That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation. — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Palindromes are the number one conversation stopper, like party killer, I think I've ever seen. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
I don't understand why women get so frustrated with guys talking to other women, just casual conversation. I don't get it. I've… — Travis Kelce Copy Share Image
Who does not sometimes envy the good and the brave, who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the natural… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think you kind of facilitate civil conversation no matter how heated you think it could get by telling everybody and showing… — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image
Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public. — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
Then you get these articles about how unhealthy life is in the city. You know; mobile phone tumours - far more likely… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“It comes down to this: If you want to be seen, heard and understood in the most genuine way possible, be open… — Leigh Hershkovich Copy Share Image
There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation!... A human being, Hastings, cannot resist theopportunity to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I'll make a whole bunch of beats whenever, but unless I'm living through something or have a female in mind, or have… — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
There are people who balk at small civilities on account of their manifest insincerity. ... It is better and more logical to… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I know of no other practise which will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
With all due respect," Christopher muttered, "this conversation is leading nowhere. At least one of you should point out that Beatrix deserves… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It's particularly important as parents in our conversations with our daughters and our sons to consider ideas intimate justice when we talk… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
What manner of men should ministers be? They should thunder in preaching, and lighten in conversation; they should be flaming in prayer,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The biblical purpose of every conversation you have, in every personal interaction, is that they person who hears you will receive grace. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
The conversation I know I'm qualified to have is the one surrounding women's bodies and how we are treated and valued in… — Alex Cooper Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient of Sunday lunch is the conversation. Without that, it's dead and gone. — John Torode Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't see me as a funny character because I don't usually get to play them. I'm usually cast… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations. — Adepero Oduye Copy Share Image
As a woman of color, slowly and with some coercing, the not-for-profit theaters around the country are beginning to recognize and embrace… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when you don't have to deal with some of the circumstances that affect minority culture, you just don't… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
If I'm feeling that I have an angle or something to say or something where in a way I'm having a conversation… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
As I've gotten older, I've felt I have more authority on that subject. I think the conversation needs to be reframed. What… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation.… — Paul Lynde Copy Share Image
I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist]… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?" Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share Image
Most good essays are conversations with yourself - not just your decided thoughts but your dilemmas. — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
Most of us have very clear memories of the self-critical internal conversation running on in our heads while we were playing poorly,… — Barry Green Copy Share Image