#conversation

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet. ↗

— Ernest Bramah

#although #cannot #conversation #cripple #elegant

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. ↗

— Elizabeth Drew

#conversation #instead #lengthens #merely #mind

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. ↗

— Stan Getz

#art form #as far as #conversation #far #form

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about. ↗

— William Glasser

#about #allowed #any #asked #being

Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now. ↗

— Paul Greengrass

#agree #conversation #flight #i #i think

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#conversation #each #every #gig #good

Talking about abstract things is important. Having big, wild conversations about concepts like art, music, time travel, and dreams makes it much easier when you’ll eventually need to talk about things like anger, sadness, pain, and love. ↗

— Tom Burns

#emotion #family #kids #quality-time #talking

All the inane, meaningless noises people make that pass for intelligent conversation. They might as well be pigs grunting in the pen. (92) ↗

— Norma Fox Mazer

#pigs #stupidity #intelligence

There's something about being rejected - when I go out without my friends, I'm reminded of how I'm actually quite antisocial. I don't look like a guy who feels like that, but it's very hard for me to start up a conversation. At a party, I'm lost. ↗

— Jason Ritter

#actually #antisocial #being #conversation #feels

Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation. ↗

— John Yoo

#congress #conversation #definition #go #infliction