“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” Dale Carnegie
Interpret the quote above–tell us what it means to you, in your own words. Do you agree that taking an interest in other people is a way to make friends? What if nobody practiced that theory? What would happen then? As we begin to read our first novel, Stargirl, make a connection between the main characters and the quote.
ps–please, please, please use correct grammar and punctuation for this post. I was rather lenient with the grades for the last post. Capitalize I when referring to yourself.
Gracias,
-Mrs. Styles
19 responses so far ↓
sadie schweickert // Oct 2nd 2007 at 12:49 pm
This quote, to me, means that instead of trying to change yourself so people will take interest in you, you should take interest in other people. i I do agree that this is a good way to make friends. If nobody practiced this theory, nobody would be themselves. Everybody would be just like everyone around them.
ben klein // Oct 2nd 2007 at 1:57 pm
In my opinion you can’t change people. you can only change yourself. If nobody took interest in other people then then onone would have children.
Tony James // Oct 3rd 2007 at 8:37 am
I think that you can make friends by becoming interested in others. You can’t expect others to do your work for you. If nobody practiced this theory then noone would have any friends. I seeme to take more intest in older people. I am shy around new people, but once I get to know people I can’t seem to shut up. I suppose that because I have different interests than other people my age it is difficult for me to strike up a conversation with them. I need to put more effort into the peer friendships that I have and I can’t expect it to be a one-sided situation.
Shannon // Oct 3rd 2007 at 10:08 am
Great comments so far. Tony, I like how self-refelctive you were with this response. In my opinion, I think it’s really important to show an interest in others, rather waiting for them to come talk to you. Sometimes, that just comes across as being stuck-up. Good reflection!
-Mrs. Styles
nathan // Oct 3rd 2007 at 3:55 pm
i think it’s pretty much saying if you go up and talk to people and be yourself and you’d get a lot more friends in a shorter amount of time then tring to be something you aren’t and tring to get people to like you.
TallonM // Oct 5th 2007 at 12:56 pm
Meeting new friends is hard sometimes. In order to meet anyone, a person has to be outgoing. A good way of doing this is to go out, do activities, and be nice to people. Sometimes you would be surprised how cool some of the ”wierd kids” relly are.
colyn // Oct 5th 2007 at 12:57 pm
My opinion is that if you go up and talk to people and talk to them then you will get more friends then you will if you let them come and talk to you.
colyn // Oct 5th 2007 at 12:59 pm
My opinion is that if you go up and talk to people and talk to them then you will get more friends then if you would let them come and talk to you.
josh // Oct 5th 2007 at 1:07 pm
its easier to make friends when you be yourself then when u try and act like someone your not and make a fool of yourself
Bobby // Oct 5th 2007 at 1:31 pm
I think this means that if a person try’s to make friends they can get friends easier by talking to people and getting to know them, where as you could spend years trying to make people like you. Also you should be yourself and let people like you for who you are not for something your not.
matt // Oct 10th 2007 at 10:06 am
in my opinion it is easier to make friends by going up and talking to them and bonding with them.the way to make friends is to be yourself and talk t them the way u want to be talked to it is alot easier to be somone else to get friends.you should let people like you for who you are and not somebody else.
chris murray-aka-mo-mo // Oct 10th 2007 at 10:18 am
In my own opinion you can make freinds easier when you try to talk to people and get to know them.When you try to get people to notice you it takes longer for people to get to no you.
STEPH S. // Oct 18th 2007 at 1:20 pm
In my opinion, i think that this quote is indeed relevant to making friends. Rather than changing yourself to someone else’s liking is wrong, but getting to know a person you will find out their basic back round. Who knows maybe you have things in common with the person you try so hard to impress. As you told are class in seventh grade ” if you assume things, then your making an A** out of you and me.” So do not assume every person wants to hang out with someone just like them. Opposites attract, like for example i like to talk you like to listen, thats a good thing. Letting that person you are trying so hard to impress, may not want to be your friend in the end and you might come off as a stalker. I am not saying having interest in another person is necessarily a bad thing but life always seems to work out. Just be friendly, outgoing, and not judgmental towards people, will help with making friends.
sam/aka/p-nut // Oct 22nd 2007 at 1:00 pm
I WONT TALK TO YOU UNLESS YOU TALK TO ME FIRST I AM VARY SHY BUT IF YOU
TALK i will sooner or later.depends who or why im talking too you.
heather bies // Oct 24th 2007 at 1:58 pm
I think that the quote is right because when you take a intererest in other people then people will like you more then when are you do is talking about just you . i do think that you can make friends when you try to show that you like them. i seem to make more friends when i spend two monthsget to know them then when i spend two years takeing it slow. If people always talked about them selfs then it would be really boring every one likes the back and forth .
Samantha Tuszynski // Oct 30th 2007 at 1:06 pm
I agree with the quote above by Dale Carnegie. well u cant be friends with someone if u dont even no them.so u half to talk to them or u will git no where.
Samantha Tuszynski // Oct 30th 2007 at 1:18 pm
I agree with the statement by Dale Carnegie. If you don’t open up nobody will know the kind of person you are. If you talk too much people will think you are obnoxious. So dont be shy and dont be too blunt. Be a good listener so you can learn about other people.
Damen Sprague // Nov 5th 2007 at 2:17 pm
I agree that to become friends with someone you need to take an interest in them. You can not expect to become friends with someone if you take no interest in them. If nobody made the effort to become friends then there would not be many friends in the world
Nick Burr // Nov 8th 2007 at 11:10 pm
To be honest with you, this blog actually made me think. To be yourself is the single most important part of making friends. If your not being yourself, then the friends your making will never know the true you. Its important to be yourself and make friends the right way, by being the true you. In the words of Audioslave, ” Be yourself, because thats all you can do.”
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