Communication Quote by Richard Steele

That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

— Lin Yutang

“Why do men believe that a few sentences with minimal detail constitutes a complete conversation?”

— M.L. Ryan

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

— Anonymous

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

— Publilius Syrus

To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.

— Sue Grafton

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

— Samuel Johnson

“Talk is only a pretext for other, subtler forms of communication. When the latter are inoperative speech becomes dead. If two people are intent…

— Henry Miller

Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstance require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.

— Anonymous

If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all.

— Erwin Schrodinger