Conversational Skill Quotes

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."

Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.

I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers.

Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think.

Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.

Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient explanations of the obvious, fleeting allusions to the unthinkable. As a preliminary, the conversationalist must gauge the mood, the intelligence and the verbal facility of the company. To this end, a few words of pedantic exposition often prove invaluable.

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?

Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.