“In my real life, I have a hard time having a conversation with anybody.”— Howard Stern, rollingstone.com
“What a joy to think of all we'll have in common. We'll have conversations worth having.”— Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton, Sally / Shock (voice), Catherine O'Hara, imdb.com
“Stop trying to one-up everyone - just listen to people, celebrate their wins, & their journeys. Ask THEM another question about themselves. Learn from others. Don't just talk to be heard. Talk to listen, to connect and help.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“There’s nothing more painful to listen to than two people having a 'conversation' but keep talking over each other to say their opinion or experience. Why don’t you just LISTEN to people? And actually CARE about what THEY are saying to you.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“I hate when you think of something awesome you could have said about an hour after the conversation.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Some talk to you in their free time, and some free their time to talk to you. Cherish the latter.”— Norm Kelly, twitter.com
“I can be wrong (a lot) but you can't use my being wrong as a reason to act like I don't get to have a voice in our conversation.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend a little time without being afraid that i would lose him the next day. With that reassurance, the time would pass more slowly. We could be silent for a while because we’d…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot talk, so I listen very well. I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay attention to them, change the direction of one another’s conversations constantly. It’s like being a passenger in yo…”— Garth Stein, amazon.com
“Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.”— Brian Molko, thesuitup.tumblr.com
“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.”— Carol Gilligan, amazon.com
“I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“Isn’t it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?”— Charles Lindbergh, amazon.com
“The conversation between your fingers and someone else’s skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“Ideological diversity is not a sign of a divided nation, it's a sign of a thoughtful nation.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“The hardest conversations we'll ever have are the ones we actually need to liberate us from the challenges we face.”— Gia Sison, twitter.com
“To keep the conversational ball rolling, make an effort to ask the other party what his point of view or opinions are. Not only is this polite, you might learn something valuable in the process.”— Peter W. Murphy, amazon.com
“No one ever wants to hear about how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed out I am isn't a conversation. It'll never lead anywhere.”— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com