The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
To be honest, youre the only one Ive ever spent this much time and effort on. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In a conversation, the words can get stuck, I don't know what to say, I get very anxious. — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Where do real conversations about citizenship occur? In our schools. Think about the things you learned in first grade. "My Country 'Tis… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“What is the name of the woman on the telephone?” “Alis K.” “Is that her real name?” “No.” Conversation between ‘BB’ and… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
I hope that being in places from the [Shinzo Abe] Prime Minister's past will motivate us to have a sincere, very practical… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the sallies of badinage a polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Kay and Beverly were a disappointment to me. They worked hard at Modern Languages, but their conversation and preoccupations seemed hardly different… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
One of the most common mistakes people make in any conversation is to think about what they want to say next instead… — Max Weiss Copy Share Image
Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One develops an instinct for letting silence do the heavy lifting. In the three, four, five seconds that passed without either of… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were… — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
There was a very small crowd - minuscule compared to the crowd that he gathered later - at a private home in… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
The original idea of blog publishing was that writer and reader would be on the same level. That it would be a… — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
“I respect you more than that." I almost fell off the couch. I parted my hair and looked up at him, but… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The national conversation around white entitlement, around institutionalized racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, I think, came about in large part because… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The conversations have been cordial. [Donald Trump] has been open to suggestions, and the main thing that I've tried to transmit is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
“Look lak we done run our conversation from grass roots tuh pine trees.” — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Admit it you love to have a long conversation with random people on the internet — Viktoria Copy Share Image
Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain. — George Johnson Copy Share Image
I think as much as we're cyber connecting it's really nice to just sit and talk, and have that ritual. — Kate Walsh Copy Share Image
Caitlyn Jenner, for all of her flaws, did start a conversation around the world about gender. — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My juicer is not meant to squeeze lemons; it is meant to start conversations — Philippe Starck Copy Share Image
I really like to talk to people and to get their take on things. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Well-designed visuals do more than provide information; they bring order to the conversation.” — Dale Ludwig and Greg Owen-Boger Copy Share Image