#conversation

What is reading, but silent conversation. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#reading #silent

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#dislike #information #ordinary #ordinary people #people

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#best #conversation #into #national #shows

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#conversation #eight #generate #get #good

The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I'd get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#conversation #dining #dining room #far #get

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #breathing #conversation #having #like

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#always #conversation #happy #happy marriage #long

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#conversation #four #i #i do #improved

Still, I tune out the visual input when it is too distracting, mainly in conversations. ↗

— Mike May

#distracting #i #input #mainly #out

The character of a man is known from his conversations. ↗