“I am afraid that you have been listening to the conversation of someone older than yourself. That is always a dangerous thing to do, and if you allow it to degenerate into a habit, you will find it absolutely fatal to any intellectual development.” IfsHas BeensDangerousListeningDevelopmentHabitConversationIntellectualThings To DoDangerous ThingsDegeneratesIntellectual Development Book:Oscar Wilde - The Major Works Source: Oscar Wilde - The Major Works
“You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.” ListeningHabitConversationUnionsCommunicateIrresistible Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit, and I suppose that this is neither innocent or praiseworthy. Of that lamentable company am I. Conversation after a time bores me, games tire me and my own thoughts, which we are told are the unfailing resource of a sensible man, have a tendency to run dry. Then I fly to my book as the opium-smoker to his pipe.” PeopleMenBookRunningGamesMy OwnPleasureCompanyHabitConversationResourcesInnocentTendenciesDrySensibleInstructionBoresTirePipeOpiumSmokersPraiseworthy Book:Collected Short Stories Source: Collected Short Stories
“Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind where politics means giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to a website. The world is a much more complex place.” WorldGivingMindMeanDangerHabitConversationComplexesWebsiteThumbsHabits Of MindThumbs UpThumbs Down Author:Sherry Turkle
“Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of wealth. As soon as the funeral is over clergymen begin to relate imaginary conversations with the deceased, and in a very little while the great man is changed to a Christian - possibly to a saint.” MenLittlesImportantChristianWealthAtheismPositionChangedHabitConversationSaintPositive AtheismReputationRelateGreat MenOrthodoxFuneralImaginaryOrthodox ChristianClergymenDeceased Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other.” MatterHabitConversationAgreeTendenciesDisagree Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.” MenLooksCharacterHabitConversationJudgmentAppearanceJudged Author:Roger L'Estrange
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.” NeedsPersonsSaidNumbersOne ThingHeardAdviceWillingHabitConversationContactUncomfortableResolveSuccess In LifeAttempting Author:Tim Ferriss
“When we make a true commitment to walk in love, it usually causes a huge shift in our lifestyle. Many of our ways - our thoughts, our conversation, our habits - have to change.” WayCausesWalksHugeHabitConversationCommitmentLifestyleOur Thoughts Author:Joyce Meyer
“As for not getting things right: I constantly rerun social situations/conversations I experience/have throughout my head, and I'm always writing them down in notebooks or in word documents/the Internet. I feel like these habits and a generally good memory of people/the interactions I have with them (due to studying people having always been my main interest in life) have lead me to being very accurate in things I write in stories/essays.” PeopleFeelsWritingStoriesSocialInterestMemoriesSituationStudyInternetHabitConversationDuesInteractionAccurateDocumentsEssaysNotebookLeading MeGood MemoriesRerunsInterest In Life Author:Marie Calloway
“When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway. Kino sighed with satisfaction - and that was conversation.” IfsNeedsFireHabitConversationSpeechSatisfactionFinishedBreakfast Book:The Pearl Source: The Pearl