870 Quotes About Conversation

It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.

Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?

It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.

It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers.

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

He disliked contradiction, and still more, arguments that were continually skipping from one thing to another, introducing new and disconnected points, so that there was no knowing to which to reply.

Dallas, is it remotely possible for you to carry on a conversation that's not loaded down with manure?

Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.

There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.