324 quotes found
“That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition no vanity but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.”
“John Wesley's conversation is good but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as ...”
“She had lost the art of conversation but not unfortunately the power of speech.”
“You can never hope to become a skilled conversationalist until you learn how to put your foot tactfully through the television set.”
“Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.”
“While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.”
“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward and we want to sit in their radius. When we are listened to it creates us ma...”
“A ceremony of self-wastage - good talkers are miserable they know that they have betrayed themselves that they have taken material which should have a life of its own to disperse it in noises up...”
“Wit is the salt of conversation not the food.”
“Debate is masculine conversation is feminine.”
“Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out for if people are unwilling to hear you you had better hold your tongue than them.”
“Conversation enriches the understanding but solitude is the school of genius.”
“Silence is one great art of conversation.”
“Conceit causes more conversation than wit.”
“The less men think the more they talk.”
“Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed."Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs.""Really?""Oh, yes."She followed him into the darkness. "How are they mag...”
“What ho!" I said."What ho!" said Motty."What ho! What ho!""What ho! What ho! What ho!"After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.”
“Corrival looked around. 'So is this it? Is everyone here? Erskine, maybe you should start the ball rolling. I have places to go and things to do.''Me?' Ravel asked. 'Why do I have to start it? You'...”
“As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.”
“Her question was clear-“Father, where does the Loss reside?”In the sighs?Cheeks with tears wiped?A lost appetite?Owning a room confined?Or in the smiles all falsified?Thus, the Father decide,It is ...”
