The secret of success in society is a certain heartiness and sympathy. A man who is not happy in company, cannot find… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So I switch to my MacBook and make my rounds: news sites, blogs, tweets. I scroll back to find the conversations that… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Conversation is much like a tennis game except that in tennis you try to put the ball in the most difficult position… — Margery Wilson Copy Share Image
Our objective is to begin a national conversation to better support individuals and families living with ASD in Canada. The Summit will… — Cynthia Carroll Copy Share Image
I'm definitely not the kind of person who wants to push anything down anyone's throat, so I don't really mind what the… — Samira Wiley Copy Share Image
We have two boys. After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain to our older… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I can enjoy an Arsenal-Chelsea match without having to worry about getting exclusive quotes afterwards from one of the participants as he… — Steve Rushin 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
... 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
Wasting people's time must be the attractive thing to do now an days. I mean why bother trying to get to know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The battle with Men Who Explain Things has trampled down many women - of my generation, of the up-and-coming generation we need… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“It is not necessary or advantageous to give your opinion about everything to everyone. It is not your job to be a… — Bohdi Sanders Copy Share Image
“We humans always seem to take a manipulative posture. No matter what the particulars of the situation, or the subject matter, we… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
“I wasn't feeling that social, though I was painfully alone at the time. I do things like that. I'll moan to myself… — Fred Stoller 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
“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
“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
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
We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think ... consulting on 'Tintin' was… — Janusz Kaminski Copy Share Image
She's not impressed by your fancy car. She got a body so she's snotty and she don't care who you are. So… — Positive K Copy Share Image
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the… — Alexander Koblencs Copy Share Image
I suspect that he was a child who thought differently than his peers, who may have had serious conversations with grown-ups, who… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a living writer, or real ones from college,… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
During contract negotiations, when I started to notice as well as hear from friends about Jeff Jarrett's shady business tactics, I did… — Reby Sky Copy Share Image
I never did well meeting strangers, so my favorite part of partying as a couple was that I didn't need to strike… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
By empowering people to initiate a conversation prior to surgery regarding their pain control options, we hope to reduce the incidence of… — Kristi Funk 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
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
You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a… — Sarah Caudwell 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
“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
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
It's a really weird mindset to kind of try to take my mentality on the basketball court and bring it here on… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
All of us know that when the confidence of a private conversation is breached by a party with ulterior motives or one… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
If you don't encourage healthy sexual expression in public, you get unhealthy sexual expression in private. If you attempt to suppress sex… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image