I hate polite conversation. I hate it when people stand around and go, 'Hi, how are you?' I hate words that don't… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think the first prerequisite to civilization is an ability to make polite conversation. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily… — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals. — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Polite Conversation 'Tis happy for him, that his father was before him. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
The vocabulary of an omniscient man would embrace words and images excluded from polite conversation. What would be base, or even obscene,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There was a nice dilemma. How does one interject into a polite conversation, "By the way, in case you're ever interested, I… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
