Meetings should be great — they’re opportunities for a group of people sitting together around a table to directly communicate. That should be a good thing. And it is, but only if treated as a rare delicacy.

I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I — of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.

Friendships are nice. So is competence.

There's sensor data already? I mean, I figured there'd be a few hours at least before they gathered enough to have a meeting about.
When people don't know anything," Amos said, "they love having meetings to talk about it.

The more people I meet the happier I become.

New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.

[T]he people that I met and the opportunities that I was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful.

It's such a happiness when good people get together.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

I was just talking with friends and they said it was good idea and I just sort of liked the idea.

I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.

I really enjoy that sort of exploration in a community of people. That's what I really like. All those people come, and sit together, and then we all go through this experience, and some aspect of our humanity is touched.

Meetings are a great trap. … they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.