Quotes About Conversation

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf.

The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing.

By creating conversation, we let our customers spread our message by word of mouth.

I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

We had lost the art of communication - but not, alas, the gift of speech.

Language is a poor enough means of communication as it is. So we should use all the words we have.

I don't think interviewing people is any different than normal communication. The only thing is that it has these boundaries set upon it as to what the conversation is about.

One thing talk can't accomplish is communication. This is because everybody's talking too much to pay attention to what anyone is saying

When you speak, ask questions. Don't lecture.

Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said.

When we speak quietly one to another things somehow get settled.

Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

it's important to make sure that we're talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

The altitude of any relation is possible through discourse.