“Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.” SubjectsConversationFellowsFasterHuman ConditionBoresTopics Author:Laurence J. Peter
“My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped my thinking more than the work of any critic.” ThinkingConversationMusicianCriticismFellowsCritics Author:Sasha Frere-Jones
“When I was a young fellow, I used to learn the dialogue backwards. The point is that in a conversation between two people, you can't have already made the decisions about what you're gonna do. You gotta be very light on your feet. That leads you into areas where conversations can have a much bigger, grander meaning.” PeopleMadeTwoLightYoungUsedDecisionFeetConversationAreasBiggerFellowsDialogueBackwards Author:Russell Crowe
“Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.” HumansMeanPhilosophyIndividualAdviceLife PhilosophyConversationFellowsPatientListenersModestEngagingTemperamentBe PatientGiverTherapistsHuman RelationshipsPsychotherapyTalkers Author:Thomas Szasz
“He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified feeling, that while he looked upon her with an admiration he could not repress, she looked at him with proud indifference, taking him, he thought, for what, in his irritation, he told himself - was a great fellow, with not a grace or a refinement about him.” SaidHardFeelingsGraceProudConversationFellowsIndifferenceAdmirationRefinementLike HerIrritation Author:Elizabeth Gaskell
“I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in conference, are adaptable. They quickly get the other fellow's view. They are more eager to do this than to express their own ideas. Also, they state their own point of view convincingly.” MenTwoIdeasStatesBigsViewsCommunicationConversationFellowsPoint Of ViewTwo ThingsConferencesSalaryAdaptable Author:John Hallock, Jr.