Quotes About Conversation

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Many can argue; not many converse

Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us in human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.

was struck by how easy it was to be with him. In the fantasy I had created about our meeting, there was no conversation, no laughter, just a frozen stare. I was entirely unprepared for how rich and resonant our connection felt from the start.

Men do not know what they do not know, and women should not tell them.

Dialogue is not conversation. It is conversation's greatest hits.

married. Edgar went back into the parlor

Emphasizing interdependence lets people know that they're responsible for understanding how their tasks interact with other people's tasks. Interdependence encourages frequent conversations to figure out the impact their work is having on others and to convey in turn the impact others' work has on them. Interdependent work requires communication. In other words, when leaders frame the work they are emphasizing the need for taking interpersonal risks like sharing ideas and concerns.

In most cases, it is more satisfying to get a friend's answering machine and leave a cheery, tangible trace of your sincere commitment to the friendship than it is to engage in actual conversation.

A friend sat next to a nun on a plane. He asked her what she missed most. "Wearing blue jeans," she replied.

A good soup attracts chairs. This is an African proverb. I can hear the shuffling and squeaking on the wood floor, the gathering 'round. This, from just five well-chosen words.

So," Asa said conversationally, "want to go home and play butterflies?" Sebastian grimaced. "Do you promise not to pull my wings off?" Asa looked at him sideways. "Do you promise to fly back?

Jesus, Deacon," Andrew said from his other side. "Did you know the levee broke? Why didn't you get up to higher ground?" "'Cause me and God were having a conversation," Deacon mumbled with as much dignity as he could muster. "I called him a pussy-assed bitch, and he told me he didn't give a shit. It was a draw.

This was not how Carpenter expected this conversation to go. "You're insane," he said decisively. "So insane." Dane appeared unfazed. "We've covered that. Bipolar depression, anxiety—you've

Hey, Mackey—how's your mom?" "I don't know—how's yours? She was looking okay when I left her this morning!" "I will fucking—" "You will? I'd like to see that. Wait. Nobody would like to see that. Suggest something else." "Oh God—

Crick grimaced and looked away. "Talk about being gay, you big, queer bastard—I swear you just made me all verklempt.

Dad, are you in?" "In the car, yes. In this conversation? Not if you paid me.

Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

One needs to be briefed before one talks to writers

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

Dans le salon de madame Clarence, on parlait de l'amour ; et l'on en disait des choses délicieuses.

A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short.

Cómo no lo había conocido antes?, le pregunté, y él contestó con la humildad del que dice la verdad: porque eras una burguesita de lo más chinche

We talk about things. We talk about nothing.