“We never actually have serious conversations about anything for more than 20 seconds. So there’s a beautiful superficiality to our relationship which… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
“An attention economy dissolves the separation between the personal and professional, between entertainment and information, all overridden by a compulsory functionality of… — Jonathan Crary Copy Share Image
The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“As people like sharing pieces of their history, let us listen to how they speak, what they say, but precisely what they… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“If a man, who says he loves you, won’t tell you the details of a private conversation between him and another woman… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Advertising is the voice of capital. We need to do whatever we can to limit capitalist propaganda, regulate it, minimize it, and… — Robert Waterman McChesney Copy Share Image
As an artist you very much want to have control over your dialogue and your image and when you become exposed in… — Halsey Copy Share Image
But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
“Bob exploded. 'There is no such thing as a casual conversation with my mother. Every single word will be twisted recognition until… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
“Nobody takes center stage or dominates the conversation for long stretches of time. Equality is an important element in hygge—a trait that… — Meik Wiking Copy Share Image
How often have I rattled on with God and said nothing at all? Relying on clichés, throwaway phrases, and high language I'd… — Margaret Feinberg Copy Share Image
It's so easy to butt into a conversation and offer your own thoughts or opinions, but try not to interrupt. Instead, focus… — Katie Piper Copy Share Image
I think that there are many things in the New Testament that show us that the godliness of our conversation plays an… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“Now we lie here, a decapitated generation, our child-like names vanishing on tombstones, can't you see? Once there was Rock 'n' Roll,… — Laura Gentile Copy Share Image
Does it ever give thee pause that men used to have a soul? Not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“If we speak only our primary language and encounter someone else who speaks only his or her primary language, which is different… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
“At heart, the Industrial Revolution has been a revolution in energy conversion. It has demonstrated again and again that there is no… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
To turn experience into speech - that is, to classify, to categorize, to conceptualize, to grammarize, to syntactify it - is always… — John Barth Copy Share Image
It's not up to Google, it's not up to Apple to turn over our personal communications in order to save the country.… — John Kiriakou Copy Share Image
“The conversation soon turned upon fishing, and she heard Mr. Darcy invite him, with the greatest civility, to fish there as often… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Their conversations turned to religion, and Pigafetta persuaded the prisoner to convert to Christianity. He was baptized, and the giant, whose original… — Laurence Bergreen Copy Share Image
“As much as I think about sex, I can only with extreme difficulty conceive of myself actually performing the act. And here's… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
An attitude can communicate as much as any words. It is the expression of the energy you carry in the moment. Good… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Globalization – characterized by roving capital, accelerated communications and quick mobilization – has everywhere weakened older forms of authority, in Europe’s social… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
“As the conversation became more and more abstract and technical, I said to my master something that made him burst with laughter:… — Ryōjun Shionuma Copy Share Image
Many Christians in the evangelical tradition use words like "conversion," "regeneration," "justification," "born-again," etc. all as more or less synonyms to mean… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Suppose that the [career] transition zone encouraged free-ranging discussion. What might the topics of conversation be? For a start, people might want… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when… — Jennifer Westfeldt Copy Share Image
When you're trying to come up with a good approach to reporting on the bleeding edge of where the conversation's moving, you're… — Ezra Klein Copy Share Image
The local communities, through their leaders, were able to build a communications network that allowed my work here to reflect the needs… — Nick Lampson Copy Share Image
“DYER. No, I am not of your Mind, for the Dialogue was fitted up with too much Facility. Words must be pluckt… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
It's fun being able to suit up and go and kick butt and not have to worry about memorizing dialogue. It's a… — Kelly Hu Copy Share Image
“I mutter and mutter and no one to listen. I speak my words in Japanese and my daughter will not hear them.… — Hiromi Goto Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Unless there was an open heart, and caring hands, and listening ears, the children will not be able to correct their steps… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image