Communication Quote by Confucius

Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is…

— Confucius

There are some things which a man never speaks of, which are much finer kept silent about. To the highest communications we only lend…

— Henry David Thoreau

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.

— Publilius Syrus

No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.

— Thomas a Kempis

If a man does not talk to himself, it is because he is not worth talking to.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are men who talk of women and others who talk to them. I don’t talk of them, I prefer talking to them

— Gianni Agnelli

Conversation is the art of speaking without thinking.

— Victor De Kowa

Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to confront them…

— Max Beerbohm

Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition…

— Emily Post

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

— Truman Capote

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing…

— Alexis de Tocqueville