Conversation Quotes

2139 Conversation quotes by 1544 unique authors

The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself. — Jean de la Bruyere
If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . . — Nick Drake
When I have my interview with my God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen, whose faith I… — Clayton Christensen
I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart. — Gabrielle Zevin
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his… — Bill Vaughan
Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with. — Bill Vaughan
Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. — Bill Vaughan
With the advance of refrigeration, I hope that along with the frozen foods someday we will have frozen conversation. A person will be able to… — Fred Allen
Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and the plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the… — Evelyn Waugh
Cross-pollination and "contamination" is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise… — Jeff VanderMeer
For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a dream come true.… — Reza Aslan
Is so interesting, is that when you're blindfolded and you're talking to somebody the conversation goes to places that it would never go if you… — Fernando Meirelles
Our rule is: If it makes the parent laugh, and the kid asks why, that can't be an uncomfortable conversation. — Dan Povenmire
My favorite kinds of movies are the ones that start a conversation. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I used to scream at everybody at the beginning of my career. I'd get really emotional. I'd project all my issues about my parents and… — Judd Apatow
I have a four-and-a-half-year-old and, when she was two and a half, she would make my wife and I do voices, like Woody and Jessie… — Judd Apatow
Conversation is good - you might not agree with everyone, but at least it gives you a chance to contemplate someone else's ideas. — Brandi Chastain
I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation. — John Mellencamp
I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation. — Megan Fox
Just as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career. — Michael J. Fox
What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. — Anatole France
Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran… — Al Franken
We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk… — Al Franken
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and… — Benjamin Franklin
Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a… — David Frost

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