conversation

Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.

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

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

She had lost the art of conversation but not unfortunately the power of speech.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered.

The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.

Conversation enriches the understanding but solitude is the school of genius.

John Wesley's conversation is good but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

When I think over what I have said I envy dumb people.

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition no vanity but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.

Communication is and should be hell fire and sparks as well as sweetness and light.

You never say a word of yourself dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.