Ask questions Quote by John Stoker

Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion

— Dwight Macdonald

All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does, displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence.

— Deborah Tannen

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

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“An engaging conversation is a two-way street. Learn to delight in dialogue to ensure mutual respect and consideration.”

— Susan C. Young

“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

Conversation is the art of speaking without thinking.

— Victor De Kowa

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

The First Goal of Conversation: Understanding, not Agreement

— Danny Silk

“Delicious Dialogue “We’ve all known the proverbial conversation hog who dominates a discussion and pays little notice to another person’s input. They’re so busy…

— Susan C. Young

Real-life discussions involve a great many bores and boors who have never learned that the art of conversation demands listening as well as talking.

— Susan Jacoby

The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.

— Hayley Atwell