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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.

I'm somebody who values anonymity - not just in terms of not wanting people to recognize me or wanting my privacy, but I value anonymity in conversation.

Quotes by Chris Carmack

I was told by my mother at the age of five that I was going to be a doctor, and that was the end of the conversation. I was presented with a toy stethoscope and told to learn how to...

Quotes by Chris Adrian

Sometimes, we writers find the perfect research material. I can't overstate how how precious that feels - it's as though you're having an intimate conversation with someone who has the key to unlock your project.

Quotes by Chloe Benjamin

Once I was in a cafe in Portland and the woman at the next table and I began chatting and in the course of our conversation she strongly recommend I visit this web site called 'The Rumpus' so I could...

Quotes by Cheryl Strayed

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

Quotes by Charlotte Gainsbourg

I would love to have a long and serious conversation with the Pope. And Woody Allen, whom I have never interviewed. Then, after those two? Steve Jobs.

Quotes by Charlie Rose

I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could have a real conversation. And I know that people... like to eavesdrop on a conversation.

Quotes by Charlie Rose

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Quotes by Charles Lamb

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

Quotes by Charles Dudley Warner

I'm entertained more by my own thoughts than by the thoughts of others. I don't mind answering questions. But in an exchange of conversation, I wind up being a pair of ears.

Quotes by Charles Bronson

My colleagues and I were always having the same conversation in the teachers lunchroom about books we wanted our students to read, a field trip we knew would really bring a subject matter to life... And most of us would...

Quotes by Charles Best

I don't know how me having a conversation with Tomi Lahren all of a sudden turned into me hating black women.

Quotes by Charlamagne tha God

I don't mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to a better understanding of whatever it is we are discussing.

Quotes by Charlamagne tha God

I learned that every conversation shouldn't be had via social media.

Quotes by Charlamagne tha God

There's always been a quiet conversation and joke that if you're not hard, if you're not from impoverished neighborhoods, if you're not certain constructs of a black stereotype, then you not black.

Quotes by Chance The Rapper

The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.

Quotes by Cecilia Bartoli

A few weeks ago, I was at the gym, talking to a friend about politics. Overhearing the conversation, a young man - maybe 25 years old - interrupted to say, 'Obama? He hasn't done a single thing!'

Quotes by Cass Sunstein

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

Quotes by Casey Affleck

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

Quotes by Carrie Preston

Technology is just so fast. As convenient as it is, it's stressing a lot of us out. It's just too much, too quick. And I'm interested in that conversation.

Quotes by Carrie-Anne Moss

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.