870 Quotes About Conversation

.. requests for elaboration, like "In what sense?" and "How so?" turn out to be crushingly difficult for many bots to handle: because elaboration is hard to do when one is working from a prepared script, because such questions rely 'entirely' on context for their meaning, because they extend the relevant conversational history, rather than resetting it.

La conversación es un arte y requiere un aprendizaje. Creo que no es algo tan neutro que se aprenda con sólo seguir una reglas.

The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

In this era, be careful of your conversations because you are just 3 seconds away from a screenshot.

I’m talking to the only one who’ll listenAbout the lonely nights and all that I’m missinHaven’t seen you lately but I heard your doin fineI’m In between two places Where my words didn’t come to you in time

...I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the truth, Jessie. Things don't have to be true to talk about 'em, you know.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. It is assuming a superiority, and it is particularly wrong to question a man concerning himself. There may be parts of his former life he may not wish to be made known to other persons, or even brought to his own recollection.

Kay and Beverly were a disappointment to me. They worked hard at Modern Languages, but their conversation and preoccupations seemed hardly different from those of girls who might work in banks or offices.

Going beyond cliche phrases:•How was your summer? Excellent.What special things did you do?•How were your holidays? Pretty good.How did you celebrate?•How was your weekend? Good.What did you do? I went to see that new play down at the Civic Center.Really? You’re interested in ______? I never knew that.Tell me more about that.•Did you do anything relaxing?•Is that something you usually do on the weekend?