Conversation, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.
Conversation Quotes
Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak.
If you can’t say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
When I complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation worthy of being remembered, he said, “Sir, there seldom is any such conversation.” Boswell: “Why then meet at table?” Johnson: “Why, to eat and drink together, and to promote kindness; and, Sir, this is better done when there is […]
There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen them, the inside of yourself when you tell them.
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.
Repartee is what you wish you’d said.
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
How have we managed to sustain dinner-party conversation since we stopped comparing our cholesterol levels?
You invite Shaw (George Bernard) down to your place because you think he will entertain your friends with brilliant conversation. But before you know where you are he has chosen a school for your son, made your will for you, regulated your diet and assumed all the privileges of your family solicitor, your housekeeper, your […]
