Temple Grandin Quotes

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

People talk to pass the time, share information, and entertain each other.

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

Some people meet me sometimes and they sit down and talk to me for a while and ask me my name and say, 'Oh, you're the guy'.

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.

Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

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.

Good talkers are only found in Paris.

I actually like talking.

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things.

I meet a lot of people.

Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence.

I can't abide small talk.

I never have anything to talk about.

Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the talking box?

I have always liked hanging out with people and talking to people.

I like talking to people.

We want to encourage people to talk to one another.

I love to talk to people.

Nothing trumps good conversation.

I like to talk. I admit it.

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