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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.

Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there'll be much less conversation because you'd be concentrating too much on the food.

Quotes by Richard Lugar

Every rippling muscle is a book not read, a movie not seen, or a conversation not held.

Quotes by Richard Cohen

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Quotes by Richard Armour

I just want to have folks be comfortable and just share and have a good conversation. To me, that's kind of a lost art.

Quotes by Rich Eisen

I try to ask the questions I think fans want to hear and just have a good, relaxed conversation.

Quotes by Rich Eisen

You'd be surprised how many times I've had to have that conversation with heads of state who want to say to me, 'Well, look, I know you can have some influence on the president. I need you to go back...

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard, but that can also add to the conversation about what's going on now.

Quotes by Rhiannon Giddens

I've always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I'll chat away.

Quotes by Retief Goosen

I came out of a culture when there wasn't tweeting and everyone with a camera in their hands. I didn't grow up with it, so I'm not always thinking about it, but there have been times when I looked over,...

Quotes by Rene Russo

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

Quotes by Rene Descartes

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

Quotes by Rebecca West

It's nice to be able to have a conversation with someone and know there's nothing they can gain from me, nothing I'm looking for from them.

Quotes by Rande Gerber

Silence is also conversation.

Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

When Raj and DK came and narrated me the script, the title was something else. But in conversation, I told them if we can name it 'Stree'. In a way, I was the one who decided the title. I found...

Quotes by Rajkummar Rao

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

Rainer Maria Rilke

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld...

Quotes by Rachel Maddow

I’m a sports idiot - watching it, playing it, making conversation about it - I got nothing.

Quotes by Rachel Parris

Politics is a conversation between the contestant and the voter.

Quotes by Prakash Raj

I just want the truth about it, because if the reality is that electronic music festivals are significantly more dangerous than other festivals, then something should be done about it, and that warrants conversation.

Quotes by Porter Robinson

People who are digital native, they want to have real-time performance feedback. They want to understand where they are, what might happen, what their future is. And they want to understand that quickly in a very direct conversation.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

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.