James Harvey Robinson Quotes

In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life; and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice. The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.

People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.

One must talk. That's how it is. One must.

When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable.

Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.

Human talk is a centrifugal function, ever in flight outwards from what is on the talker's mind.

Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and the theatre are the two great centers for the propagation of platitudes.

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

I'm happy to talk to anybody about anything.

Talk is a pure art. Its only limits are the patience of listeners who, when they get tired, can always pay for their coffee or change it with a friendly waiter and walk out.

Sometimes I think the human animal doesn't really need food or water to survive, only gossip.

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

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

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

To talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.

Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected to the world.

He responded a few minutes later. Okay. I wrote back. Okay. He responded: Oh, my God, stop flirting with me!

Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

If it were not for quotations, conversations between gentlemen would consist of an endless series of 'what-ho!'s.

conversation is like a dear little baby that is brought in to be handed round. You must rock it, nurse it, keep it on the move if you want it to keep smiling.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

More contact means more sharing of information, gossiping, exchanging, engaging - in short, more word of mouth.

Conversation succeeds conversation, Until there's nothing left to talk about Except truth, the perennial monologue, And no talker to dispute it but itself.