Conversational Quotes

47 quotes by 43 authors

I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes. — George Saunders
Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God. — Dallas Willard
Probably a dozen times since their death I've heard my mother or father, in an ordinary conversational tone of voice, call my name. They had… — Carl Sagan
Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs. — Ruth Gordon
I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult. — Deidre Hall
To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what… — Aliza Sherman
The Spirit of Cities presents a new approach to the study of cities in which the focus is placed on a city's defining ethos or… — Nathan Glazer
If there is a little sand in the sugar of home happiness, it really seems better to concentrate on the sweetness that remains than to… — William George Jordan
There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming… — John Chancellor
Don't think of the Internet as a broadcast medium...think of it as a conversational space. Conversation is the opposite of marketing. It's talking in our… — David Weinberger
In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture the essence of… — Michael Dirda
Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged. — Aliza Sherman
Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen. — Elizabeth Lesser
I just love the whole idea of conversational prints. — Anna Sui
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know. — Cullen Hightower
Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen. — Elizabeth Lesser
A remarkable tour de force that will hopefully end forever the argument that science and the spiritual are opposed to one another. This wonderful collection… — James Fadiman
Practice is a shared history of learning. Practice is conversational. 'Communities of Practice' are groups of people who share a concern (domain) or a passion… — Unknown Author
As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves from one another… — Benjamin Cardozo
If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not… — Chuck Klosterman

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