There is nothing so annoying as to have two people go right on talking when you’re interrupting. (often erroneously attributed to Mark Twain)
Conversation Quotes
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience. (“Calvin and Hobbes”)
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 […]
The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say – because they were too obvious.
Let us make a special effort to learn to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.
Never hold anyone 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.
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
