Conversation Quotes

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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote
'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?' — Lewis Carroll
Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into… — Helena Bonham Carter
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss,… — Miguel de Cervantes
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston Churchill
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention… — Emile M. Cioran
Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with… — Nick Clegg
I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written. — Paulo Coelho
Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere. — Paulo Coelho
The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic… — Leonard Cohen
When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is… — Tori Amos
I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me. — Fiona Apple
Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people… — Fiona Apple
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. — Joseph Addison
We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to deal with an individual who… — Rick Perry
We have to be very careful not to blame the patients. A lot of the conversation [around patient engagement] has been, how do we get… — Victor Montori
As financial market players know, advantage comes from reacting to news first. The same thing is true for all companies. When you start the conversation,… — David Meerman Scott
People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness… — Douglas Adams
Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 pecent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation. — Grantland Rice

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