“Visiting a new town is like having a conversation. Places ask questions of you just as searchingly as you question them. And, as in any conversation, it helps to listen with an open mind, so you can be led somewhere unexpected. The more you leave assumptions at home, I've found, the better you can hear whatever it is that a destination is trying to say to you.” TryingMindHelpingHomeMotivationalAsksFoundConversationTownsAssumptionUnexpectedDestinationOpen MindVisiting Author:Pico Iyer
“Our rule is: If it makes the parent laugh, and the kid asks why, that can't be an uncomfortable conversation.” IfsKidsAsksParentLaughingConversationUncomfortable Author:Dan Povenmire
“It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work.” PurposeCoursesAsksExampleConversationOrdinaryOur SocietyAcceptable Author:Alain de Botton
“You must overcome any shyness and have a conversation with the librarian, because he can offer you reliable advice that will save you much time. You must consider that the librarian (if not overworked or neurotic) is happy when he can demonstrate two things: the quality of his memory and erudition and the richness of his library, especially if it is small. The more isolated and disregarded the library, the more the librarian is consumed with sorrow for its underestimation. A person who asks for help makes the librarian happy.” IfsPersonsTwoHelpingAsksMemoriesQualityAdviceSorrowOffersConversationOvercomingLibraryTwo ThingsIsolatedConsumedLibrarianRichnessNeuroticShynessDisregardedErudition Author:Umberto Eco
“Whereas a lot of men used to ask for conversation when they really wanted sex, nowadays they often feel obliged to ask for sex even when they really want conversation.” MenWantFeelsWantedUsedAsksSexConversationObliged Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation.” PeopleAsksConversationNflNew Orleans Author:Peyton Manning
“All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does, displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence.” DoeAsksConversationRecognitionDisplayCompetence Book:That's not what I meant!: how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others Source: That's not what I meant!: how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others
“A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.” DifferentMightAsksViewsNovelReaderConversationStartingPoint Of ViewHopefullyStarting PointDifferent Points Of View Author:Anne Fortier
“Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book.... All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen to it for three minutes, and you ask yourself which is more striking, the emphasis of the speaker or his shocking ignorance.” ThinkingHumansBookThreeAsksMinutesSubjectsIgnoranceConversationTablesBoredomThoughtfulDullSpeakersShockingEmphasisHuman ThoughtTable Of Contents Author:Stendhal
“I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.” StillsUsedAsksSituationMissingConversationMy FamilyIsolationDeafDeafness Author:Marlee Matlin
“I think the most important key to quality communication and interaction is developing an interest in the person you`re talking with. Most women know the secret to a quality conversation is to ask quality questions and have a sincere interest in hearing the answers. In fact, the best communicators very often say the least. It`s not the extrovert who dominates the conversation that a client feels most connected with, but rather the individual who shows a real and sincere interest in knowing about the life of the person they`re talking with.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPersonsImportantRealFactsShowsAsksIndividualInterestAnswersSecretQualityTalkingKnowingCommunicationKeysConversationConnectedHearingDevelopingSincereInteractionClientsCommunicatorsExtroverts Author:Tony Robbins