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Quotes About Conversation

Me neither, " Shane put in. "Homie don't play that.""I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all, " Amelie said.
~ Rachel Caine, Fade Out
Just shut up and talk. - Shella
~ Krista Alasti, Taming Shadows
I overheard Nona talking about my little buds and how she remembered back when she was developing into a woman, and that was enough for me.
~ Holly Hood, Ink
It was around then that the phone rang. It was my friend Cee Cee, wanting to know if I cared to join her and Adam McTavish at the Coffee Clutch to drink iced tea and talk bad about everyone we know.
~ Meg Cabot, Darkest Hour
You're sure? I thought I heard someone.""Nope, not a soul, " Blake said. "Get it. Soul. Because we're in a church.
~ Unknown
Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling.""I didn't mean no harm, " I said and kissed her. "That a new dress?""Ah! Changing the subject, you coward.
~ Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man
Heya, Arlene. What's shakin'?" Cotton greeted."Don't shift some of this weight, everything, " Arlene replied.
~ Kristen Ashley, The Gamble
People who talk too much are tiresome, especially those who are not informative, thought-provoking, or funny.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Now I am shut up with his mother on Bramble farm and she is no better for conversation than prune whip
~ Unknown
You're boring me, M'Ordant. Go away." V'Aidan"You can't be bored." M'Ordant"And a good thing, too, since I'd no doubt perish from it while in your company." V'Aidan
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Bites
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s.
~ Jet Li
To be able to sit in Donald Trump's apartment and talk about the future of corporate real estate was amazing.
~ Shia LaBeouf
The First Goal of Conversation: Understanding, not Agreement
~ Danny Silk
Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal.
~ Sergey Brin
Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.
~ Jason Calacanis
A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy. It's a meal where we didn't just wolf food down, rather something else happened at the table. That is the goal.
~ Laurie David
Your goal in an online dating profile and in your first message to somebody is to strike up a conversation.
~ Sam Yagan
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"
~ Winnie the Pooh
I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.
~ Horace Walpole
Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.
~ William Shakespeare
When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age?
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman up into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time you are together will be devoted to conversation.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche