"A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech."

Conversation, Invention, Silence, Speech

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"A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech."

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"Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Conversation, Fact, Logic

"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Conversation, Truth, Future, Emotion, Wisdom

"During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I played a scene with a grain of rice. Sometimes with indescribable creatures. I remember having a conversation with something which was simply a smell, that's all. It was part of our job."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Conversation, Job, Oil, Years

"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."

Andre Maurois, French Writer

Conversation,

"Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about."

Agnes Repplier, American Writer

Conversation, Talk

"Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Conversation, Debate

"I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece."

Hedda Hopper, American Actress

Conversation,

"What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming."

Edgar Degas, French Artist

Conversation, Nothing

"I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me."

John Sherman Cooper, American Politician

Conversation,

"I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger."

Edmond About, French Novelist

Conversation, Danger, Name

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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

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"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."

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"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."

Death

"The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it."

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"Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth."

Speech

"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

Delight

"For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion."

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"Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation."

"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."

"During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I played a scene with a grain of rice. Sometimes with indescribable creatures. I remember having a conversation with something which was simply a smell, that's all. It was part of our job."

"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."

"Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about."

"Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine."

"I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece."

"What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming."

"I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me."

"I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger."

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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."

"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."

"The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it."

"Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth."

"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

"Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers."

"We inhabit a language rather than a country."

"A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate."

"For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion."