Quotes about Conversation

The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane." "It never is, sir." "Lane, you're a perfect pessimist." "I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."

Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.

I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.

I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company.

Any conversation with more than three people is typically a conversation with too many people.

I can give you a cup of tea in no time-and you won't meet any bores.

She would not have put herself out so much to say so little.

The provocation in her eyes increased his amusement—he had not supposed she would waste her powder on such small game; but perhaps she was only keeping her hand in; or perhaps a girl of her type had no conversation but of the personal kind. At any rate, she was amazingly pretty, and he had asked her to tea and must live up to his obligations.

It was amusement enough to be with a group of fearless and talkative girls, who said new things in a new language, who were ignorant of tradition and unimpressed by distinctions of rank; but it was soon clear that their young hostesses must be treated with the same respect, if not with the same ceremony as English girls of good family.

Do not end the conversation without an offer to pray. Ask what he needs prayer for and either pray right then or pray later and then follow up the next time you see him.

I'm a friend of Colin Powell. We talk quite often.