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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 personally wonder... regardless of whether you're a religious person or not, everybody comes into every conversation with a particular worldview and things that you believe are right or wrong. The question is can you counsel from a totally non-value-based...

Quotes by Bill Haslam

My position in life has always been to be that person in the room who can make the conversation and break down any awkwardness.

Quotes by Big Narstie

To be able to work with Bun B and be able to have a conversation, and the insights the OG has, and really be able to get just advice from him, is amazing.

Quotes by Big K.R.I.T.

When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.

Quotes by Betsy DeVos

I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation between the rapport that we feel when we're in conversation and when we're playing music, it's one in the same.

Quotes by Benny Green

Nebraska Republicans believe that Nebraska Democrats love their kids, and I believe we can have a constructive conversation with everybody.

Quotes by Ben Sasse

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...

Quotes by Ben Lindsey

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

Quotes by Ben Elton

I personally read criticism - at least by writers I enjoy - to stimulate a conversation in my own mind, and I like to think that's the function I serve for others.

Quotes by Ben Brantley

I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what a journalist's take is on something, and have a conversation with them more.

Quotes by Ben Affleck

I had a sort of classic moment when a friend of mine rang up and said she'd just been to a funeral, and in the middle of the eulogy, this kid had taken out the phone and had a whole...

Quotes by Beeban Kidron

A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.

Quotes by Beau Mirchoff

I've played Beckett. I put on in the 1950s the first Australian production of 'Waiting for Godot.' I played Estragon. The most interesting conversation I've had about Beckett was with a Dublin taxi driver.

Quotes by Barry Humphries

It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree.

Quotes by Barry Levinson

If we don't talk about the things that are happening, why are we talking about anything at all? Does something have to be a year old for me to have an opinion on it or a conversation with people about...

Quotes by Baron Vaughn

I have a ton of guy friends who talk to me about their bodies, too. But boys are often left out of the body positivity conversation.

Quotes by Barbie Ferreira

Race walking is hard. Trying to do it while maintaining a conversation is much harder.

Quotes by Bari Weiss

Jazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions.

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

I don't think I'd hold back if I ever had a conversation with anybody that truly passed up on me.

Quotes by Baker Mayfield

I like people, and I like listening to them because something that'll happen out of that conversation could be the title or the subject of the song.

Quotes by Babyface

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.