Brad Hall Quotes

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what a journalist's take is on something, and have a conversation with them more.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

I love somebody that can hold a great conversation.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

I love talking to people and finding out their opinion.

When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'

I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.

I love to sit down and have a conversation with like-minded people.

Despite the occasional high decibel level, 'The Group' is not a shout fest. I don't simply want panelists with opposing opinions trying to out-shout one another.

Talking with Gary Busey is kinda like sex. You want to do it, you just don't want to be alone when you do it.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

One open way of speaking introduces another open way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

I happen to disagree with the well-entrenched theory that the art of conversation is merely the art of being a good listener. Such advice invites people to be cynical with one another and full of fake; when a conversation becomes a monologue, poked along with tiny cattle-prod questions, it isn't a conversation any more.

Can we talk?

Conversation is good - you might not agree with everyone, but at least it gives you a chance to contemplate someone else's ideas.

I'm happy to talk to anybody about anything.

Everything I am going to say to you is the child of a conversation. [...] That is the aspect of conversation that particularly excites me: how conversation changes the way you see the world, and even changes the world.

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

Listen more often than you speak.

Conversation is not a search after knowledge, but an endeavor at effect.