870 Quotes About Conversation

When I'm not talking to people in person, I'm talking to them in my head. It's a continuous dialogue.

In the middle of a conversation, someone says to me out of the blue: "I wish you luck." I am astonished; but later I realize that these words connect up with his thoughts about me.And now they do not strike me as meaningless any more.

إذا وجدت الأصوات قد ارتفعت في أي حوار فاعلم أن قيمته قد انخفضت.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

I didn't intend to go in that direction but strange things happen when the lights go out.

He began to prefer talking on the phone to actually getting together with someone, preferred the bodilessness of it, and started to turn down social engagements. He didn't want to actually sit across from someone in a restaurant, look at their face, and eat food. He wanted to turn away, not deal with the face, have the waitress bring them two tin cans and some string so they could just converse, in a faceless dialogue.

The most animated talks we have are about…things

Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect.

Everybody talks, but there is no conversation.