Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

Steinbrenner spoke to Johnny Damon today for about 15 minutes and he indicated it was a good conversation.

The art of conversation lies in listening

She’s a girl after my own heart. Food first, conversation later.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Are you really going back there with me?” I ask.”Hell yes I am. Your wish is finally coming true. I will see your vagina. Plus, I really want to see the look on that woman’s...

But it got so personal that we couldn’t even have that conversation – she wouldn’t even respond to me.

Things are embarrassing, best to avoid them. But since your death I prefer a naturalist style of conversation. Let’s strip it down to what matters. Let’s have emotions and beliefs on show without the modest...

Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be their hero.

There is a conversation going among many of the same diverse organizations and individuals that worked hard on lobbying reform about improving the legislative process and opening up government more.

I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.

I love you” the whole way, but you couldn’t hear me, probably because that man you were with was talking the whole time.

Our hearts bear a similarity with storerooms. We hold in them our trampled convictions, our fears, suppressed acts of valor, disappointments, enmity, anguish, secrets, things we wish we should have done, things we wish we...

I like how cats’ ears can flip inside out. It’s as if they’re saying, Keep talking, human, but I’m not even listening.

A book called Life of Silence would get everyone talking. I should write it, using invisible ink. Or to really make it see-through, I should hire a ghostwriter.

He began to prefer talking on the phone to actually getting together with someone, preferred the bodilessness of it, and started to turn down social engagements. He didn’t want to actually sit across from someone...

This was just a conversation about would I be interested or not,

He’s right there on the doorstep and I think he’s had a long conversation with Jimmy (Corsi) about that. The way he fills the net is very Miller and Biron-like. We point to the level...

Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.

Even his conversation was, as it were, a spoken part.

The world is full of unrequited love,’ I said finally.’You and Patrick having problems?’ Dad said, reaching around to get the butter out of the fridge.’No, I was just wondering what you would say if...

I’ve given guys blow jobs just because I’ve run out of things to talk about.’Oh, Rae. Who hasn’t

Be mindful of your self-talk. It is a conversation with the universe. You are a being, full of infinite possibilities! Focus your mind with positivity and you will have dictated the direction of your journey,...

Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.

I had a very good conversation with Jon Daniels and I will be talking with him soon to follow up on that. In the meantime, the Rangers remain of tremendous interest to us.

She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her...

The Weather,” and that I understand how they don’t have anything else to talk about besides me. Of course they do have something else to talk about. They could always talk about the weather. But...

I had a dream about you. I was passing out business cards the size of billboards, and you had a mouth as wide as a sperm whale, though your conversational range was as narrow as...

I didn’t intend to go in that direction but strange things happen when the lights go out.

The gap has been narrowed so much, and the opportunities for friendly conversation have increased so dramatically. It’s almost like a new world,

Are you mad?” I ask.”I was.” He glances at the ceiling then back at me. “Or confused, anyway. The whole thing threw me through for a loop. I thought I’d finally met a guy at...

My doctor says I must not have any serious conversation after seven [o’clock]. It makes me talk in my sleep.

The conversation limped along this line of thought much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach.

This record makes me feel so happy!’ Wonderful! Words are delightful little gifts we exchange like the Easter eggs we paint and hide for others to find and enjoy. I’d forgotten that, but you reminded...

The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at a bar, I met a man, and within five minutes he explained that he had...

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in...

I want a future abortion conversation known for its openness, respect and empathy, so instead of generating more heat, anger and conflict, I practice pro-voice.

Your narrative may fail to grip if you haven’t taken any care to find out how well or badly your audience member is faring (or feeling).

The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.

Our words were a shaky ladder; all I could do was climb, uncertain if I was about to surmount a glorious peak or fall and smash myself on the rocks below.

Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation-and for me the most important part is listening to God’s replies.

I figured I could get a job at a filling station somewhere, putting gas and oil in people’s cars. I didn’t care what kind of job it was, though. Just so people didn’t know me...

I was having a private conversation with (engineers in) the truck, like we do everyday, and evidently some words that aren’t air-able came out and through a technical difficulty, I may have offended some people....

Betsy liked to talk. Her father always said she got it from her mother, and her mother always said she got it from her father. But whomever she got it from she was certainly a...

what a sad pair we are,” she said. “Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings.

It’s not just one conversation. We’ve talked an awful lot about what a leadoff hitter is all about, in my opinion, and the role he plays in setting a table.

But, we had a long conversation yesterday, and we’re back to normal again. Kids are wanting the ball hit to them — instead of not wanting it to them — and they want to make...

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

I’ve now had an opportunity to speak to my teammates. We sat down last night, had a long conversation and we’ll make an educated vote on where our team stands and that’s how it should...

very expressive in the conversation.