Asks Quote by Deborah Tannen

Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.

— Sherry Turkle

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

— Susan RoAne

“R.E.A.L. conversation: Recognize judgments. Express thoughts neutrally. Ask questions. Listen for verbal & non-verbal messages.”

— John Stoker

Conversation opens our views, and gives our faculties a more vigorous play; it puts us upon turning our notions on every side, and holds…

— William Melmoth

The First Goal of Conversation: Understanding, not Agreement

— Danny Silk

We are shaped by our conversations.

— Robin S. Sharma

Conversation is the fine art of mutual consideration and communication about matters of common interest that basically have some human importance.

— Ordway Tead

Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

— George Santayana

“Conversation consists of developing and playing with ideas by juxtaposing the accumulated conclusions of two or more people and then improvising on them. It…

— Judith Martin