Conversation Quotes

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  A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Positive, Single, Wise

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1873, Delphi Classics

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  A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Leadership, Character

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.50, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

  Deborah Tannen

  Mistake, Believe, Communication

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The best of life is conversation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life Is

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• Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn't just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards.

  Theodore Zeldin

  Memories, Learning, Knowledge

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  Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Two, Way

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.

  Jonathan Swift

  Wish, Unsaid, Company

  Jonathan Swift (1843). “Works: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers Not Hitherto Published”, p.294

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• A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

  Truman Capote

  Communication, Intelligent, Talking

  "Leadership Divided: What Emerging Leaders Need and What You Might Be Missing". Book by Ron A. Carucci, September 30, 2006.

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• You're not learning anything unless you're having the difficult conversations.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Difficult, Difficult Conversations

  "Gwyneth's Slim-Body Secrets" by Erin Bried, www.self.com. April 18, 2013.

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• Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Friendship, Relationship, Marriage

  Oscar Wilde (1999). “De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings”, p.13, Wordsworth Editions

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• No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

  Christopher Morley

  Dog, Appreciation, Silly

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• Polite conversation is rarely either.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Fran Lebowitz (1994). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, Vintage

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• Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

  Oscar Wilde

  Rainy Day, Weather, Lasts

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• The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Friendship, Communication, Men

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• Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

  Deborah Tannen

  Communication, Life Is, Persons

  Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Charm, Resources, Wit

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• All I know about humor is that I don't know anything about it.

  Fred Allen

  Humor, Fire Escapes, Knows

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  Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day.

  John Mayer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Song: Sucker

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• You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

  Sophia Loren

  Nice, Thinking, People

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• There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers.

  Jonathan Zittrain

  Names, People, House

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  The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Trust, Witty

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1079, RosettaBooks

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• It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Sports, Baseball

  "Stay Sought-After by Connecting Better in Conversation" by Kare Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2014.

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• There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Wisdom, Agreement, Political

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

  George Santayana

  Use, Impulse, Primaries

  George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana”

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• Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Communication, Should, Meaningful Conversations

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Critic as Artist (Upon the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything)”, p.57, Mondial

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