Quotes About Conversation

I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'

I think kids in France, and certainly in my household, don't necessarily stop interrupting when you tell them, but they gradually become more aware of other people, and that means that you can have the expectation of finishing a conversation.

I grew up in a household where we talked about the state of the world over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things.

The thing that's fun about the 'Housewives' is talking to your friends about it.

It's one of the best parts of being on the 'Real Housewives' and why I love it: getting to talk to so many great people.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

People often come up and tell me how much money I make in a year, which is funny because I don't think it's something I've ever said to someone.

You would think none of my brothers have jobs with how much time they spend on the phone with our mom.

Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being?

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

You learn a lot about human nature in a bar.

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.

Public television is a very important thing for our human race, and it allows us the ability to discuss the elephants in the room and understand stories beyond the headlines.

You couldn't have human society without language.

There are so many guys that they are talking about that may be the 'next one' or may be the next Bolt. That whole conversation is exciting to me and really humbling.

When you have these moments where a song connects with people and creates a conversation, it's quite a humbling experience because it's like, 'Maybe there is a little bit more weight to this job than I thought there ever was before.' Which was wonderful that that happened with 'Dead Boys.'

'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I love that you can confront it with humour and with satire.

I've always hung out with people older than me, with my parents' friends, because I appreciated the conversation.

I miss the times I hung out with my friends. Instead of taking the bus, we would just walk, talk and laugh a lot.

I do believe there's a hunger in this country to have a civil conversation and to listen to each other again and that's what we try to do. That's what I try to do.

It is already hard enough to understand what someone is saying. Discussion is just an exercise in narcissism where everyone takes turns showing off. Very quickly, you no longer have any idea what is being discussed.

Go and I had a game inspired by our mom, who had a habit of telling such outrageously mundane, endless stories that Go was positive she had to be secretly fucking with us. For about ten years now, whenever Go and I hit a conversation lull, one of us would break in with a story about appliance repair or coupon fulfillment.

I hate people who start conversations with facts—what are you supposed to do with that? Sure is hot today. Yes, it is.