Quotes About Conversation

So what is your star sign?' Said Mary Ellen 'Cunnilingus' Katz answered looking profoundly unhappy.

Linguist say parties in the conversation will tolerate silence for four seconds before interjecting anything, however unrelated.

Even his housekeeper communicated with him by letter.

The telephone," he wrote, "may be briefly described as an electrical contrivance for reproducing in different places the tones and articulations of a speaker's voice so that Conversations can be carried on by word of mouth between persons in different rooms, in different streets or in different Towns.… The great advantage it possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus is that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

person says to you, "How do you do?" he will be taken aback if you reply, with impeccable logic, "How do I do what?" The complexities of the English language are

So what's your sign?' said Mary Ellen. 'Cunnilingus,' Katz answered and looks profoundly unhappy. She looked at him. 'I don't know that one.' She made an I'll-be-darned frown and said, 'I thought I knew them all. Mine's Libra.' She turned to me. 'What's yours?' 'I don't know.' I tried to think of something. 'Necrophilia.

have any thoughts here?" She looks surprised that I'm asking. "You want to know what I'd do?" "Yes, Liz. You went to one of those

I'd hate to interrupt this witch hunt with a substantive conversation." I glance over to the corner of the room, where Carolyn Brock winces, a rare break in her implacable expression.

New Rule: If you're one of the one-in-three married women who say your pet is a better listener than your husband, you talk too much. And I have some bad news for you: Your dog's not listening, either; he's waiting for food to fall out of your mouth.

When a person pauses in mid-sentence to choose a word, that's the best time to jump in and change the subject! It's like an interception in football! You grab the others guy's idea and run the opposite way with it! The more sentences you complete, the higher your score! The idea is to block the other guy's thoughts and express your own! That's how you win! Conversations aren't contests! Ok, a point for you, but I'm still ahead.

Calvin sees the landline telephone ringing. He picks up the receiver. CALVIN: Hello THE VOICE OF THE CALLER: May I speak with your father, please? CALVIN: Heck, you don't need MY permisson! Be my guest! CALVIN, turning his back on the phone. He hangs up. Then he sneers: What a weirdo. THE LANDLINE TELPHONE: Ring, Ring

He shook his head. "Not yet. But I sense it on the horizon and it saddens me, which is why I felt the need to speak with you." He paused and seemed to weigh his words. "When the time comes for you to leave—and it will come, of this I am certain—you must know that your leaving will bring our city great sadness, and that it is not our wish.

Bob lives in Marietta, Georgia and recently had the honor of becoming a great grandfather. He enjoys shooting the breeze with guests and staff at lunchtime at nearby Capozzi's New York Deli. He spends much of his time trying to make people happy with a generous assortment of terrible jokes.

People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations.

People talk about egos as if it were objects.

She said "where you been?" I said "no place special" She said "you look different" I said "well, I guess" She said "you been gone" I said "that's only natural" She said "you gonna stay?" I said "if you want me to, yes

Old soldiers loved to tell war stories, yet this guy had hung up on her.

babbled at the

In your conversations, what percentage of the conversation is spent talking about you versus what is going on with the other person? Generally, people who lack empathy don't ask much about other people. They don't care. It doesn't even occur to them to ask.

people who served his customers. In conversations, he had the capacity to make each person feel important and as the total focus of his attention. He would ask about their personal lives and go out of his way to ensure that people were able to take care of family needs. He freely shared his love of his business

It was nearly midnight when the conversation finally stopped on its own weight. The question was unresolved, at least in any explicit way.

Buenos días, Nicolás —dijo Chick—. ¿No tiene usted una sobrina que se llama Alise? —Sí, señor —dijo Nicolás—. Y una linda muchacha, por cierto, si se me permite el comentario. —Se parece mucho a usted —dijo Chick—. Aunque en lo tocante al busto, haya algunas diferencias.

People weakened their hands by feeling they had to fill uncomfortable silences.

And so I have to ask Myself: whose memory is at fault? Mine or his? Might he in fact be remembering conversations that never happened?