Quotes About Conversation

I hate that door, continued Marvin. I'm not getting you down at all, am I?

People who talk to themselves on the phone," said Ford, "never learn anything to their advantage.

Marvin, dedi Trillian, yaln?zca bu can s?k?c? varl?kla konuÅŸurken kulland??? yumuÅŸak ve nazik ses tonuyla, madem bu kadar zamand?r biliyordun, bize neden söylemedin? Marvin ba??n? arkaya, ona doÄŸru çevirdi. Sormad?n?z ki? dedi basitçe.

I have no memory of him talking,' said the man, 'but I am very unreliable.

He grabbed a passing waitress by the arm and berated her. 'Why's this fish so bloody good?' he demanded, angrily. 'Please excuse my friend,' said Fenchurch to the startled waitress. 'I think he's having a nice day at last.

Hey, what happened with all that anyway?' 'Just life,' said Arthur, and plucked a beer from a six-pack. 'Oh, that again,' said Ford. 'I thought it might be something like that. I prefer this stuff,' he said as Rick's bar flickered onto the screen.

He paused just long enough to make them feel they ought to say something, and then interrupted.

Then why did you ask me?' it screamed. 'I just wanted something to talk to,' said Marvin.

Ford,' he said, 'there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.

Yeah well …" Zaphod felt strangely powerless to take charge of this conversation, and Ford's heavy breathing at his side told him that the seconds were ticking away fast. The noise and the shaking had reached terrifying proportions. He saw Trillian's and Arthur's faces white and unblinking in the gloom

What . . . do . . . you . . . want?' 'I'm looking for someone.' 'Who?' hissed the insect. 'Zaphod Beeblebrox,' said Marvin, 'he's over there.' The insect shook with rage. It could hardly speak. 'Then why did you ask me?' it screamed. 'I just wanted something to talk to,' said Marvin. 'What!' 'Pathetic, isn't it?

Thirty seconds into the conversation, and already he'd blown it. Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.

We've got to talk,' he said urgently. 'Fine,' said Arthur, 'talk.' 'And drink,' said Ford. 'It's vitally important that we talk and drink. Now.

said Ford, "you've got three pints to get through." "Three pints?" said Arthur. "At lunchtime?" The man next to Ford grinned and nodded happily. Ford ignored him.

But how are you, metalman?" said Ford. "Very depressed.

Se gli umani non si esercitano in continuazione a parlare, il loro cervello rischia di mettersi a funzionare

If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up.

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Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must bespoken. A need burns inside us to share with others what we are feeling Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. It is as though the coolness that marked out youth is itself a type of retrovirus that can only leave you feeling empty. Full of holes.

Their talk was endless, compulsive, and indulgent, sometimes sounding like the remains of the English language after having been hashed over by nuclear war survivors for a few hundred years.

The waitresses were talking in low tones, but not so low that she could not catch what they said. She casually recorded the relevant employee names and details in the squares of her crossword with an antique gold pencil. After a quarter of an hour, Constance contrived to knock the dish of clotted cream off her table.

Here we are, you and I, and I hope that Christ makes a third with us. No one can interrupt us now... So come now, dearest friend, reveal your heart and speak your mind." (p. 29)

Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.

A man should either not converse with kings at all, or say what is agreeable to them.