Quotes About Conversation

Racism is a disease. Go to your doctor with an ailment, and let the doctor tell you, 'Well, look, I'm not going to treat you; we're just not going to talk about it. It's going to go away.' You would look at him like he's crazy. By not talking about racism, it's not going to go away.

Even when we're not talking about Trump, we're talking about Trump.

I am traditional: a big note writer, and I like using the phone.

I have always liked coming home and sharing what has happened that day with my loved ones. I like comparing notes. I know other people do, too. I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.

The most amazing thing about Karl Lagerfeld is that no matter what you ask him, you will always get an interesting answer. We even exchanged notes about ponytails.

I notice when I'm at a party where I don't know anybody - even if I have nothing in common with somebody - we can still talk because we were raised by the same TV and cartoons and movies.

This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food.

Guys say 'like' all the time, and no one notices it.

I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

It's always fun to talk about a novel.

He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.

I don't mind when people are telling me about their 1971 Firebird, but it's the same thing as people telling me about their car or something. It's fine if you have an interest. By talking with me, though, you could be interviewing a novelist about guitars. It's the same thing, except I don't write that well either.

When a girl sends me 100 pictures, I have to send something back every now and then.

If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation.

At the end of the day, life and the way things are nowadays, you have to mentally prepare your kids. Whether I'm with a woman or not, walking down the street with my son, he's going to see a man and a man holding hands, so eventually I have to give him that conversation.

I love football. I mean, I've gotten a chance to spend a couple of moments with Peyton Manning and have just deeply intense great football nuance conversation with him.

I hope nuclear becomes a part of the conversation, at the right time when we recognize the importance of that resource. I hope we can work that out as a country and figure out how we are going to put nuclear in the mix.

If we're going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation.

I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.

For me, I always nurse out in public. It never crossed my mind, because I was taking care of my child, and I was living my life. We need to know as women that that is normal and great and beautiful and OK. And I want to be part of that conversation - not making anyone feel wrong if they don't do it.

I would love to speak with First Lady Michelle Obama about the addictive component of obesity.

Ads create dialogue, they create conversation, they create attention - that's our objective.

When a high-profile celebrity sits down with you for an interview, there's no obligation for them to give you anything.

Gossips are fine if they are within limits. But they shouldn't be obnoxious.