We’ve collected the best Casual Quotes from the greatest minds of the world: Robin Zander, Matthew Hussey, Chris DeWolfe, Suhasini Maniratnam, Alissa Quart. Use them as an inspiration.
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Plenty of casual daters will throw you off with maddening phrases like ‘I’m just enjoying having fun with you.’ This doesn’t make them a bad person, but it’s your call now how to respond. Just don’t assume ‘having fun’ or any such cliche means they’re going to suddenly decide they want a relationship next week.
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There are caste systems in American cities: Many are marginalized to the edges of urban centers due to real estate costs; price tags seem to lurk around human encounters; there’s a cult of overwork in the middle class; workers at your local manicurist, your local fast casual restaurant, are exploited.
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San Francisco is a lot like Amsterdam – free, open-minded and casual – though I expected better weather.
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There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee – a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream – an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth.
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Unfortunately, as you hire more people, the casual, informal ‘do what it takes‘ culture, which worked so well at less than 40 people, becomes chaotic and less effective.
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What’s casual for a robot isn’t necessarily what’s casual for a human.
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You used to be able to just call people. You didn’t have to be on someone‘s calendar to have a phone conversation. The telephone was an important and valuable domain of communication, both for casual, friendly chats and for professional exchanges of ideas and information. But no more.
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Both casual, unthinking discrimination and deliberate, malicious homophobia erode self-confidence and undermine mental health. Both are far too common, not just in our schoolyards or online but in sporting clubs, in the outer and even in our national parliament.
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Life is a right, not collateral or casual.
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I’m used to doing independent film where the style is a lot more casual. With improvising, you obviously find so much out on the day – and in a way, I feel more comfortable doing that.
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Having casual conversations with the likes of Lena Dunham and Kim Kardashian makes me weak in the knees. I have so much respect and admiration for Lena that it doesn’t matter how many times I talk to her – I get starstruck.
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Let’s put it this way: I don’t have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours. I don’t understand why, in entertainment, the hours are as long as they are. It seems like everything takes forever, and no one can tell you why, exactly.
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Don’t throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they’re completely in love with me.
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The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.
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The Parisian way to be chic is to look super sharp for everyday things and then do effortless casual for night occasions.
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