Quotes About Conversation

The Bishop remained silent for a moment; then he turned abruptly to the director of the hospital.

Certaines personnes sont méchantes uniquement par besoin de parler. Leur conversation, causerie dans le salon, bavardage dans l`antichambre, est comme ces cheminées qui usent vite le bois; il leur faut beaucoup de combustible; et le combustible, c'est le prochain.

in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

Table talk and amorous talk are equally impossible to grasp; amorous talk is all pretty bubbles, table talk, hot air.

So different are the colours of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side.

M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads

Leni knew it was crazy, but it seemed to her as if they were having a conversation without saying anything, talking about books and durable friendships and overcoming insurmountable odds. Maybe they weren't talking about Sam and Frodo at all, maybe they were talking about themselves and how they had somehow grown up and stayed kids at the same time.

Men tell stories", I say. It is the truest, simplest answer to his question. "Women get on with it.

They were always doing that to each other, misinterpreting, imagining the worst. No wonder every conversation bruised one or the other.

She sat there a long time, talking to her daddy as if he were sitting right beside her.

It was all she really wanted: someone to talk to.

As she passed a café filled with German

All anyone could talk about was the gloomy future and the shocking present.

Isabelle sat down beside MacLeish and leaned tiredly against him. "You're a wonder," he said in a hushed voice. "I've been told I don't make smart decisions. This may be proof of that." She shivered, whether from cold or exhaustion, she didn't know. "Dumb but brave," he said with a smile. Isabelle was grateful for the conversation. "That's me.

about drinks at nine?

There's no substitute for talking to the people you love. Thinking about them, dreaming about them, wishing things were different…all of these are the beginning. But someone has to make the first move.

and black sky. She waited impatiently for her third martini, making small talk with the bartender. The minute the drink was ready, she set a course for the terrace, sailing past the

Words suck. I mean, every thing has been said. I can't remember the last real interesting conversation I've had in a long time. Words aren't as important as the energy derived from music, especially live.

Sie sprach so viel, dass ihre Zuhörer davon heiser wurden.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.

Too often in corporate life people want to give a presentation rather than engage in a real conversation. At the extreme this means "Death by PowerPoint.

liquor and loquacity are your besetting weaknesses.

Well, at least measure your drinks,- liquor and loquacity are your besetting weaknesses.

Feeling better?" he asked. "As warm as chicken-apple soup." "I'm never going to hear the end of that, am I?