Quotes about Conversation

"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."
-- George Herbert

"If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible."
-- James Mcneill Whistler

"Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice."
-- Stanley Horowitz