Conversation Quotes
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With thee conversing I forget all time: All seasons and their change, all please alike. (Quote by - John Milton)
Sir, you are dealing with conversations taken in an individual's private workplace, .. How would you like to have the conversations in your office recorded and broadcast to the world?. (Quote by - Jim Hall)
I've been with him in public; he's almost annoyingly nice. He'll sit there and hold a conversation with people that want to talk football. The next thing you know, they're talking baseball, they're talking, 'Where are you from?' That's just the kind of guy he is. Everywhere I go with him, he ends up holding an extended conversation with a stranger. (Quote by - Joey Galloway)
He and the clinic are working together to see how Eric can best save lives and best do his work as a doctor and a scientist. Those conversations are ongoing--and their conversations because Eric loves the Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic loves Eric. He's not looking to get out of there even, he's trying to analyze his different options on what he wants to do in life. (Quote by - Mark Lanier)
We fully anticipate that those conversations will take place in the next two weeks. I would like to see us wrapped up on the budget no later than Friday, April 7. We can actually sit and have those conversations beginning Monday. (Quote by - Rep. Scott Raecker)
Sometimes the best conversation between two people is simply being with each other ..in silence. (Quote by - Lorrin L. Lee)
Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors. (Quote by - Thomas Babington Macaulay)
I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. . . . . My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain. (Quote by - John Gay)
He and I have had conversations, and he's unsure at this point. We'll have another conversation. I told him I'll probably drop by to visit him and take a ride on his tractor at some point in the next month or so. But I don't have any immediate plans to do that because nothing is going to be decided in that conversation. (Quote by - Mike Sherman)
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. (Quote by - Robert Benchley)
For years, President Bush has denied knowing about conversations between his top aides and Washington reporters, conversations where his aides – like Scooter Libby – sought to justify the war in Iraq and discredit the White House's critics by leaking national security secrets. (Quote by - Harry Reid)
We did have a conversation last night when he told me, and as you can all imagine it was a difficult conversation from both parties. (Quote by - Lou Lamoriello)
Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
You'll hear people season their conversation with it, .. They won't just have a whole conversation in Cherokee - though some of our elders will - but other times, people will just throw in phrases in order to be able to express themselves the way they're thinking. (Quote by - Kay Henderson)
We are absolutely happy to have conversations with people about that (burying lines), however, we can all agree that it's appropriate for the customers who benefit from such a conversion to handle the expense. None of the communities we have talked with in the past about this have chosen to go forward with it. (Quote by - Paige Sheehan)
The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. A man who seeing his mother starving to death on a path kicks her in the stomach to clear the way, will cheerfully devote several hours of his time giving wrong directions to a total stranger who claims to be lost. (Quote by - John Steinbeck)
There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers. (Quote by - Jonathan Zittrain)
The contract will make him the highest-paid athlete in the history of Converse. One of the things attractive about the Converse offer was, in addition to the financial aspect, he is going to be the face of this brand. (Quote by - Henry Thomas)
Conversion has been this way from the very beginning. As soon as one makes the declaration, he is a Muslim. Even if he does not have a conversion card, he is considered a convert already. (Quote by - Datuk Mohd Nakhaie Ahmad)
There was a serious conversation about stockpiling, a serious conversation about the additional costs, .. But in the end, there was a very strong feeling that .. we would not exclude student-athletes who have high academic achievement from receiving merit-based aid. (Quote by - Myles Brand)
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. (Quote by - Bible)
Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn't just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards. (Quote by - Theodore Zeldin)
We set up a wiretapping operation in a flophouse where we listened to their conversations, which were in German, and then translated and recorded the conversations of the Nazi spies. (Quote by - John Orton)
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind. (Quote by - Homer)
I think that we have been able to come up with great content in terms of conversation and information. We're trying not to be a documentary, but have a more powerful conversation, and then an 'Oh, by the way, will you play?' sort of thing. (Quote by - Ramsey Lewis)
His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes the hour very correctly. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
A good Conversion Index is designed to be a thought-provoking entrée and we invite marketers to continue a more tailored conversation with us to help give a more meaningful analysis according to their specific industry and needs. Major marketers seeking a customized analysis of the opportunities within their industry vertical including upside potential through use of complex modeling and active strategic campaign maximization should contact their local Did-it office as well. (Quote by - Bill Wise)
Either they will send Iran to the [UN] Security Council immediately because Iran has resumed conversion activities and broken the suspension, or the IAEA board of governors will give Iran an ultimatum, some period of time to end the conversion activities. (Quote by - Gary Samore)
On the September 7 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, Fox News congressional correspondent Brian Wilson preceded a clip of Pelosi with a comment that also focused on Pelosi rather than Bush. Nancy Pelosi is so angry, she did something quite unusual in official Washington: She recounted for reporters her private conversation with the president, .. lashed out at Mr. Bush .. taking the unusual action of recounting her private conversation with the president. (Quote by - Brian Wilson)
The most enjoyable conversation you can have may be complete silence with the one you love who loves you. (Quote by - Lorrin L. Lee)
I've found that if I say what I'm really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation. (Quote by - Carol Gilligan)
I think we will see that this year will be the year of listening to consumers. Last year when I was at that first WOMMA conference, everyone was talking about 'How do I inject myself into these consumer conversations? How do I push my messages though word of mouth marketing out to the consumer?' More and more marketers are coming around to the idea that the first thing you have to do is understand the conversation. (Quote by - Jim Nail)
We started the game with stops and conversions, and we started the second half with stops and conversions. ? We knew we had to make it tough for them to score. We had to stay in their faces all night. No easy baskets. (Quote by - Louis Orr)
We're having conversations with her agent as recent as this morning. Our conversations have been extremely favorable so we don't really foresee any issues. (Quote by - Chris Sienko)
Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. (Quote by - George Sala)
We've heard conversations and I'm sure it's going to spark some more conversations?I would not be shocked to see this creating a review by several of our schools in whether they are able to fund programs in the need to be competitive or just to balance the budget on campus. (Quote by - Steve Murray)
It is a really bittersweet situation. We love the show. We want the show. We were in very detailed and substantial conversations with the Spelling Group. At the end of those conversations we both looked at each other and said we can't figure out how to make this economically feasible for either side. (Quote by - David Janollari)
We don't want to get into a shouting match with any anti-choice people because automatically, the conversation turns to religion and morality, and that's just not a conversation that we're going to have about this issue. It's not a religious issue, it's not a moral issue. It's a medical issue and a privacy issue. (Quote by - Nsombi Lambright)
There are those who would argue that conversion is not proliferation-significant because it does not produce weapons-grade material, but from our perspective, conversion is another step forward to acquire enrichment capability. (Quote by - Gregory Schulte)
They would talk of nothing but high life and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and the musical glasses. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
We had a telephone conversation, and we were talking about the various pieces of what we'd done. There was nothing calculated. We had a couple of conversations, and because we could rebuild our friendship, it became a logical conclusion that we should do some concerts. (Quote by - Lisa Gerrard)
Even five years ago I think a record company might have told James Blunt he would have to edit [the bad language], because otherwise people will complain about it. The fact they no longer think that necessary does tell you something. The Streets, for example, write songs that sound like conversations, and if everyday conversation includes more swearing, then that will be reflected in the music. (Quote by - Simon Frith)
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits. (Quote by - John Locke)
You feel good about (Robinson). You have 90 percent of the player you are looking for because you have the attitude, the toughness, the intelligence. Now the 10 percent you don't know is about the conversion. (But) you know he's going to do everything he can to make the conversion. (Quote by - Scot McCloughan)
We are at a point where the major issues are moot. Those formerly unhappy now, from what we understand in conversations, support our current efforts. The politics is such where we feel it's an important conversation with the full board. (Quote by - Jolanda Schreurs)
Every American has the right to and the expectation of privacy in their private conversations. The decision by the state attorney to impanel a grand jury to investigate Linda Tripp and perhaps others concerning the recordings of private conversations will help establish that our cherished right of privacy cannot be trampled on. (Quote by - Judy Smith)
The future's not going to be the past, but it can be better than it would otherwise be. You're not going to redevelop everything, but a sterling project here will spin off a sterling project there, and in 30 years you'll see a vastly different community. It's going to take conversation to have it all make sense when it's done, and conversation is tough. But we're getting better at that. (Quote by - Chris Nelson)
I regret that I was never an athlete. I regret there isn't time in life. I regret that so many of my friends have died. I regret that I was not brave at certain times in my life. I regret that I'm not beautiful. I regret that my conversation is largely with myself. I'm not part of the conversation of the world. (Quote by - Richard Rodriguez)
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. (Quote by - Andre Maurois)
There are a lot of conversations that are ongoing between the company and Congress and the administration and Congress. The company reached an agreement to ask for a 45-day investigation, and that process is going to get under way. The conversations are going to continue to take place, and we will go forward from there. (Quote by - Dana Perino)
I believe he's grasped the gravity of the situation. I won't talk about our conversation (Sunday) morning but I believe in having this conversation, I believe he knows how grave it is and I think he knows how important it is and he's trying to work through this. (Quote by - Orrin Hatch)
The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The Government may not, through the [Communications Decency Act], interrupt that conversation. (Quote by - Stewart Dalzell)
We've had numerous conversations with the fraternity leadership and the alumni as well as the national organization, and certainly, we intend to have a lot of future conversations. (Quote by - Karin Johnes)
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve. (Quote by - John Byrom)
He was terrific. He said he would be. I'm telling you, we had a good conversation that night on the phone and I was really pleased. That's why when he said he wanted to come in a little bit late, I had no problem. I thought it was a pretty good conversation and I thought he'd come in and do well, and he's done great. (Quote by - Terry Francona)
This is a time for a national conversation ? a conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution. (Quote by - Mike DeWine)
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
I see a lot of underestimating when it comes to the conversion process. A lot of people don't realize that the process of actually doing a conversion can take longer and be more difficult than people expect. (Quote by - Eric Jones)
The Linux kernel is under the GPL version 2. Not anything else. Some individual files are licensable under v3, but not the kernel in general. And quite frankly, I don't see that changing. I think it's insane to require people to make their private signing keys available, for example. I wouldn't do it. So I don't think the GPL v3 conversion is going to happen for the kernel, since I personally don't want to convert any of my code. You think v2 or later is the default. It's not. The _default_ is to not allow conversion. Conversion isn't going to happen. (Quote by - Linus Torvalds)
Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all. How do we define this lively darting about with words, of hitting them back and forth, this sort of brief smile of ideas which should be conversation?. (Quote by - Guy de Maupassant)
After the recession ended, and the economy began to recover, conversations ensued about the next step. Because of the national movement around adequacy lawsuits, there were a growing number of conversations about whether such a strategy might be applicable here. (Quote by - Chip Terhune)
It started as a conversation, a couple of guys over at the house. It started as a conversation, but then it got kind of heated, and we called everybody over and we had a meeting about it. (Quote by - Aaron Brooks)
Members need to be asking what this conversion means to them. They need to look for a motive. In every one of theses conversions, the insiders do benefit. (Quote by - David Adams)
The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person. (Quote by - Mohandas Gandhi)
Works before conversion cannot engage God, and works after conversion can not satisfy God - all the endeavor and labor of the creature will never procure it. (Quote by - Thomas Manton)
With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come Whate'er the subject be that starts. But if I get among the glum I hold my tongue to tell the truth And keep my breath to cool my broth. (Quote by - John Byrom)
Path to Success: Determine where you are and the plan you have to change it. Then the wise succeed in accomplishing it by obtaining accountability from ones wiser then themselves. Conversely the path of a fool is to determine where you are and the plan to hide it from the ones wise enough to hold you accountable to change it. (Quote by - Brad Koury)
Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love. (Quote by - Pope Benedict XVI)
And when you stick on conversation's burs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)
He and I had a conversation in January, when we had some workouts going on. I said, 'You're going to play, and get a chance to play every day here.' We just had a conversation and he told me that made him feel so good. (Quote by - Tim Purpura)
My religious conversion is not inspired by any material motive. This is hardly anything I cannot achieve even while remaining an Untouchable. There is no other feeling than that of a spiritual feeling underlying my religious conversion. Hinduism does not appeal to my conscience. My self-respect cannot assimilate Hinduism. In your case change of religion is imperative for worldly as well as spiritual ends. Do not care for the opinion of those who foolishly ridicule the idea of conversion for material ends. Why should you live under the fold of that religion which has deprived you of honor, money, food and shelter?. (Quote by - B. R. Ambedkar)
We were all wearing FEMA shirts. I struck up a conversation with one of the marshals, and halfway through the 40-second conversation, he stopped me and said, 'Get rid of the T-shirt. You will die with that T-shirt on.' There were 50 shirts coming off. (Quote by - Joseph DeFillipo)
During conversations prior to and after the tournament, Steve and I talked about the past and future of the program. During those conversations, termination was never discussed. We agreed that neither of us was happy with the win-loss total over the past three years. (Quote by - Gary Barta)
The single greatest invention man ever conceived in the dollar bill, because I don't want to know the conversion rate for coconuts. (Quote by - John Smith)
All conversion of natural forests has to stop immediately. Conversion of forest into plantations, fields and settlements and rampant illegal logging are threatening some of the most important habitats of our endangered elephants and tigers. (Quote by - Adi Susmianto)
We never had a conversation about which candidate Rick Greenspan liked. I gave him my opinion. I said, 'Steve Alford would be a great candidate.' I gave him my opinions. But it wasn't until recently that we had conversations about who was out there, who was available, who was interested, what our options were, that sort of thing. It hasn't been a very long time. (Quote by - Jeff Cohen)
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Conversation is a game of circles. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
As far as religious conversions are concerned we have already directed the BJP-ruled states to take stern measures against those indulging in conversions through allurement, force and fear. (Quote by - Rajnath Singh)
There was a growing online community having conversations about travel and Southwest. We could watch that conversation, or become part of it. (Quote by - Linda Rutherford)
Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Taping anyone's private conversations without proper consent is illegal. Printing those conversations -- when they serve no public interest -- is unethical and potentially illegal. (Quote by - David Catalfamo)
His personality has definitely come out this year, there's no doubt about it. He's much more comfortable around the guys. With the coaches, we could always have a basketball conversation with him last year because he understood the basketball terminology. But just as far as other conversations, it wasn't terribly difficult but it's much more easy now. (Quote by - Scott Skiles)
We all had immediate love for the company, growing up in the family. The conversations during Christmas and Thanksgiving and at the family get-togethers were all around Harley-Davidson, and at a very young age we were always a part of those conversations. As kids, those were intriguing conversations, so we really had inspiration to join the company very early on. (Quote by - Bill Davidson)
The most buzz or conversations about TV shows are about the actors associated with these projects. NBC shows have the lion's share of the conversation. This is a good time for them. They've created shows and stars that people are interested in, which is a good sign that they will get some sampling when they premiere these shows. (Quote by - Stacey Lynn Koerner)
A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
The Conversion Index is designed to be a thought-provoking entrée and we invite marketers to continue a more tailored conversation with us to help give a more meaningful analysis according to their specific industry and needs. Major marketers seeking a customized analysis of the opportunities within their industry vertical including upside potential through use of complex modeling and active strategic campaign maximization should contact their local Did-it office as well. (Quote by - Bill Wise)
The Giants are the only team in the league who have allowed over 50 percent of third-down conversions, with the defense permitting third-down conversions 51.4 percent of the time (37-for-72). The top 10 teams are all under 36 percent. We've just got to make plays, .. Keep the ball out of their hands, make the tackles, all the other stuff. We didn't do it. (Quote by - Michael Strahan)
I know the IGDA describes itself as 'union neutral,' .. but I don't think enabling conversation is necessarily a stand in favor of unions, is it? I mean, the employees still have to make a choice as to whether they want to organize or not. We're not asking for an endorsement. There's just so much we can do without partners to help facilitate the conversation. (Quote by - Marcus Courtney)
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. (Quote by - Izaak Walton)
There is nothing in this show that a caring, informed parent would not want to discuss with their child. This is not a public service announcement. But who knows, it may spark a conversation that the parents should be having. Maybe they won't want to have the conversation. There isn't anything in any episode that I would say to the parents of teenagers, cover your eyes. (Quote by - Tom Fontana)
They converse as those who know that God hears. (Quote by - Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullian)
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise. (Quote by - Edward Young)
Changed the conversation' But that doesn't mean his contribution at the court hasn't been historically significant. Someone can have a huge effect on shaping our constitutional jurisprudence even if on some of the 'big cases' they are on the losing side, .. Chief Justice Rehnquist changed the conversation. He brought back to the table certain ideas about limited government, federalism, and texturalism. (Quote by - Richard Garnett)
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Yahoo is very concerned about conversion right now. We do everything we can to trace conversion for our merchant. That means experimenting with things like one-page check-out or multi-page check out. The flexibility for customers to make that choice can change conversion. The design world is waking up to conversion. (Quote by - Jimmy Duval)
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence. (Quote by - O. Henry)
I think condo conversions will continue to be a more feasible option for people looking to buy. As opposed to the higher priced high-rises, and with the median price for all condos continuing to rise, the value provided by conversions makes them more palatable for a lot of buyers. (Quote by - Michelle Johnson)
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers. (Quote by - William Cowper)
Richard P. McCormick was one of the luminaries of the Rutgers history department. I met him when I was first hired at Rutgers in 1974. He befriended me from the time I arrived. I drove out to see him only last week. We had an hour-long conversation, a wonderful conversation. I promised to come back. I didn't think it would be so soon. (Quote by - Paul Clemens)
