Conversation Quotes - 2
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If you start a conversation with your mind made up, you may as well not bother.
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My common conversation I do acknowledge austere, my behaviour full of rigor, sometimes not without morosity; yet at mydevotion I loveto usethe civility of my knee, my hat, and hand, withall thoseoutward and sensiblemotions which may express or promote my invisible devotion.
— 1634-5 Religio Medici (published1643), pt.1, section 3.
In private conversation he tries on speeches like a man trying on ties in his bedroom, to see how he would look in them.
— 1912 Of Winston Churchill. Letter to Nancy Astor.
In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.
— 1965 TheAnatomy of BritainToday, ch.9.
It has been years since I have seen anyone who could even look as if he were in love. No one's face lights up any more except for political conversation.
margaret caroline anderson— The Fiery Fountains (1951), part 1
God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.
avicenna— As quoted in 366 Readings From Islam (2000), edited by Robert Van der Weyer
He was universally belov'd, Hospitable, Generous, Learned in many things, skill'd in Musick, a very greate Cherisher of Learned men of whom he had the conversation.
john evelyn— May 26, 1703.
If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
al franken— Senator Al Franken (June 17, 2012). "Sen. Franken's Speech to the Eighth Annual American Constitution Society National Convention". Franken.senate.gov (United States Senate). Retrieved on March 17, 2012.
As a child growing up in the precincts of wealth, and later as a college student, newspaper reporter and resident of New York's Upper East Side, I got used to listening to the talk of financial killings and sexual misalliance that animates the conversation of the rich and the familiars of the rich.
lewis h. lapham— Chapter 4, The Romance of Crime, p. 105-106
A beautifully constructed borsch, such as you are going to experience presently, ought not only to banish conversation but almost to annihilate thought.
saki— "The Blind Spot"
In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.
anthony sampson— Chapter 9 (Anatomy of Britain Today (1965))
Tant pis and tant mieux, being two of the great hinges in French conversation, a stranger would do well to set himself right in the use of them before he gets to Paris.
Laurence Sterne— Montreuil.
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— Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation (1709)
Their accents firm and loud in conversation, Their eyes and gestures eager, sharp and quick Showed them prepared on proper provocation To give the lie, pull noses, stab and kick! And for that very reason it is said They were so very courteous and well-bred.
john hookham frere— Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work.
While you’re playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely dense person. But just begin a conversation with him about something inedible, politics or science, for instance, and he ends up in a deadend or starts in on such an obtuse and base philosophy that you can only wave your hand and leave.
Anton Chekhov— Ionych (1898)
Enthusiasm is achieved chiefly by means of provocations. In these cases, something inside of us resonates vibrantly with something outside. / The form of the provocation be it book, music, sporting event, conversation matters insofar as it might help to us find these sources of resonance.
carson cistulli— A Century of Enthusiasm (2007)
I want to make sure every House Republican is protected from some kind of dishonest Democratic ad. So let me say on the record, any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood. Because I have said publicly those words were inaccurate and unfortunate and I'm prepared to stand up and When I make a mistake and I'm going to on occasion I want to share with the American people "that was a mistake" because that way we can have an honest conversation.
newt gingrich— On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 17 May 2011 , quoted in Hall, Colby (18 May 2011), "Newt Gingrich: ‘Any Ad Which Quotes What I Said On Sunday Is A Falsehood’", Mediaite, retrieved on 2011-05-19
The problem with faith, is that it really is a conversation stopper. Faith is a declaration of immunity to the powers of conversation. It is a reason , why you do not have to give reasons, for what you believe .
sam harris— "The View From The End Of The World" (9 December 2005)
Unforced, as conversation passed, he had the talent of saluting felicitously every theme, of listening like a judge-supreme while serious topics were disputing, or, with an epigram-surprise, of kindling smiles in ladies' eyes.
aleksandr pushkin— Ch. 1, st. 5
One does not paint for design students or historians but for human beings, and the reaction in human terms is the only thing that is really satisfactory to the artist. (in conversation with W.C. Seitz, fh)
mark rothko— Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 116
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
— Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Sitting with my gin or whisky afterwards I would often manage to get into conversation with some lonely man or other – usually an exile like myself – and the talk would be about the world, air-routes and shipping-lines, drinking-places thousands of miles away. Then I felt happy, felt I had come home, because home to people like me is not a place but all places, all places except the one we happen to be in at the moment.
— Anthony Burgess, The Right to an Answer (1960).
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
— Cato (234 BC - 149 BC). Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 137.
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 (1709) Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation
A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows or makes you both polite and wise.
Edward Young— Edward Young, Love of Fame (1725-28), Satire V, line 57.
I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. It's a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.
craig ferguson— Scottish-American television host, comedian, and actor
In the United States, we have altered the public conversation about our work and our enterprise. For example, it is no longer possible for informed people or publications in the United States to pin pejorative labels on us.
— Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — Traci Hukill (July 9, 1998). "The est of Friends: Werner Erhard's protégés and siblings carry the torch for a '90s incarnation of the '70s 'training' that some of us just didn't get". Metro News (San Francisco, California).
One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists on having the last word.
— André Gide, 1917, in Journals 1889–1949, translated by Justin O'Brien
It is through conversation, debate & critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.
nelson mandela
Climate change can no longer be denied. It can't be edited out. It can't be omitted from the conversation.
Barack Obama
conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary.
Peter Sellers— As "Mr. Wang" in Murder by Death (1976)
