Bowen Catherine Drinker
Chamber music - a conversation between friends.
Hazlitt William 1778-1830
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Hunt Leigh 1784-1859
If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.
Johnson Samuel 1709-1784
That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.
Johnson Samuel 1709-1784
John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.
Johnson Samuel 1709-1784
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Murdoch Dame Iris
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
Insight into the truth is the flash which in live conversation upon serious matters, carries one beyond words.
Nevill Dorothy d.1913
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Plomer William 1903-1973
‘Father and Son: 1939'
With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,
And third-rate conversation without one single pause:
Just like a young couple
Between the wars.
Shaw George Bernard 1856-1950
She had lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
Shaw George Bernard 1856-1950
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Sitwell Dame Edith 1887-1964
Façade ‘Lullaby for Jumbo'
Jumbo asleep!
Grey leaves thick-furred
As his ears, keep
Conversation blurred.
Smith Adam 1723-1790
Wealth of Nations
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the
public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Smith Sydney 1771-1845
(of Macauley)
He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his
conversation perfectly delightful.
Sterne Laurence 1713-1768
Tristram Shandy
Writing, when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.
Stevenson Robert Louis 1850-1894
Marriage is one long conversation checkered by disputes.
White Patrick 1912-1990
The Tree of Man
Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old
age, it is the last gap but one.
Morley Robert 1908-1992
We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won't talk for the sake of talking. He doesn't mind silence.
But after the silence, he sometimes says something.