#conversation

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. ↗

— Richard Armour

#go #hold #let go #now #now and then

Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive. Do not let them direct your interaction on their terms, do it on yours. Ask a Misdirection Question--something too difficult to answer quickly--e.g., 'What's Congress up to?' or 'You ever learn any cool science?' When you ask the question, don't make eye contact, keep moving and get out of there. Do not wait for a response and deny ever asking it. Repeat these actions until you are never again spoken to by that individual (about four times). ↗

— Eugene Mirman

#conversation #humor #humor

Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat. "What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?" "All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain. ... "Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end. "What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#conversation #gandalf #good-morning #languange #meaning

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. ↗

— James Boswell

#among #conversation #excellencies #good #lively

I do expect that the President will say something at the beginning of his remarks today, at the conversation. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#conversation #expect #his #i #i do

I find it difficult to imagine an afterlife, such as Christians, or at any rate many religious people, conceive it, believing that the conversations with relatives and friends interrupted here on earth will be continued in the hereafter. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#any #believing #christians #conceive #continued

My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations. ↗

— Della Reese

#conversations #friend #god #had #mother

Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#conversation #disciplined #distressed #engaging #fellow

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

— George Bernard Shaw

#conversation #i #myself #often #quote

Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#amid #ask #conversation #divine #find