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Quotes About Conversation

The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.
~ Andrew Sullivan
Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace.
~ Richard J. Foster
Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.
~ Timothy Keller
True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is a spiritual commerce with the Creator of heaven and earth.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Essentially prayer is based on a relationship. We don't converse freely with someone we don't know. We bare our souls and disclose our hidden secrets only to someone we trust.
~ Dean Register
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
~ Albert Guinon
If your husband has difficulty getting to sleep, the words 'we need to talk about our relationship' may help.
~ Rita Rudner
It was terrible when a single conversation with someone determined your whole future relationship.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on.
~ John Suckling
Sometimes you only need to have a few words with a person to know you would like to have many more.
~ Roger Ebert
Merrin began buttoning up the cassock. "Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon." The demon!
~ William Peter Blatty
and the hand that was obscuring her face was trembling. Lowering her arm, she turned and looked up at Karras, revealing a haggard-eyed, tearstained face. "So what's doin'?" she said. "What's new?" Karras studied her before answering, "Well, the latest is I've looked at the records from Barringer Clinic and—" "Yes?" Chris interjected tensely. "Well, I believe…" "You believe
~ William Peter Blatty
Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person's own motivation and commitment to change.
~ William R. Miller
It takes two to speak truth—One to speak, and another to hear. —HENRY DAVID THOREAU
~ William R. Miller
As a practical guide, music you can carry on a conversation over is safe. If you have to shout over the noise, it's too loud.
~ William Sears
Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.
~ William Shakespeare
The deep of night is crept upon our talk,And nature must obey necessity.
~ William Shakespeare
Thy quips and thy quiddities.
~ William Shakespeare
A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.
~ William Shakespeare
Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio.
~ William Shakespeare
He doth nothing but talk of his horse.
~ William Shakespeare
Yes, to smell pork; to eat of the habitation which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto?
~ William Shakespeare
A merrier man,Within the limit of becoming mirth,I never spent an hour's talk withal.
~ William Shakespeare
A good old man, sir; he will be talking: as they say, When the age is in, the wit is out.
~ William Shakespeare