“In meditative prayer, one thinks and speaks not only with the mind and lips, but in a certain sense with one's whole being... All good meditative prayer is a conversation of our entire self to God.” ThinkingMindSelfWholeCertainSpeakPrayerConversationLipsPraying To God Author:Thomas Merton
“I regret that I was never an athlete. I regret there isn't time in life. I regret that so many of my friends have died. I regret that I was not brave at certain times in my life. I regret that I'm not beautiful. I regret that my conversation is largely with myself. I'm not part of the conversation of the world.” WorldBeautifulCertainRegretConversationMy FriendsDiedBraveAthleteI RegretI Never Regret Author:Richard Rodriguez
“There's a lot of pressure on women to fulfill certain fantasies. They expect you to be a little bit of a tart, to flirt with all the men. A lot of women do it. But I'm not doing that. I talk with these guys about their wives and kids right away. When they say inappropriate things, I let them, because boys will be boys, but I'm not looking to participate in their conversations.” MenLittlesKidsGuyCertainBitsWomenBoysFantasyWifeHe ManConversationLittle BitPressureFlirtingInappropriateTarts Author:Jessica Alba
“John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.” MenCertainHoursConversationLegsLeisureObligedFoldsDisagreeable Author:Samuel Johnson
“There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews.” KindBookSometimesMovingCertainPartyClearOne ThingNew YorkConversationCriticismVariousReviewsNew BooksLiterary CriticismDerivatives Author:Anna Quindlen
“I normally don't initiate conversations with guys unless they want to talk about certain things - when I'm at the facility, I'm there to play football. If you want to talk about the meaning of life, games, whatever, I'm more than happy to, but when I'm in that building, I'm being paid to play football. Conversely, when I'm not at the facility, that's my life to live.” IfsWantPlayGuyCertainGamesBuildingFootballConversationPaidMeaning Of LifeFacilityInitiate Author:Chris Kluwe
“Down through the years certain fads of slang had come and gone, and their vestiges could be found in Janie's and Mabel's conversation, like mastodon bones in a swamp.” YearsCertainFoundLanguageGoneConversationSpeechBonesThrough The YearsFadsSwampsSlangJanie Author:Dolores Hitchens