Quotes About Conversation

Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.

Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

Tea beckons us to enjoy quality time with friends and loved ones, and especially to rediscover the art of relaxed conversation.

Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

the wasting of time is the most personal, most private, most intimate form of conversation with oneself, as well as with another.

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.

If you've gotten yourself into a situation when Clay Aiken is going to talk about his feelings with you, it's time to kill yourself.

I don't spend too much time attempting to defend myself against people who seem to have zero desire to have a substantive conversation.

I have no time for babbling foolishness." "Don't be so hasty," said Victor. "There's always time for babbling.

Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.

We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.

How time flies when you're doin all the talking.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

I use my cell phone as much as I can - I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a month. It's crazy

I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by which time I've generally destroyed all basis for further conversation.

I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.

Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

Space and time are figments of you're imagination, unless the guy you're flying next to won't shut up.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.

Luke's dad harrumphed, and paused in the midst of shoveling forkfuls of boiled potatoes into his mouth.