Quotes About Conversation

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears.

I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.

Speech is the small change of silence.

He replies nothing but monosyllables. I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.

Speak after the manner of men.

Well, God is certainly getting an earful tonight.

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.

A penny for your thought.

Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.

He talks at the drop of a pause.

Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.

You (Pindar) who possessed the talent of speaking much without saying anything.

The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.

In Ireland, a writer is looked upon as a failed conversationalist.

Writing, when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

Everyone is trying to believe in something these days, and they forget that miracles happen every day when we truly acknowledge the humanity of another or just have a simple, pure conversation with someone else.

If anyone had told them that they would look back at this day while having conversations that mended the repetitive brokenness in so many lives, they wouldn't have believe it.

I reckoned they had probably begun to pour out their hearts and entrust each other with the subjects of the plays and novels they had written or planned to write. It was customary after serious drinking.

Sto vise samujes i cutis o sebi,sve ti je plici u ludji razgovor tvog susjeda.

Da je cutanje snaga, a govorenje slabost, vidi se i po tome sto starci i deca vole da pricaju.

What are those purple things?" "Carrots." "Carrots are orange." "And purple." He didn't mention the turnips and cauliflower in the mix. He knew his quarry. "Why would somebody dye a harmless carrot purple?" "They're not dyed, they're natural. Have some more wine," he said, topping off her glass, "and try them out.