Quotes About Conversation

Addressing racism requires constant attention and an acknowledgement that strengthening the Singapore core is a collective responsibility, with every race an important part of the conversation.

I used to be a teacher, and I know how difficult it is to strike a balance between focused conversation and an atmosphere which prevents creativity and thought.

I have an increasingly strong feeling that all of us, myself included, too many times make too many statements and don't ask enough questions.

I'm struck these days by how often people come up to me and ask to take a photograph instead of shaking hands, meeting one's eyes, and having an actual conversation.

By all means, if you have a chemical imbalance, use medication. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be allowed to have a broader conversation about the pharmaceutical industry and the deep structural flaws in our economic system.

I became president of the players' association and was willing to have conversations with influential people about equal prize money or how the tour could be promoted and structured in a way to make women's tennis better.

Speaking as a parent, I don't think parents think all the time about structures. I know from conversations I've had with other mums, I'll ask: 'Is your child's school an academy or a local authority school?' - and they'll look at me blankly.

That's something that I struggled with - talking to my mother about some of the problems that I had.

I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.

Without a dog, no one will listen to your opinions for more than a few minutes without interrupting to tell you their opinions, which you won't find nearly as interesting.

When I was very young, I didn't talk a lot. If an adult was speaking, I was listening. I think it was the moment I turned 18 when I was like, 'I'm an adult now and have opinions and things to say, so now it's time for people to listen to me.'

I still think that we have a hesitance to talk about things racial. And I think we do it at our detriment. We go from incident to incident, and we have spikes in which race becomes something that we talk about, as opposed to talking about race in those less contentious times when I think we might make more progress.

That's why people read books. You get to have the real conversation, as opposed to the pseudo-conversations we have in everyday life.

I'm not opposed to talking about airline food.

When you consume a half hour or an hour of television, you can talk about what happened as opposed to consuming ten hours of content, and then you don't remember everything you want to talk about.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

Steadman! Any guy that's got Oprah as a girlfriend, I mean that's a good dude. I want to talk to him.

My kids are really dope. I was just at home in Chicago, and my daughter Brittany was interviewing me. It was like I was on 'Oprah.'

I'd definitely have some butterflies if the day ever came when I'd get to sit down with Oprah.

If there is an option to use a real human being and to have a chat with somebody and do your shopping that way, I do try and do that.

To have constructive conversations about the world's energy options, one needs to take a calm look at the numbers.

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual.

Look at an interview as an organic part of building a relationship.