Communication Quote by William Shakespeare

The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural; it is neither tedious nor frivolous; it is instructive without pedantry, gay without tumultuousness, polished…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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

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

There may be an art to conversation, and some are better at it than others, but conversation's virtue lies in randomness and possibility: people,…

— Lynne Tillman

Conversation is the art of speaking without thinking.

— Victor De Kowa

Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.

— Grant Morrison

Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.

— Gautama Buddha

Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles,…

— Jack Vance

“Why shall we talk? To depend on the conversation style as a primary language of effectiveness on the other person, in a way that…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

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

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“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

Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.

— John Adams