Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Conversation Quotes
Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation – look – please try to understand before one of us dies.
And when you stick on conversation’s burrs, don’t strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.
Two monologues do not make a dialogue.
Two simple words are the key to kicking off conversations: “Tell me.” Most people ask closed questions that already contain the answer. This relegates the other person to confirming or denying what you just said. “Did you have fun at the dance?” “Yeah.” “Did you enjoy the ball game?” – “It was okay.” End of […]
Good conversation, like a defensive driver, yields the right of way.
Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
Sir, there is nothing by which a man exasperates most people more, than by displaying a superiour ability or brilliancy in conversation. They seem pleased at the time; but their envy makes them curse him in their hearts.
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.
