Quotes About Conversation

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

A wise man listens to gain knowledge and not to debate.

How many times have we encountered a person that states, "can I ask a question," and proceeds to ask the question before you can respond. In these cases, they've given us a choice and then take it away. What they're really doing here, is making a statement and not asking you to decide.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Rule of thumb: You should be terrified of at least one of the questions you're asking in every conversation.

The only thing people love talking about more than themselves is their problems. By taking an interest in the problems and minutia of their day, you're already more interesting than 99% of the people they've ever met.

If you just avoid mentioning your idea, you automatically start asking better questions. Doing this is the easiest (and biggest) improvement you can make to your customer conversations.

Keep having conversations until you stop hearing new stuff.

The Mom Test: Talk about their life instead of your idea Ask about specifics in the past instead of generics or opinions about the future Talk less and listen more

Here are 3 simple rules to help you. They are collectively called (drumroll) The Mom Test: The Mom Test: Talk about their life instead of your idea Ask about specifics in the past instead of generics or opinions about the future Talk less and listen more

I often took the bus to her apartment, where we drank bourbon and ginger ale, listened to the music we wanted to impress each other with, which eventually turned into listening to the music we actually liked.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

Vocabulary ????(?????) ohay? (gozaimasu) good morning ????? konnichiwa hello/good day/good afternoon ????? kombanwa good evening ???? moshi-moshi hello (telephone)

Discourse, it's good for the soul.... civil... or otherwise, which.... do YOU prefer??

You never get people's fuller attention than when you're listening to them.

It is still possible to have friendly discourse in America, as long as you don't bring up any subject.

Ah, did you once see Shelley plain,And did he stop and speak to you,And did you speak to him again?How strange it seems, and new!

As Anderson cleared maps and other papers from the table adjacent to his desk, I asked him for the heat content of the coal. His reply: about 12,500 Btu (British thermal units)

An' there began a lang digressionAbout the lords o' the creation.

Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came from school, "and these," said she, "are my jewels."

"Let me not live," said Aretine's Antonia, "if I had not rather hear thy discourse than see a play."

Brian took her hand a final time, then turned and walked away. Lise sat at the table a while longer. The cooling air from the patio was pleasant. The stars were coming out. Mahmud poured coffee from a silver carafe. What we cannot remember, we must rediscover. "I'm sorry—did you say something?" "I said, it's getting dark." Mahmud smiled. "It's these sunsets. Seems like they go on forever.

talking endlessly about [ourselves] is eminently anti-seductive, revealing not self-sufficiency but insecurity.

Hide your intentions not by closing up (with the risk of appearing secretive, and making people suspicious) but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals—just not your real ones.