No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
If you'd sat there any longer,' Annabeth said, 'you would have spontaneously combusted. I hope the conversation was worth it? — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change. — Margaret Beckett Copy Share Image
When I heard that Capital One was fostering a conversation about natural connections that exist among all of us, bridged through our… — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
If your wife briefly corrects someone with "Actually, I'm bisexual" during conversation, it hardly sounds like attempting to remain an object of… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
The breakup of Bell laid the foundation for every important communications revolution since the 1980s onward. There was no way of knowing… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Even the word 'cancer' is ugly, scary, burdensome - a roadblock for a conversation before it even starts. Who wants to go… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
“The Couple Overfloweth We sometimes go on as though people can’t express themselves. In fact they’re always expressing themselves. The sorriest couples… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
“When we fear what other people think about us, we are frequently more focused on 'being interesting' and less focused on 'taking… — John Yokoyama Copy Share Image
We've had a debate about immigration in New Zealand for some time. Now what we're trying to champion in that conversation is… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
Billions of people around the globe had come to know Barack Obama, had heard his words, had watched his speeches, and, in… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
When you go after someone who has a deep ideological belief set that is contradictory with your own, it's conversion. Conversion is… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Russia must realise its full potential in high-tech sectors such as modern energy technology, transport and communications, space and aircraft building. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“I develop if you develop. Even if we don’t agree, we come closer to the truth if we create better dialogues and… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“The venerable goal of openness and communication to integrate celibacy had been taken away from us and replaced with threats of witch… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
“How could you have a serious conversation with me when I look like this?” His smile softens. “You look like that because… — Lili Valente Copy Share Image
Relationships are harder now because conversations become texting, arguments become phone calls, and feelings become status updates. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Commit to the moment, allowing your relationship to mature before permitting your conversation to jump ahead, because wherever your conversation goes, your… — Debra Fileta Copy Share Image
It is pretty shocking that governmental interference into our rights and free speech takes place in the U.S…It's hard to reconcile this… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your… — William Emerson Copy Share Image
New York is a city of conversations overheard, of people at the next restaurant table (micrometers away) checking your watch, of people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Changing age old patriarchal mindsets is a difficult long process and involves constant communication and dialogue. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
Maybe you could casually mention to Zoe that I'm not now, nor have I ever been, an axe murderer." "I'll see if… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I think the best way to invite people into the conversation is to just create something beautiful out of love, and people… — Nikki Reed Copy Share Image
“The agency regards itself as needing no specific justification to collect any particular electronic communication,” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the captured voices of the… — Timothy Healy Copy Share Image
I have an issue with others ordering for me, and I spend far too long haranguing people that my choices are the… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“I want to touch your boob any time I see you and talk to you. It doesn’t matter the topic of conversation.”… — Tijan Copy Share Image
“People with power listen less carefully, and have difficulty taking into account what others already know.” — Dean M. Schroeder Copy Share Image
I will always love the Clash, because I loved them so much when I was fourteen, and I love how you can… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Ancient writers, we have seen, more often mention exorcism than anything else as a cause of conversion to Christianity.” — Alan Kreider Copy Share Image