyopic Author:Patricia Arquette