In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. Votes: 7
George HerbertThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Votes: 7
Winston ChurchillThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. Votes: 6
Michel de MontaigneNo one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. Votes: 5
Christopher MorleyUltimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. Votes: 5
Oscar WildeA man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. Votes: 5
Mark TwainWhile a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Votes: 5
Alan MooreIt is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. Votes: 5
Richard ArmourA single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. Votes: 5
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home. Votes: 4
William TempleA good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. Votes: 4
Stan GetzWe should stop having a conversation about cutting Social Security a little bit or a lot. Votes: 4
Elizabeth WarrenMy idea of a good night has always been having a lovely meal and a proper conversation. Votes: 4
Kirsty GallacherThe reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. Votes: 4
Rene DescartesYou can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Votes: 4
PlatoEnjoy the vacation without going; enjoy the conversation without talking. Votes: 3
Debasish Mridha M.D.Private, accidental, confidential conversation breeds thought. Clubs produce oftener words. Votes: 3
Ralph Waldo EmersonRepresentative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents. Votes: 3
Alan SiegelGreat conversation ... requires an absolute running of two souls into one. Votes: 3
Ralph Waldo EmersonDebate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity. Votes: 3
Amos Bronson AlcottTravel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. Votes: 3
Elizabeth DrewSpirituality is conversation with God, everything else is just religious custom. Votes: 3
Stefan EmundsIf anything is naive and lightweight, it's the traditional political conversation. Votes: 3
Marianne WilliamsonLife doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation. Votes: 3
Margaret J. WheatleyThe moral disposition of the age appears in the refinement of conversation. Votes: 3
Mary SomervilleTheater is all about foyers and conversation and digesting what you've seen. Votes: 3
Cate BlanchettThe true language of commerce is the natural conversation between human beings. Votes: 3
William C. BrownFine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation. Votes: 3
Anton ChekhovIt makes great conversation to discuss what's wrong with open-wheel racing today. Votes: 3
Mario AndrettiThat amenity which the French have developed into a great art . . . conversation. Votes: 3
Cornelia Otis SkinnerBusiness is a conversation because the defining work of business is conversation. Votes: 3
David WeinbergerI spend many hours in conversation with wonderful characters from fantastic books. Votes: 3
Patti RobertsToo often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. Votes: 3
Elizabeth DrewJazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions. Votes: 3
Barbara JanuszkiewiczWhat mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation. Votes: 3
Glenn CloseLife, this endless conversation with yourself. Silent in sanity, audible in madness. Votes: 3
Zohra SehgalThere is an underlying timelessness in the basic conversation that is mathematics. Votes: 3
Barry MazurKitchens are for conversation. They're not just for cooking; they're for conversations. Votes: 3
Frank DelaneyKnowledge comes from personal experience of truth and awareness, not from conversation. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellDon't steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility. Votes: 3
Bill HybelsA quote is not a conversation, but an invitation to change your perspective. Votes: 3
Shannon L. AlderSexuality is, of course, a great way of having a conversation between people. Votes: 3
Tilda SwintonThe desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation. Votes: 3
Walter ElliotThe vanity of shining in conversation is usually subversive of its own desires. Votes: 3
Lydia SigourneyThe supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation. Votes: 3
Mason CooleyA good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. Votes: 3
James BoswellThere's nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation. Votes: 3
Agatha ChristieAny conversation I have with anybody that's real is always revealing and inspiring. Votes: 3
Spike JonzeNever criticize, condemn or complain in a conversation with a customer or prospect. Votes: 3
Brian TracySometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. Votes: 3
John BartonThat's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation. Votes: 3
Noah BaumbachIntelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder. Votes: 3
Sam AltmanThe pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone Votes: 3
Richard SennettI can't imagine having a conversation about 'Celebrity Big Brother' in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Votes: 3
Niall FergusonVery strong personalities must confine themselves in mutual conversation to very gentle subjects. Votes: 3
F. Scott FitzgeraldBore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. Votes: 3
Benjamin DisraeliOne way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. Votes: 3
Francis Joseph SheedWhat was the point of even having a conversation when words couldn't be trusted? Votes: 3
James DashnerI would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man. Votes: 3
Edward DahlbergShe had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. Votes: 3
George Bernard ShawYou can't have a conversation with someone who's intimidated by you all the time. Votes: 3
Tila TequilaIf you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating. Votes: 3
Leigh HuntGood conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first. Votes: 3
Brian MolkoBy creating conversation, we let our customers spread our message by word of mouth. Votes: 3
Anita RoddickReading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation. Votes: 3
Studs TerkelThe most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation. Votes: 3
Michel de MontaigneThe most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home. Votes: 3
William TempleI wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation. Votes: 3
Anthony HopeCribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas. Votes: 3
Ambrose BierceThe art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably. Votes: 3
Hayley AtwellWhen our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip. Votes: 3
Henry David ThoreauI think the first prerequisite to civilization is an ability to make polite conversation. Votes: 3
W. H. AudenSilence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinIt deserves and warrants conversation because somebody is saying, 'Hey, this offends me,' Votes: 3
Darrell GreenA perfect conversation would run much less to brilliant sentences than to unfinished ones. Votes: 3
Louis KronenbergerIt's very difficult, I think, especially on two cellphones, to have a romantic conversation. Votes: 3
Rainbow Rowelltethered to the ground by quotidian conversation.the window rosy with anemic November light. Votes: 3
Lauren SlaterI'm still not sure I didn't hallucinate the conversation while overdosing on his pheromones. Votes: 3
Sylvia DayThere is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation. Votes: 3
Robert BreaultWhat students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher. Votes: 3
William GlasserI've always liked the idea of improvised music. Improvised anything. It's what conversation is. Votes: 3
Andy PartridgeEvery conversation, every failure, every opportunity is a chance to get better. Starting today. Votes: 3
Gary W. GoldsteinThe television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents' lives. Votes: 3
Jeffrey EugenidesAmerican scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that. Votes: 3
Shirley HendersonAn artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public. Votes: 3
Maurice ChevalierIt was terrible when a single conversation with someone determined your whole future relationship. Votes: 3
Naomi Shihab Nye...tethered to the ground by quotidian conversation.... the window rosy with anemic November light. Votes: 3
Lauren SlaterA kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous Votes: 3
Ingrid BergmanPrayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace. Votes: 3
Richard J. FosterSaying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know. Votes: 3
Cullen HightowerIts a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes Votes: 3
Oscar WildeIt was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking. Votes: 3
Yogi BerraA good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation. Votes: 3
Nassim Nicholas Taleb% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words. Votes: 3
Deborah BullA bacteriologist is a man whose conversation always start with the germ of an idea. Votes: 3
Evan EsarI enjoy women's conversation, and I think that helps me to describe them in fiction. Votes: 3
Alexander McCall SmithThe conversation is happening about your brand whether you're a part of it or not. Votes: 3
Seth GodinCanada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine. Votes: 3
Esi EdugyanEverything is inspiring! It could be fine art or a conversation I have with somebody! Votes: 3
HiromiTalkin bout money we could have a conversation Top five tax bracket in the population Votes: 3
Nicki MinajIt has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man. Votes: 3
W. Somerset MaughamGive me a half hour's conversation. I will know more than I will reading 20 magazines. Votes: 3
Joseph KennedyI know what things are good: friendship and work and conversation. These I shall have. Votes: 3
Rupert BrookeSomeday, someday, but certainly not now, I'd like to learn how to have a conversation. Votes: 3
Sherry TurkleTwitter is not a technology. It's a conversation and it's happening with or without you. Votes: 3
Charlene LiIt requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady. Votes: 3
Henry David ThoreauI'm constantly on the brink of tears in conversation about things that happen to people. Votes: 3
Phoebe Waller-BridgeNowadays there is no conversation at all. Teachers distrust talk as much as business men. Votes: 3
Marshall McLuhanWherever conversation's flowing, / Why must I feel it falls on me / To keep things going? Votes: 3
Phyllis McGinleySpecies conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public. Votes: 3
Ian SomerhalderI never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me. Votes: 3
John Sherman CooperWhat makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation. Votes: 3
Lady GregoryIt's annoying when people tag my name in their conversation with someone else [on Twitter.] Votes: 3
Casper SmartThere is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation. Votes: 3
Jodi PicoultUsing someone's name during a conversation was like a casual caress, like stroking their hair. Votes: 3
Harry MulischPalindromes are the number one conversation stopper, like party killer, I think I've ever seen. Votes: 3
Demetri MartinFor me, creativity is essentially a spiritual experience, a conversation between my soul and me. Votes: 3
Sue Monk KiddWhistling together. Some kind of performance. I mean, not just a conversation, but a performance. Votes: 3
Kim StanleyThere are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit Votes: 3
Stephen LeacockSurely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation? Votes: 3
Stella GibbonsBehind every communication problem is a sweaty ten-minute conversation that you don't want to have. Votes: 3
Gay HendricksSociety is frivolous, and shreds its day into scraps, its conversation into ceremonies and escapes. Votes: 3
Ralph Waldo EmersonInstead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation. Votes: 3
Clarence DarrowWhen the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness. Votes: 3
Herman KochI want to hold you close, skin on skin, and let our heartbeats have a conversation. Votes: 3
John Mark GreenI am worried that the next generation will not be able to have a real conversation. Votes: 3
Ruth WestheimerAge is just a number, unless of course your trying to have a conversation with them. Votes: 3
Dov DavidoffSometimes I think fashion is more of a conversation between men than it is for women. Votes: 3
Kim GordonStay out of the gutter in your conversation. Foul talk defiles the man who speaks it. Votes: 3
Gordon B. HinckleyI am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation. Votes: 3
Mason CooleyI like people who can keep the conversation going no matter how random the topic gets. Votes: 3
Turcois OminekArtists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art. Votes: 3
Craig JohnsonI like when you can have a conversation with people and it's not just stock questions. Votes: 3
Jonah HillIf a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism. Votes: 3
Immanuel KantJust as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career. Votes: 3
Michael J. FoxThe quality of conversation appears to be a key factor in the evolution of an organization. Votes: 3
Philip StreatfieldI never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. Votes: 3
James StockdaleWhat you gotta understand is, in this conversation and in our fight, you're not in control. Votes: 3
Andre WardI believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you. Votes: 3
Keith FerrazziA kind word will never replace the conversation that God has prompted you to repeatedly have. Votes: 3
Shannon L. AlderI learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation. Votes: 3
Mark BurnettIf one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. Votes: 3
C. S. LewisIn God's intention, a meet and happy conversation is the chiefest and noblest end of marriage. Votes: 3
John MiltonI don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable. Votes: 3
Rita RudnerI enjoy many silent moments with my cat, a conversation always resumed exactly where left off. Votes: 3
Robert BreaultLiving and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world. Votes: 3
Seth GodinNo one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation. Votes: 3
Thomas a KempisMy daily conversation, it consists of hustle. Grinding from the bottom sick and tired of struggle. Votes: 3
Kevin GatesSilence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation. Votes: 3
James HerveyWhat was it that drew you back? My marvellous personality, I suppose? Or my sparkling conversation? Votes: 3
Jonathan StroudWhatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation. Votes: 3
Lydia SigourneyAs soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral. Votes: 3
Jane SmileySo, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout. Votes: 3
Rick RiordanIt's all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then. Votes: 3
Richard ArmourA good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation. Votes: 3
Daniel HandlerLike many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise. Votes: 3
Barbara KingsolverA key to the art of conversation is learning how to be an effective and active listener. Votes: 3
Cindy Ann PetersonI tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation. Votes: 3
Samuel BeckettI always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine. Votes: 3
Naomi WattsDo you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure. Votes: 3
W. Somerset MaughamConversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. Votes: 3
Andre MauroisIf you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating. Votes: 3
Leigh HuntNaming can satisfy a need, it can shorten a conversation that otherwise might go on for hours. Votes: 3
Nihad SireesI just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street. Votes: 3
Arnold SchwarzeneggerA girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy. Votes: 3
Beau MirchoffI know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes. Votes: 3
Brie LarsonLOL has turned into something you type when you have nothing better to add into a conversation. Votes: 3
Richard HarrisI have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation. Votes: 3
Diane SawyerA lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation. Votes: 3
Alek WekI could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life. Votes: 3
Young JeezyI feel like R&B is really based off of emotion and truth. R&B is a conversation. Votes: 3
Sevyn StreeterIn a conversation, the words can get stuck, I don't know what to say, I get very anxious. Votes: 3
Florence WelchThe trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. Votes: 3
George Bernard ShawFor people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love. Votes: 3
Jada Pinkett SmithI painted one dining room red and I must say, the conversation became very heated in that room. Votes: 3
Amanda PaysI also have a feeling your mother's going to have a very ugly conversation with me." " Dimitri Votes: 3
Richelle MeadI didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience. Votes: 3
Kevin SmithAlthough I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation. Votes: 3
Paul TherouxEm, I am trying to have an important conversation!" shouted Seylin. "I will not change into a cat! Votes: 3
Clare B. DunkleThe poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know how to speak. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillThere is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation. Votes: 3
Blaise PascalThey are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them. Votes: 3
Edward SnowdenIf you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him. Votes: 3
Isaac of NinevehI hate being so emotionally slutty. I need to stop loving everyone I have a long conversation with. Votes: 3
Sara QuinThe point of philosophy, as I see it, is to change thinking, and thereby to change the conversation. Votes: 3
Philip KitcherAs soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element. Votes: 3
Thomas Chandler HaliburtonIt would be a shame to go out with a hot girl you can't have a decent conversation with! Votes: 3
Justin BieberA pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb? Votes: 3
Rudolf NureyevIf I start writing a song and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person. Votes: 3
HalseyDo I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do. Votes: 3
Billy CorganI say you hurt me. You say I scorned you. We say we care. It begins. The conversation begins. Votes: 3
Louise BernikowI like the way you secretly send me a direct message when we're in the middle of a conversation. Votes: 3
Ariel SeraphinoI think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door. Votes: 3
John Patrick ShanleyI'm more likely to strike up a conversation with a stranger than to try any antic or pickup lines. Votes: 3
Clayton SnyderWe need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government. Votes: 3
Johann Lamontnobody is such a fool as to moider away his time in the slip-slop conversation of a pack of women. Votes: 3
Lady Hester StanhopeI used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation. Votes: 3
Tara Bray SmithConversation without you trying to be sexy can still come off as very sexy. Trust me!
Sevyn StreeterI like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.
Tom StoppardConversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonConversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.
Herb ShrinerConversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.
Susan RoAneI will always love the Clash, because I loved them so much when I was fourteen, and I love how you can start a conversation with almost literally any dude about the Clash. Votes: 1 Rob Sheffield
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard. Votes: 4 William Hazlitt
You know, photo conversations are replacing verbal conversations. I don't know if that's a bad thing. A photo is worth a thousand words. Votes: 1 Ashton Kutcher
Some of the best conversations I've had are sitting around a camp fire. Votes: 4 Robyn Davidson
I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly. Votes: 3 Sean Connery
An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public. Votes: 1 Maurice Chevalier
Then you get these articles about how unhealthy life is in the city. You know; mobile phone tumours - far more likely in the city; Well you know what, so is everything else! Including sex, coffee and conversation. Votes: 4 Dylan Moran
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. Votes: 2 James Nathan Miller
I love the conversation between film and music. Votes: 2 Agnes Obel
To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context. Votes: 1 Rowan Williams
A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. Votes: 3 Stan Getz
What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher. Votes: 1 William Glasser
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb? Votes: 3 Rudolf Nureyev
A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important. Votes: 3 Benedict Cumberbatch
A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot. Votes: 3 Maggie Stiefvater
An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal. Votes: 4 Yves Behar
Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations. Votes: 3 Francis Chan
To be honest dinner conversations was the worst bit about being a child and listening to the boring people around me. Votes: 5 Prince Harry
When I'm on television, I'm talking to millions of people, so the conversation is totally different. My words are different. My diction is different because now I'm really talking American English and not homeboy English. Votes: 1 Keyshawn Johnson
Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have. Votes: 3 Alexander McCall Smith
I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are. Votes: 6 Elisabeth Shue
To address our current food system problems, I propose a series of local, regional, national and global conversations - starting around the dinner table - to rethink the food we produce, buy and eat. Votes: 2 Ellen Gustafson
A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. Votes: 4 Stan Getz
An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal. Votes: 1 Yves Behar
I'd be counting calories in my head while having conversations and doing crosswords. Votes: 4 Justine Bateman
A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation. Votes: 1 Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy. Votes: 1 Juan Williams
We owe to one another all the wit and good humour we can command; and nothing so clears our mental vistas as sympathetic and intelligent conversation. Votes: 2 Agnes Repplier
I often work and write in coffee shops, observing the baristas and eavesdropping on interesting conversations. Votes: 4 Christina Baker Kline
People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler. Votes: 3 Mike Farrell
...the sound of our lack of conversation amplified by the echo of our footsteps on the stone around us. Votes: 3 Maggie Stiefvater
Wolf," said Ran, enunciating it very carefully. "What an unusual name. Did your parents give it to you?" "Does it matter?" said Wolf, tossing away his bone. "I'm only making conversation." "I'd prefer silence," Wolf said, a growl in his tone. Votes: 3 Marissa Meyer
It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry. Votes: 3 Amber Heard
A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot. Votes: 1 Maggie Stiefvater
You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about. Votes: 3 Sophia Loren
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. Votes: 4 Michel de Montaigne
I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty. Votes: 3 Venus Williams
When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation. Votes: 3 Gail Parent
Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful. Votes: 4 Chris Robinson
I just operate on the assumption that all phone conversations are bugged. Votes: 4 Terry McAuliffe
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals. Votes: 5 Geoff Mulgan
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. Votes: 3 George Bernard Shaw
Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. Votes: 1 Alanis Morissette
My job as an author - at least the way I think of it - is to make a story that is coded and puzzling enough to entice conversation and interpretation, but also to do the opposite: to make some things clear so that it is meaningful in some way, not just a random assemblage of ideas. Votes: 1 Shane Carruth
I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation. Votes: 4 Mark Burnett
When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress. Votes: 3 Anne Lamott
I'm just a philosophical journalist, trying to describe what's going on. I want to stimulate conversations, and hope out of them will come truths. Votes: 1 James Redfield
Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters. Votes: 3 Hu Jintao
The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data. Votes: 1 Gary Kovacs