Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any… — Gloria Feldt Copy Share Image
Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head.… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
A deaf and dumb person who sees two men in conversation - may nevertheless understand from the attitudes and gestures of the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know. — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
One of the most disturbing things I heard was that women's issues weren't "hot." Which is so ironic, because women are constantly… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
Is there a short-eared koobish, then?' Mmmyes ...' said J.Lo. 'But it is technically not really a koobish. Is more alike a… — Adam Rex Copy Share Image
I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first place, is… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“she said, “Sex isn’t stupid.” Another one of those weird pauses, when it seemed as though he was having a conversation in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We always have a basic structure for a piece of music, but we encourage the musicians to elaborate on whatever they feel… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image
“Does everyone just believe what he wants to?" "As long as possible. Sometimes longer." "What about you?" "You mean, am I human?… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
All life requires a rhythm of rest. . . There is a rhythm in the way day dissolves into night, and night… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
“There's so few things men can talk about. If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
How can we grow the game? It's a conversation in every sport, how do you tap into the millennials? Golf is no… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
People don't always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It takes a few years to understand what we've lived through. At the moment, we're still sort of mired in the irrelevant… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
It is notorious that we speak no more than half-truths in our ordinary conversation, and even a soliloquy is likely to be… — Eric Linklater Copy Share Image
It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
“The conversation at dinner hadn't been successful either; it bore the marks of an old married couple who had very little left… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
In the study, 89 percent of Americans said that they interrupted their last social encounter by looking at a phone. And 82… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply. — Marie Clay Copy Share Image
Law enforcement must help lead the conversation that the solemn obligation to 'protect and serve' applies to those both presumed innocent and… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very… — William Mapother Copy Share Image
We all more or less consciously note this. We cannot help observing that all serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Spirituality in Washington can be more of a - I don't want to say it - but, a networking opportunity. Religion is… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, with men's health, we don't talk about it enough, and prostate cancer gets lost in the conversation. — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Loves waving at random people, because you know the rest of the day they're trying to figure out who the hell you… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
President Trump is bringing a very candid - and direct type of leadership to the White House. And in conversations with leaders… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
In solitude, we find ourselves; we prepare ourselves to come to conversation with something to say that is authentic, ours. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image