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Conversation Quotes

Talk worth having, and talk worth protecting.

One line here questions why private conversation was never explicitly protected in the Constitution, while another simply prefers talk that stays easy rather than turning into a battle of opinions. See Communication quotes for related lines.

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

I love the conversation between film and music.

Quotes by Agnes Obel

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

Communication Quotes

To get real diversity of thought, you need to find the people who genuinely hold different views and invite them into the conversation.

Quotes by Adam Grant

I don't know how it is for people who write fiction or literature, but for me, when I'm writing music, especially with this album, I felt compelled to hold up my end of the conversation. I want people to connect...

Quotes by Adam Granduciel

In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.

Quotes by Adam Grant

'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.

Quotes by Adam Driver

It's the reaction I've gotten my whole life: that I learn something and try to tell people in conversation, but when I tell them, they are annoyed.

Quotes by Adam Conover

Conversational Quotes

The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.

Quotes by Adam Brody

I am part of a movement that loves women into conversation and conversion. I am part of the pro-woman movement.

Quotes by Abby Johnson

In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.

Quotes by Aasif Mandvi

The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.

Quotes by Zach Braff

Conversations Quotes

I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.

Quotes by Young Jeezy

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Quotes by Yogi Berra

For more than two decades, GLAAD has combatted anti-LGBT images in the media and changed the national conversation about LGBT people.

Quotes by Wilson Cruz

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.

Quotes by William Wycherley

We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying their salary, who want to be served and protected, who these officers are take an oath to do...

Quotes by William Lacy Clay, Jr.

Converse Quotes

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.

Quotes by William Jennings Bryan

Frequently Asked Questions

What angle do these "Conversation" quotes take?
A few different ones — privacy and free speech, the etiquette of public life, what makes a conversation worthwhile, and even a specific film called "The Conversation."
Is there a quote about privacy rights and conversation?
Yes: "No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented." It's a legal/historical observation about how privacy wasn't explicitly spelled out.
What does the quote about debate say?
"There is no fun in getting into a debate or a contest of wills. If something important comes out of the conversation, okay. If not, that's okay, too." It treats conversation as something that doesn't need to be won.
Is there a quote about being interrupted in public?
One describes the discomfort of fame this way: being in "the public eye" and hoping "that people don't come up and interrupt you while your in the middle of a meal or a conversation."
Is there a film-related quote here?
Yes — a filmmaker discusses re-mastering "'The Conversation'" for DVD, calling it "the first film I edited on a flatbed machine." Dialogue quotes is a related page if you want more on spoken exchange specifically.

There's also a filmmaking memory tied to editing 'The Conversation' on an old-school editing bay, alongside the everyday frustration of being interrupted mid-meal or mid-talk in public. Browse Conversations quotes and Converse quotes for more.