Conversation Quotes
The topics which language limits us to aren’t much worth discussing in the first place.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)
My love and anger are in deep conversation these days, teaching and learning from one another. I'm doing my best to stay open to all of it.I’m curious to see what love does with all my anger.
It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.
Mr Rycroft said nothing. It was so difficult not to say the wrong thing to Captain Wyatt that it was usually safer not to reply at all.
Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk.
Some people like to hear themselves talk, but I like to hear myself silent.
If a conversation is not working, then you need to make a different choice. Stop what you are doing & do something different.
Talking about unpleasant things during a meal is not good for digestion, not good for health.
Finally! You're here!"Uh....Do I know you?"Well, no....But you're here, all the same...
Reading a book makes a conversation with the author (Robin Sharma on The Cure For Fear - Robin Sharma)
Frasier (Responding to the suggestion that he undertake the difficult work of closure in a relationship): "What you just said about my success made a lot of sense. I tuned you out after that.
Awareness is about improving social intelligence. If you can’t see, hear, or feel the dynamics of a conversation, you can’t manage them.
Madam: Are you lucky, Debora?Debora: What do you mean?Madam: Well, you don't look that happy today...Debora: Is it that clear?
Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect.
Conversation often becomes mere verbal performance and oral horseplay rather than fair-minded communication. (“Juicy rumours “)
Throw an idea into the world and its impact will ripple and reverberate beyond your side of the shore.
It's far more important why is being said, than what.
I find that often simple words say all that needs to be said in less time, using less energy, with all the details wanted- fully in tact. Love it.
I like people who can keep the conversation going no matter how random the topic gets.
Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool.
There are two conversations going on at the same time: the story and a conversation about how the story is being told.
He seemed like the sort to have a vast arsenal of smirks, shaped over a decade of nonverbal conversation.
Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me.“Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.
When you talk to a sympathetic mind about technology, gender, age, and experience disappear completely, and soon you’re one-on-one with the topic at hand.
Smartphones are tools which fools fiddle with when they are around people that they don’t have the courage, or, the intellect, to converse with.
The author relates George Bernard Shaw's sentiments that polite conversation excludes the only two subjects that matter, religion and politics.
We need to be making disciples telling people about Jesus & move them beyond conversation into a heart relationship with Him in the fullness
Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.
Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise.
It was like leading people to the edge of a cliff, showing them the view, and then shoving them off.
Meetings are at the heart of an effective organization, and each meeting is an opportunity to clarify issues, set new directions, sharpen focus, create alignment, and move objectives forward.
Conversations flowed like the waters of a water-fall! And every time they met their conversations sparked flames like the forest caught in a wild fire!
How’s your father?”“How do you think he is? You stabbed him in the foot.”“I would have aimed for his heart, but I wasn’t sure he actually had one. Do any of you have one?
When I say the things that don't make sense you answer me anyway. It's like having green in your shirt.
Though blue sky and the road’s yellow dust and the green of the nearing oasis were all snuffed out, he (newly converted Saul) did not miss them. Light suffused his blinded eyes, his mind.
Active listening requires being fully present and engaged in the moment.
Becoming an empathetic listener helps you to better understand how another person feels and why they communicate as they do.
The process of attentive listening makes the other person feel important, valued, and heard. For Nick, listening was, and still is, love. I've never forgotten that precious moment—and the lesson!
Active listening is one of the best services a company can provide.
Your first words will not only shape your first impression, they can create amazing connections, lead you to your dream job, or help you discover a new best friend—or accomplish exactly the opposite.
How do you minimize the awkwardness in that moment? What are some of the conversations starters you've used to open, encourage, and support enjoyable and beneficial conversations?
Think of the communication that takes place in your own life on a continuous basis—at home, at work, with friends, and beyond. When you actively listen to people, you enhance communication.