Every conversation is a form of Jazz. The activity of instantaneous creation is as ordinary to us as breathing. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
When you meet someone for the first time instead of asking them what they do, you should ask them what they've always… — Dallas Clayton Copy Share Image
I think of my own work as part of a decades-long conversation about books and reading with people I will mainly never… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“I want you to notice that right now, this instant, we are having a conversation. It’s really not hard, now, is it?… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
The Old Spice ads - women love it. The guys find it annoying. It always causes a great conversation. And it makes… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
“What I thought we might have a conversation about, is basically I do math, sir, not clandestine operations that severely deplete my… — Suzanne Stroh Copy Share Image
Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Please do not leave me, he thought. He could not bear a world without Alli. He realized how much he relied on… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The phrase 'academic freedom' is often used carelessly: here is a work that will allow a more careful conversation about those many… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
“Want to play hangman? asks Theophile, and I ache to tell him that I have enough on my plate playing quadriplegic. But… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
The first basic need of a male is sexual fulfillment; for a female, affection. The second most basic need of a male… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
[When her daughter suggested the President refer in his conversation with foreign dignitaries about lawn care to 'fertilizer' instead of to 'manure':]… — Bess Truman Copy Share Image
“He had never imagined so clearly the consequences of mailing a letter—the impossibility of retrieving it from the iron mouth of the… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
Inevitably it's going to cause some terrible misogynist backlash, and I assume we'll look forward to eight years of jaw-droppingly sexist statements… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The insanity has to stop...It affects each and every one of us, in multiple and nefarious ways: our self-image, how we show… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
I was actually in Japan when I had the conversation with the TNA brass about my situation coming to an end with… — Lance Archer Copy Share Image
Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Some people are not really good listeners. They are merely good at keeping quiet for a long time, while someone is talking… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Beginning of our conversation with Donald Trump, I made it very clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall. — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
There is a person whose acquaintance and conversation I do earnestly recommend unto you as thing of the greatest advantage: you will… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“During a conversation, it is better to have an understanding without words, than words without understanding.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
'The Conversation' was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about being famous is that ... in a conversation everybody's agreeing with what you're saying. ... You need people… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think unless we have an honest conversation about race and identity in this country, we're never going to get anywhere. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
Meaning is made in conversation, reality is created in communication, and knowledge is generated through social interaction… Language is the vehicle through… — Diana Whitney Copy Share Image
Since I'm not a journalist, I talk about issues that encourage an interchange of ideas through conversation while also being entertaining. — Thalia Copy Share Image
Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Well, I think comedy can be a great unifier. If someone can laugh about something, maybe they can become more open to… — Desi Lydic Copy Share Image
“I swear conversation is such hard work! To make myself understood, it’s like I have to speak in an unknown foreign language,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
Relationships are harder nOw... Bcoz.. Conversation becomes texting. Arguments becomes phone calls. Feelings becomes status messages !! — AaRon_CcHan Copy Share Image
When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I've had conversations with journalists that I've never had with anybody else. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image