Conversation Quotes

2139 Conversation quotes by 1544 unique authors

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the… — Jerome K. Jerome
The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about himself, and then gradually lead the conversation around yourself—and… — Margaret Mitchell
Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies — John Cleese
A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph… — Neil Postman
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people… — Oscar Wilde
Normally Connor would walk away from a conversation like this. His life is about tangibles: things you can see, hear and touch. God, souls, and… — Neal Shusterman
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange… — Eugene H. Peterson
Every artist joins a conversation that's been going on for generations, even millennia, before he or she joins the scene. — John Barth
Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already been said, or couldn't be… — Jess Walter
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take… — Italo Calvino
Without you the instruments would die. One sits close beside you. Another takes a long kiss. The tambourine begs, Touch my skin so I can… — Unknown Author
What ho!" I said. "What ho!" said Motty. "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What ho!" After that it seemed rather difficult to… — P.G. Wodehouse
We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such… — Thomas Moore
When I was 14, a camp counselor explained what "eating out" was and I vowed to never have it done to me. It seemed cannibalistic… — Sloane Crosley
In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations. — Jonathan Safran Foer
My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to… — Philip Roth
Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present. — Kurt Vonnegut
Never have a long conversation with anyone who says "between you and I. — E L Konigsburg
I must have my share in the conversation… — Jane Austen
I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author. — Elbert Hubbard
Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must bespoken. A need burns inside us to share with… — Douglas Coupland
So for all that we might speak words in each other's vicinity, this could never develop into anything that could be called a conversation. It… — Haruki Murakami
Useless pursuits and conversations always about the same things absorb the better part of one's time, the better part of one's strength, and in the… — Anton Chekhov
How fishy on the fishiness scale? Ten is a stickleback and one is a whale shark." "A whale isn't a fish, Thursday." "A whale shark… — Jasper Fforde

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