Quotes About Conversation

No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

What do you mean,who? You just saw me talking to her!" "If anyone was with you when I arrived, I'm afraid I didn't notice. My eyes were only on you.

You know,I think I'd rather freeze than continue this conversation. You've been warned.Proceed at your own risk." He smiled. "I always do,darlin'.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

It's easier and sociabler to talk technique than it is to make art.

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

There I found my sole comfort: Jesus, my only friend. I could talk only to Him. Talking to other people bored me, even when we spoke about religion. I felt it better to speak to God than about Him. There's often so much self-love involved in chatter about spiritual things!

Would you care to sit down here and tell me all about it?

Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.

We have a saying: If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, 'What's your business?' In Macon they ask, 'Where do you go to church?' In Augusta they ask your grandmother's maiden name. But in Savannah the first question people ask you is 'What would you like to drink?

Two daiquiriswithdrew into a corner of the gorgeous roomand one told the other a lie.

The upshot of the distinctions [making business travel & entertainment tax-deductible] is to put a direct premium on the habit— which some people have considered all too prevalent for many years anyhow— of talking business at all hours of the day and night, and in all kinds of company.

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What thing is so pleasant, and what so profitable, as to talk of the things of God?

For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.

This is the nature of social existence. We talk in order to impose limits, to contain the world in a narrow frame.

Just moo for me,' Ed said. 'Maybe a wee Hobnob?' 'I only have Rich Tea,' Myra said. 'Sorry.' 'That's alright, love.' To Bob: 'Cardboard. That's the sort of biscuits they start dishing out on the lifeboat when they're done eating the other passengers.

colleagues.' 'Whatever. But Kara called me up

It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, "I drank too much last night.

Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies

Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly." "really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?

a phrase of hers fell in with one of his and one of his with one of hers and, as elated as if they were the first to discover the trick of it, they conversed.

interesting ones." "I find that hard to believe," Linda said.