Communication Quote by Stephen Leacock

Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

— Anonymous

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

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

— Alexander Pope

There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Conversation is the art of speaking without thinking.

— Victor De Kowa

There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.

— Jane Austen

When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.

— Francine Prose

The wit, wisdom and insights of a different person are often unpalatable, weird and absurd to the senses of many ordinary people.

— Anuj

Conversation is a traffick; and if you enter into it, without some stock of knowledge, to ballance the account perpetually betwixtyou,--the trade drops at…

— Laurence Sterne

Discussing other people is the lowest form of conversation.

— Melchor Lim