For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. – James Boswell
Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings. – Marianne Williamson
The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all. – Jonny Wilkinson
We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government. – Johann Lamont
Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can’t take it seriously at all. – Kate Winslet
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. – Miguel de Cervantes
The call for diversity is about recognizing that in order to be in the conversation come awards season, it goes back to the content that is being produced. – Mahershala Ali
If we’re going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation. – Lynn Good
In life, people talk at right angles. One asks a question, and the other replies in part, then uses that part to move the conversation to something else. Everyone has an agenda, has something they’re trying to say – or not say. – Jesse Ball
These charges that have been made against me, that Prof. Prescott has made, has charged against me, that I denied the atonement in conversation with him, are absolutely false. – John Harvey Kellogg
I think, for a while, there was a kind of debate about whether you could bring back Negro and reclaim it, and then it was black versus African American; now I have noticed in conversation that black people will use all three terms depending on context. I don’t advocate one term. – Margo Jefferson
It seems a little self-involved to be like, ‘Oh, he’s hitting on me.’ Maybe he’s just trying to start up an innocent conversation. – Krista Allen
Nothing ruins the flow of conversation more quickly than refusing a compliment you have just received. Never disagree with something nice that is said to you or about you. – Letitia Baldrige
The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation. – Jerzy Kosinski
On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, ‘You have the right to remain silent.’ – Mitt Romney
I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you’re able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview. – James Lipton
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. – James Nathan Miller
That’s the thing with dementia. If you’re with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then – the person is still with you. With dementia, there’s no conversation; there’s no togetherness, no sharing. – Judy Parfitt
If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of ‘the Other’ and a dehumanization of ‘the Other,’ and it’s very much an us-versus-them conversation. – Jehane Noujaim
There was a sense of all the things that go on on the street, particularly in New York, that you are just completely unaware of, that that conversation could be happening at any time. I loved the instability of the camera. It’s just an unstable world. – Jennifer Beals
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. – Mark Twain
At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor. – Kevin Hart
I’ve been to a couple of restaurants in L.A. that were so loud, I left there with a sore throat; you literally could not have a conversation. I think it’s very deliberate: There’s this idea that somehow it’s more fun if there’s a roar in the room. – Ruth Reichl
The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. – Samuel Johnson
You’d be surprised how many times I’ve had to have that conversation with heads of state who want to say to me, ‘Well, look, I know you can have some influence on the president. I need you to go back and tell him this.’ – Rex Tillerson