Conversations Quotes

536 Conversations quotes by 460 unique authors

The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems… — Evgeny Morozov
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals. — Geoff Mulgan
We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if it's turned off.… — Douglas Rushkoff
Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be. — Toni Morrison
The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will… — Victor Hugo
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
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
In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations. — Jonathan Safran Foer
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
Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow. — Gregory Maguire
You take the flotsam," I tell her, "I'll take the jetsam." You always get the jetsam,"she says pretending to pout. "Do you ever think if… — Wendy Mass
Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time. — Wendy Mass
After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind… — N.D. Wilson
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint… — Jonathan Franzen
Conversations are efforts toward good relations. They are an elementary form of reciprocity. They are the exercise of our love for each other. They are… — Barry Lopez
The middle path makes me wary. . . . But in the middle of my life, I am coming to see the middle path as… — Terry Tempest Williams
Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance. — Kelley Armstrong
Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just… — Sophie Kinsella
Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that? — Orson Scott Card
In general she had found that the main drawback in being a man was that conversations were less interesting. — Ursula K. Le Guin
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
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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