I never knew any painter worthy of the name who paid the smallest attention to what a critic says, even in conversation. – Robert Baldwin Ross
Having a conversation on a landline is more intimate than talking to someone in person. Your voices are so clear and close – you’re in each other’s heads. – Rainbow Rowell
The conversation we should be having is, what does Russia have from Hillary Clinton’s server? – Paul Manafort
This is what I have discovered – and it has been a gift in itself – that books live over and over again in different people’s minds. That I might mean one thing as I write, but a reader’s experiences will take it somewhere else. That is like a conversation, I think. It is a true connecting up. – Rachel Joyce
Even now I will go to, like, an industry event, and all the ladies will be over here and all the guys over here, and I will go to the guys’ table and sit because I just feel I can have a much better conversation over there. And that’s automatic; it’s not prejudice. – Rihanna
The whole of ancient astrology owed its origin to conversation with the cosmic intelligences. But by the time of the first centuries after the rise of Christianity, ancient astrology – that is to say, conversation with cosmic intelligences – was a thing of the past. – Rudolf Steiner
Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there’ll be much less conversation because you’d be concentrating too much on the food. – Richard Lugar
I’ve always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I’ll chat away. – Retief Goosen
To make a song is a gift, and once it’s done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact with other people. It’s like a conversation. – Ryan Adams
It’s very difficult, I think, especially on two cellphones, to have a romantic conversation. – Rainbow Rowell
I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can’t have a conversation with you. I won’t eat, I won’t sleep, I’ll just meld with my couch. – Rachel Maddow
I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do! – Roland Joffe
I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am. – Ryan Giggs
When I see someone for the first time in a while, and they ask, ‘How have you been?’ or ‘What have you been up to?’, it’s politeness but a bit of a conversation stopper. – Rachel Kushner
We need to have a conversation about the fact that black faces are not as visible as they should be, that there is huge inequality everywhere in terms of race. – Ruth Negga
Everything has to do with meditation. It’s a conversation; it’s a joy – it’s everything. – Savion Glover
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb? – Rudolf Nureyev
This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally. – Rob Portman
I don’t like when there’s too much conversation because I’m shy and it makes me uncomfortable. – Rita Rudner
Why are people saying it’s too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now. – Paul Greengrass
I don’t know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet – it’s very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I’m not that good a writer to write through all that! – Ray Charles