I think the first prerequisite to civilization is an ability to make polite conversation. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Whistling together. Some kind of performance. I mean, not just a conversation, but a performance. — Kim Stanley Copy Share Image
“Your haters are not here for a conversation. They are here to keep you from doing your work.” — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
I can't imagine having a conversation about 'Celebrity Big Brother' in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
When a telemarketer calls, give the phone to the nearest child and tell them it's Santa on the phone! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That bestfriend that you can have a whole conversation with... just by using facial expressions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.” — Cees Nooteboom Copy Share Image
A continuing conversation with other persons, with cultural products, and with oneself, is a large part of what it means to be… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limits. Nobody’s comfortable in engaging in a conversation. — Rick Welts Copy Share Image
Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and… — Francis Lockier Copy Share Image
The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Walking helps me a lot to feel alive, and I do this every single day, my wife and I. We have long… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“...insisting that you control the topic of behavioral conversation ensures accountability by students...” — Doug Lemov Copy Share Image
... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody… — James Bay Copy Share Image
I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I… — Derek Luke Copy Share Image
Angels can recognize the nature of our unique essence on the basis of nothing more than a brief conversation with us. From… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all… — Opal Whiteley Copy Share Image
Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend, to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams. Affirm to… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Love is when you can sit in front of each other for hours not saying anything, yet feel like you've had the… — David Hall Copy Share Image
Every girl...has that one conversation running in their head of what they wish hed say. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents' lives. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
The free conversation of a friend is what I would prefer to any environment. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Every conversation, every failure, every opportunity is a chance to get better. Starting today. — Gary W. Goldstein Copy Share Image
“The guiding mantra for connecting is this: it’s just a conversation.” — David Sturt Copy Share Image
“I like to listen, and I like to talk. Heavens, girl, can't you see I like to talk?” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
That sad moment when you find an old conversation between you and someone you don't talk to anymore. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation. — Robert M. Fresco Copy Share Image
I know at times I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot, but I like that person. — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
