... the random talk of people who have no chance of immortality and thus can speak their minds out has a setting,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Power comes at a price, love," Veliss replied through bared teeth, maintaining the smile she offered to the townsfolk lining the square.… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
For never has there been, in modern times, such a Homeric world, where so much value is pinned onto the utterance of… — Sara Suleri Copy Share Image
“Before Rohan could reply, a new voice entered the conversation. "What's this?" It was Leo, who had just arisen from bed and… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Is there some kind of subtext to our current conversation? Because, as you might know, I am absolutely terrible with subtext. It… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours,… — Kat Edmonson Copy Share Image
If you're using technology in a way that opens out conversation in your family, with your friends, with people you care about,… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
The only happy talkers are dandies who extract pleasure from the very perishability of their material and who would not be able… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Growing up, I wanted to write films and make films. Even as I took this detour and stayed in the music world,… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
That word is 'willing.' It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It's like a palm tree by… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the… — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
“My mouth dropped open. Oh my God, it was like having a conversation with a ruder Tink. Who, by the way, was… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
“Sometimes he thought about approaching her, walking up to her like a normal human being and striking up a conversation. Hello. How… — Anastasia Wilde Copy Share Image
For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Can one, seeing the sun with one's sensuous eyes, not rejoice? But how much more joyful it is when the mind sees… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
For the establishment, philosophy is both an elitist and an idealist discipline: In high school, it is a compulsory subject; at university,… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at a bar,… — Peter Hessler Copy Share Image
I found that people had all kinds of levels of consciousness, all kinds of levels of education, but that Cubans in general… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
Advertising and content have always been bound together - in print, on television, and on the web. Sure, you can skip the… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings,… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
The idea that you're going have zero people crossing the border is unrealistic. But today we know that's not the case. Today… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
We have a violence problem in America. And no one is having a debate about the violence problem. And I think this… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I kiss her and she finds the light switch and turns it off, and we're just lit in Pepsi-can colors and it's… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Conversation helps relationships grow. Over time good conversation help you understand another person. You learn what's important to that person and what… — London Mond Copy Share Image
And so out of the blue the call did come and said, you know, "Would you be - would you consider turning… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
I think that the work that's left to be done - and I see the end in sight at this point -… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
Whenever I think I'm going to get certain information out of a person, it's never as effective or comfortable as just having… — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
The next day brought more visitors. Sarah was eating a simple luncheon with Charis, Ariel, and Guinevere and was experiencing for the… — Gerald Morris Copy Share Image
Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot… — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm going to be very clear in everything we do. I believe the special relationship is important to us, it's important more… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. There's often two words that are close in… — Arca Copy Share Image
Conversation, which is friendship's mode of expression, is a superficial digression which gives us nothing worth acquiring. We may talk for a… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
It's very much a back and forth conversation between the fans and the writers, between the writers and the powers that be.… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image