Conversation Quotes

2139 Conversation quotes by 1544 unique authors

Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas. — Ambrose Bierce
I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of… — Henry Miller
By the way, I haven't heard an 'I'm sorry' from you yet." My sense of grievance had overwhelmed my sense of self-preservation. I am sorry… — Charlaine Harris
Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that? — Orson Scott Card
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. — William Shakespeare
Every universe, our own included, begins in conversation. Every golem in the history of the world, from Rabbi Hanina's delectable goat to the river-clay Frankenstein… — Michael Chabon
There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can… — Brother Lawrence
I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket's saw, the star's blink, were… — Octavio Paz
An isolated person requires correspondence as a means of seeing his ideas as others see them, and thus guarding against the dogmatisms and extravagances of… — H P Lovecraft
I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a dialogue… — Iris Murdoch
There's a kind of Ah-ha! Somebody at least for a moment feels about something or sees something the way that I do. It doesn't happen… — David Foster Wallace
Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a… — Twyla Tharp
The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide… — W. Somerset Maugham
In general she had found that the main drawback in being a man was that conversations were less interesting. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least… — Lewis Carroll
This, I believe, is the appropriate image of human intercourse -- appropriate because it recognizes the qualities, the diversities, and the proper relationships of human… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott
I remember saying things, but I have no idea what was said. It was generally a friendly conversation.” —Associated Press reporter Jack Sullivan, attempting to… — Chuck Klosterman
SOLIDAO, LONELINESS. What is it that we call loneliness. It can't simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and… — Pascal Mercier
After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I started to attend… — Karen Armstrong
The law of nature is alternation for evermore. Each electrical state superinduces the opposite. The soul environs itself with friends, that it may enter into… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and chance conversations, but… — Graham Greene
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling… — William James
The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents' lives. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Jesus picked up the conversation. "As the crowning glory of creation, you were made in Our image, unencumbered by structure and free to simply 'be'… — William P. Young
There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot… — M. Russell Ballard

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