Quotes About Conversation

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

The perfection of conversational intercourse is when the breeding of high life is animated by the fervor of genius.

If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?

In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together.

Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark - around my issues and my philosophy of life.

I sort of get tired of myself sometimes. When you're busy, your life becomes relatively small. But I don't really get tired of talking to other people.

And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don'treally understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.

When I speak in casual conversation, I try to start a mental clock in my head. I actually learned this from Marty Nemko, a San Francisco career coach. He told me, "For the first thirty seconds after you start talking, imagine a green light in your head. After thirty seconds the light turns yellow. At sixty seconds, it's red." That's a good piece of advice for most any conversational situation. It takes some mental energy to monitor myself, but it works.

We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work. And when I answered, it was a pretense. I was not interested in my work either. There was only one thing that interested us, and she knew it. She had made it plain by her coming.

Bob Woodward, this is Steve Thomas.

Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not now.' 'Good,' Halt replied, a trifle smugly. 'Serves you right.

The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will

Hello, Hal," she said. He took a deep breath. "Lotte. How are you?" he said, trying to make sure his voice didn't crack. His throat felt dry all of a sudden.

so she let him have the last word. Again.

We hebben een hond!' zei hij. Trek schudde zijn manen en hinnikte. 'Wat moeten wij nou met een hond?' leek hij te vragen.

Halt smiled at him. 'People love talking to me,' he said. 'I'm an excellent conversationalist and I have a sparkling personality. Ask Horace, I've been bending his ear all the way from Dun Kilty, haven't I?

My god, she's beautiful,' he whispered to Will. 'Indeed she is,' the young Ranger responded. Neither of them was aware that they were talking about two different people.

He showered those close to him with bread crumbs and fragments as he spoke. Thorn had never learned the finer points of eating politely—such as keeping one's mouth shut while doing so.

Don't keep parroting at me!' Halt fumed. 'Stop repeating what I say! I asked you "what", so don't ask

Will raised one eyebrow sardonically. 'Glad to hear it,' he said. 'Pity I missed you.

Herten, konijnen en een oggel-oggel-oggel vogel... Hoe klinkt dat, Ed? - Hal

That's a snug fit," Thorn said. "What did you line it with?" "Oh, leather and some sheepskin," Hal said distractedly. He failed to notice Thorn's sharp look as he said sheepskin.

I loved exceedingly to converse on religious subjects, indeed I took no pleasure in any worldly concerns, and found all worldly possessions vain.

You know, the thing that makes the Bible the Bible is the fact that somebody had an interview with God! Somebody heard from Heaven before there was any Bible. Then the conversation or the incident was recorded, and these became the Word of God.