Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.
Cees NooteboomTags: conversation
Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.
Doug WrightTags: communication diplomacy conversation
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Samuel JohnsonTags: reading books writing conversation erudition
Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.
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"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.
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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.
Anne Morrow LindberghTags: conversation
He's never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation to mortal combat.
Ian McEwanTags: conversation
People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.
Edward R. MurrowTags: media news conversation
The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.
Chuck PalahniukTags: human-nature conversation weekend
Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.
Tina BrownTags: manners etiquette conversation
What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.
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