Quote Genre: Conversation

Marquise Magdeleine de Sable – ‘One factor that makes it rar…

‘One factor that makes it rare for us to find so few people who can carry on an agreeable and rational conversation is that there are practically no people who do not think first of all about what they want … Continue reading →

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘CONVERSATION n. A fair to th…

‘CONVERSATION n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.’

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Dan Bennett – ‘A repartee is what a person …

‘A repartee is what a person thinks of after he becomes a departee.’

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Plato – ‘You can discover more about …

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

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Richard Armour – ‘Its all right to hold a conv…

‘Its all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.’

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Christopher Darlington Morley – ‘No one appreciates the very …

‘No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.’

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Alan Alexander Milne – ‘It gets you nowhere if the o…

‘It gets you nowhere if the other persons tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.’

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Andre Maurois – ‘The value of the average con…

‘The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.’

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Judith Martin – ‘Let us make a special effort…

‘Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other so we can have some conversation.’

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Sydney Smith – ‘His enemies might have said …

‘His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.’

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