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 […]
Conversation Quotes
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 […]
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.
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.
