Conversation

Conversation, n. A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1881 - 1906

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.
- Deborah Tannen

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Nevill, 1826 - 1913

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.
- Margaret Millar

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
- Emily Post, 1872 - 1960

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
- George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950