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As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors, neither of an inquiry about ourselves and the world, nor of an accumulating body of information, but of a conversation, begun in the primeval forests and extended and made more articulate in the course of centuries. It is a conversation which goes on both in public and within each of ourselves. – Michael OakeshottRate it:
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor. – Lucius Annaeus SenecaRate it:
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food. – Alfred HitchcockRate it:
I love America because America trusts me. When I go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes I am not asked to produce my Identity Card. I love it because my mail is not censored. My phone is not tapped. My conversation with friends is not reported to the secret police. – Janina AtkinsRate it:
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. – George Bernard ShawRate it:
My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard, but that can also add to the conversation about what's going on now. – Rhiannon GiddensRate it:
One day we had a conversation where we figured we could just try and predict the stock market... and then we decided it was illegal. So we stopped doing that. – Eric SchmditRate it:
Quotations in conversation are torches in darkness. – Vikrant ParsaiRate it:
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. – Sir Winston ChurchillRate it:
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. – William TempleRate it:
The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others. – William Lyon PhelpsRate it:
Theres something happening right now, that calls for something completely different than what weve been seeing.Generationally different, regionally different, somebody with a different life story and a different background, and to the surprise of many, includingmyself, this moment could be the only moment over the last 100 years or the next 100 years, when its appropriate for someone like me to be in this conversation. – Pete ButtigiegRate it:
When you got on the private plane, you had your own private lounge where you could close the door. So there wasn't a lot of friendly conversation; we were in incubators by ourselves. That just bred a void - avoid each other, and avoid the issues. – Don FelderRate it:
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. – PlatoRate it:
Everybody talks, but there is no conversation. – Dejan StojanovicRate it:
No civil conversation can occur while you are holding an ax. – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
From "The Undefeated". When facing down a group of bandito's, Wayne, the ex Union Colonel, opens fire and kills the leader. After retreating to the circled wagons, one of the women says "why did you have to kill the man?" Wayne responds "Well, the conversation just kinda dried up ma'am. – John WayneRate it:
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. – CiceroRate it:
Don't knock the weather nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. – Kim HubbardRate it:
The conversation around policing is painful but I believe it provides us with an opportunity to learn, to change and to grow. – Seattle Mayor Ed MurrayRate it:
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonRate it:
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they They are the happiest people in the world. – William Lyon PhelpsRate it:
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. – Michel de MontaigneRate it:
Conceit causes more conversation than wit. – La RochefoucauldRate it:

As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors, neither of an inquiry about ourselves and the world, nor of an accumulating body of information, but of a conversation, begun in the primeval forests and extended and made more articulate in the course of centuries. It is a conversation which goes on both in public and within each of ourselves.

– Michael OakeshottRate it:

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

– Lucius Annaeus SenecaRate it:

Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.

– Alfred HitchcockRate it:

I love America because America trusts me. When I go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes I am not asked to produce my Identity Card. I love it because my mail is not censored. My phone is not tapped. My conversation with friends is not reported to the secret police.

– Janina AtkinsRate it:

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

– George Bernard ShawRate it:

My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard, but that can also add to the conversation about what's going on now.

– Rhiannon GiddensRate it:

One day we had a conversation where we figured we could just try and predict the stock market... and then we decided it was illegal. So we stopped doing that.

– Eric SchmditRate it:

Quotations in conversation are torches in darkness.

– Vikrant ParsaiRate it:

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

– Sir Winston ChurchillRate it:

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

– William TempleRate it:

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.

– William Lyon PhelpsRate it:

Theres something happening right now, that calls for something completely different than what weve been seeing.Generationally different, regionally different, somebody with a different life story and a different background, and to the surprise of many, includingmyself, this moment could be the only moment over the last 100 years or the next 100 years, when its appropriate for someone like me to be in this conversation.

– Pete ButtigiegRate it:

When you got on the private plane, you had your own private lounge where you could close the door. So there wasn't a lot of friendly conversation; we were in incubators by ourselves. That just bred a void - avoid each other, and avoid the issues.

– Don FelderRate it:

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

– PlatoRate it:

Everybody talks, but there is no conversation.

– Dejan StojanovicRate it:

No civil conversation can occur while you are holding an ax.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

From "The Undefeated". When facing down a group of bandito's, Wayne, the ex Union Colonel, opens fire and kills the leader. After retreating to the circled wagons, one of the women says "why did you have to kill the man?" Wayne responds "Well, the conversation just kinda dried up ma'am.

– John WayneRate it:

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

– CiceroRate it:

Don't knock the weather nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

– Kim HubbardRate it:

The conversation around policing is painful but I believe it provides us with an opportunity to learn, to change and to grow.

– Seattle Mayor Ed MurrayRate it:

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

– Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonRate it:

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they They are the happiest people in the world.

– William Lyon PhelpsRate it:

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

– Michel de MontaigneRate it:

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

– La RochefoucauldRate it:

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