870 Quotes About Conversation

First, let me finish. Then interrupt.

It was they who taught me that a conversation even between strangers could be a gift and a sport of sorts, a chance for warmth, banter, blessings, humor, that spoken words could be a little fire at which you warmed yourself.

Moreover, vulgar and casual opinions are something more than nothing in nature; and he who will not suffer himself to proceed so far, falls, peradventure, into the vice of obstinacy, to avoid that of superstition.

Most adults have a vocabulary of around 60,000 words, meaning that children must learn 10 to 20 words a day between the ages of eight months and 18 years. And yet the most frequent 100 words account for 60% of all conversations. The most common 4000 words account for 98% of conversation.

I’veenjoyed our conversation, knight. It’s been nice talking to someonewho can—”“Create full and complete sentences?”That grin returned and, for a moment, his heart actually stoppedbeating. “No, it was nice to finally meet someone whose arrogance isonly rivaled by the arrogance of the gods.

The words poured down with the rain.

The people who ask questions decide the quality of their conversation.

We must understand that out of community and dialogue, the answers will arrive in their own time and way.

The more we want our students to buy in to our race conversations, the clearer we must make our purposes. Whether it is to celebrate the beauty of a culture, solve a hard problem, contribute to scholarship, or ultimately publish, our students must never be confused about why they are being asked to take such a demanding journey.