logo

Quotes About Conversations

The three of us had formed a group based on something erroneous, some basic misunderstanding that hadn't yet come to light, and so we kept on in one another's company, going to bars and having conversations.
~ Denis Johnson
I may be out of bed, but I'm in no way equipped to conduct hypothetical conversations before I've had a cup of tea.
~ Diana Gabaldon
But as spring blooms, the birds grow drunk with love and the bushes riot with their songs. Far, far into the night, darkness mutes but does not silence them, and small melodious conversations break out at all hours, invisible and strangely intimate in the dead of night, as though one overheard the lovemaking of strangers in the room next door.
~ Diana Gabaldon
intended to repel Evil, which are the constant Accompaniment to their Conversations with myself.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I always listen in on conversations — that always interests me. You never know what you might learn from it.
~ Unknown
The president, by virtue of his office, can easily 'go dark' when it comes to conversations with foreign leaders, even if he makes promises or assurances that run contrary to the interests of the United States or even place the country in danger.
~ Asha Rangappa
He's the original recycler,' agreed Peter. 'He collects conversations and events then uses them years later, against you. Recycle, retaliate, repulse. Nothing's ever wasted with our Thomas.
~ Louise Penny
Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.
~ John Adams
From the introduction After all, the great joy of literature, as opposed to politics or religion, is that it embraces differing opinions, it encourages debate, it allows us to have heated conversations with our closes friends and dearest loved ones. And through it all, no one gets hurt, no one gets taken away from their homes, and no one gets killed.
~ John Boyne
After all, the great joy of literature, as opposed to politics or religion, is that it embraces differing opinions, it encourages debate, it allows us to have heated conversations with our closest friends and dearest loved ones. And through it all, no one gets hurt, no one gets taken away from their homes, and no one gets killed.
~ John Boyne
When scientific conversations cease, then dogma rather than knowledge begins to rule the day.
~ Unknown
All relationships are based on different foundations; the ones that last a lifetime are the ones that are built on trust, and honesty, the kind that merits conversations that are both open and true.
~ Unknown
Great people discuss eras, average people discuss trends, and small people discuss labels.
~ Unknown
Conversation was strictly limited to functional needs and 'scurrilous and shameful words' and laughter were altogether prohibited, regulations especially relevant to a recurring theme in the Rule: the need to avoid displays of anger, malice, or grumbling, or reminiscences about past sexual conquests. 'Every idle word is known to generate sin.
~ Unknown
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.
~ Mario Batali
I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist.
~ Ray Conniff
Socializing with the wrong people or getting involved with a useless conversation or harmful hearsay can cost friendships and your reputation.
~ Unknown
Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems? ...I gotta get my life some writers.
~ Bill Watterson
Hardly ever do we hear anything that does not make us regret something that we have said
~ Marcel Proust
If the conversations of two people bound by a tie of intimacy are full of lies, these crop up no less spontaneously in the conversations that a third person holds with a lover about the person with whom the latter is in love, whatever the sex of that person.
~ Marcel Proust
If you are having conversations with people about fried chicken, watch out. Their stories are steeped in lore and myth. Regular people fry their bird with a rabbit foot in their pockets, with their uncle's secret cooking hat perched on their heads. Not only do they have special pans - cast-iron skillets top the list - but they have the special pot. You know, the one their great, great, great grandmother forged from volcanic rock.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?
~ Jane Austen
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.
~ Mario Batali
The only people I've run into who actually want to get into conversations with SecUnits are my weird humans. I said, "I have an alternate solution to both our problems
~ Martha Wells