Quotes About Conversation

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.

The capacity for talking together constituted the foundation for democracy, far more fundamental than voting. As one ancient Greek philosopher noted, "When voting started, democracy ended.

I wouldn't mind bein' buried right here," Francis told Rudy. "You from around here?" "Used to be. Born here." "Your family here?" "Some." "Who's that?" "You keep askin' questions about me, I'm gonna give you a handful of answers.

And Celia, once she began, talked in a line no straighter than a sloppy drunk could have walked.

close behind him and listened in on their conversation.

Somewhere she had learned that if an interviewer remains silent, the interviewee will rush to fill the silence.

He yearned for the words. It was an affliction, this constant clutching for words. It felt as if he had been excluded from a conversation.

Jesus asks the Samaritan woman at the well, 'Rax me a drap watter, will ye?' and she replies, 'What! A Jew lik ye seekin a drink o a Samâritan like mysel?' (John 4: 7–9)

Observe, farther, how the same doctrine is taught by St. Peter: "As He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." [1 Pet. i. 15]

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they They are the happiest people in the world.

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.

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Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dick and Tot walked down the lane together, deep in a conversation of silence.

And are even quite polite, at first, as they discuss whose name exactly it was their son had just said.

When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.

The species greatest harvest ? words.

Polite conversationalists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think we were talking about comic books much earlier in our relationship, before I had the part.

Too often people tend to think about what they'll say next when someone else is speaking. I developed a practice of listening all the way through and waiting three seconds to respond—it's amazing how that small change allows you to really hear what someone is saying . . . or not saying.

People sometimes say: 'A picture is worth a thousand words.' That's true. But language is never far away. To talk about the picture, you may need a thousand words.

There's a whisper of revolution whenever people really speak to one another and really listen.