Quotes About Conversation

Chitchat debases a language.

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others.

I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have.

Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work.

Labor Day is a holiday honoring those who work for a living. Laborious Day is a lesser known holiday honoring those who cannot stop talking about their work.

It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work.

Most written work is a conversation between the editor and the writer, that the writer essentially fulfills in public, and the editor provides the stage for that to happen as well as the prompts.

The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing.

I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.

Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.

I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation.

I work with the president almost on a daily basis. I was with him until 6:30 last night. I'll be with him Thursday morning. We talk every day.

Business is a conversation because the defining work of business is conversation.

I don't know how to explain it." "Try words. If that doesn't work, we'll move on to interpretive dance.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.

Prayer is a conversation with God, but prayer is no substitute for work.

I always wanted to eat with a Negro," Grandma said. Yeah, well I always wanted to eat with a boney- assed old white woman," Lula said. "So I guess this works out good.

I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male model, and pointedly all we talked about was our other halves.

And I certainly like being on a plane, next to a stranger, having conversations that you'd never otherwise have. You're unplugged, your phone doesn't work, you're not online.

I make a habit of asking myself, 'Is there purpose to this meeting or conversation? Do I want to build a relationship with this person or company? Is there purpose behind this meeting that aligns with my life and business strategy?' If the answer is 'No,' then I pass every time.

Technology has changed our industry, and I think that's opened up different revenue streams and ways to make money and distribute television. It's made the global conversation easier, quicker.

I remember arguing with kids on the street who were talking about Santa Claus. I said don't be so daft - Santa Claus doesn't come down our chimney. He's an economic Santa Claus; he goes down chimneys where they've got money.

The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the street.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.