Conversation Quotes

2139 Conversation quotes by 1544 unique authors

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death. — George Bernard Shaw
All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing;… — Thomas a Kempis
You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them. — Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone
Twitter is not a technology. It's a conversation and it's happening with or without you. — Charlene Li
The shepherds - simple souls - came to adore the Infant Savior. Mary rejoiced at seeing their homage and willing offerings they made to her… — Peter Julian Eymard
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one… — Luther Standing Bear
And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing days… — Opal Whiteley
The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat, the price of… — Brennan Manning
We know enough to be sure that the scientific achievements of the next fifty years will be far greater, more rapid, and more surprising, than… — Winston Churchill
A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George. — Dennis Miller
I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that it requires trust… — Jonathan Capehart
I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I… — Bill Nighy
I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and play… — Ryan Adams
Good satire hopefully provides thought-provoking conversation. — Lizz Winstead
You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally! — David Brin
Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my… — Mahatma Gandhi
Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is… — Jean de la Bruyere
Conversation is a game of circles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. — Joseph Addison
Conversation, which is friendship's mode of expression, is a superficial digression which gives us nothing worth acquiring. We may talk for a lifetime without doing… — Marcel Proust
The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for… — Marcel Proust
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised… — William Cowper
Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it. — Mason Cooley
Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered. — Alfred North Whitehead

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