“The politics of our society are a conversation in which past, present and future each has a voice; and though one or other of them may on occasion properly prevail none permanently dominates, and on this account we are free.” MayPastVoiceConversationAccountsOccasionsOur SocietyPast PresentPast Present And Future Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott
“There are people who balk at small civilities on account of their manifest insincerity. ... It is better and more logical to accept all the polite phraseology which facilitates intercourse, and contributes to the sweetness of life. If we discarded the formal falsehoods which are the currency of conversation, we should not be one step nearer the vital things of truth.” PeopleIfsShouldAcceptingStepsConversationAccountsLogicalManifestFalsehoodCurrencyFormalPoliteSweetnessCivilityIntercoursePolitenessDiscardedFacilitateInsinceritySweetness Of Life Author:Agnes Repplier
“To me, YouTube isn't just, 'Watch my videos!' It's, 'Let's have a conversation and get involved in each other's lives.' I want to make [my fans] feel like they have a reason to have a YouTube account because they can comment and have a voice.” WantFeelsReasonVoiceWatchesFansInvolvedConversationAccountsVideoCommentGet InvolvedYoutube Author:Shane Dawson
“Wise cultivated, genial conversation is the last flower of civilization, and the best result which life has to offer us,--a cup for gods, which has no repentance. Conversation is our account of ourselves. All we have, all we can, all we know, is brought into play, and as the reproduction in finer form, of all our havings.” KnowsPlayLastsFormResultsWiseFlowerCivilizationOffersConversationAccountsCupsRepentanceReproduction Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“Conversation is a traffick; and if you enter into it, without some stock of knowledge, to ballance the account perpetually betwixtyou,--the trade drops at once: and this is the reasonwhy travellers have so little [good] conversation with natives,--owing to their [the natives'] suspicionthat there is nothing to be extracted from the conversationworth the trouble of their bad language.” IfsLittlesLanguageTroubleConversationTravelAccountsTradeForeignersTravellerOwingGood ConversationBad Language Author:Laurence Sterne
“Even five minute meaningful conversations with other people not only fuel us in the moment but also build up a reserve of social capital so that when hard times strike, we can draw down on that bank account.” PeopleHardMomentsSocialFiveMinutesConversationDrawsAccountsStrikesMeaningfulHard TimesFuelReservesFive MinutesBank AccountsSocial CapitalMeaningful Conversations Author:Michelle Gielan
“I often notice how students can gain the capacity to use certain critical methodologies through engaging with very different texts - how a graphic novel about gentrification and an anthology about Hurricane Katrina and a journalistic account of war profiteering might all lead to very similar classroom conversations and critical engagement. I'm particularly interested in this when teaching law students who often resist reading interdisciplinary materials or materials they interpret as too theoretical.” DifferentWarUseMightLawCertainReadingNovelTeachingStudentsMaterialsConversationGainsCapacityAccountsCriticalEngagementClassroomEngagingTheoreticalGraphicHurricanesAnthologyMethodologyKatrinaGraphic NovelsJournalisticHurricane KatrinaGentrificationLaw StudentsInterdisciplinary Author:Dean Spade
“In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it is with you in the days of ordinary conversation and in the circumstances of secular employment.” SelfCircumstancesConversationOrdinaryAccountsEmploymentResolutionSecularExaminationSolemnitySelf-examination Book:Readings for every day in Lent Source: Readings for every day in Lent
“Religious faith is the only area of discourse where immunity through conversation is considered noble . It's the only area of our lives where someone can win points for saying, "There's nothing that you can do to change my mind and I'm taking no state of the world ultimately into account in believing what I believe. There's nothing to change about the world that would cause me to revise my beliefs.” WorldMindBelieveStatesWinningBeliefI BelieveCausesCan DoReligiousOur LivesConversationAreasAccountsNobleDiscourseReligious FaithImmunity Author:Sam Harris
“Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.” WellsCharacterStudentsConversationAccountsLaboratory Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I would have thought even a certified idiot like Gabriel here would have taken account of it and notified someone." "Notified who?" asked Jem, not unreasonably. He had moved closer to Tessa as the conversation had continued. As they stood side by side, the backs of their hands brushed. "The Clave. The postman. Us. Anyone," said Will, shooting an irritated look at Gabriel, who was starting to get some color back and looked furious. "I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.” LooksSaidHandsSidesTakenColorConversationProveAccountsMovedStartingShootingIdiotFuriousIrritatedGabrielJemPostman Author:Cassandra Clare