870 Quotes About Conversation

I now believe that conversation may be one of the most fundamental skills we can learn and improve upon.

I love to write because I can create my world. I control feelings and demons. I let them take me to heaven or drag me into hell. She looked with incredulous eyes and said, "But your world is not real. Are you not afraid of that?" "Yes, I said. I am afraid that we do not know if our world is real.

Conversation, indeed!" said the Rocket. "You have talked the whole time yourself. That is not conversation.""Somebody must listen," answered the Frog, "and I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.

In conversation, it is respectful to take turns listening and speaking. And it's rude to excessively interrupt a person while they are speaking.

It was not going Frankie's way. Talking to Zelda felt like talking to a radio. It talked back, but you couldn't call it a conversation.

We've all lost something because of what we said or didn't say, what we failed to hear, or what we heard and misunderstood. So we can all benefit from learning a better way.

You can't run away from a certain topic, just because it makes her angry. In order to get close, you need to discuss things, even the things that make her angry.

Fanaticism is the death of conversation. We do not gossip with a candidate for martyrdom. What are we to say to someone who refuses to penetrate our reasons and who, the moment we do not bow to his, would rather die than yield? Give us dilettantes and sophists, who at least espouse all reasons...

Great leaders invite discussions about different perspectives, find the value of each person's viewpoint and drive the conversation to places it would never have gone before.