#versa

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#better #books #conversation #man #mere

I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper. ↗

— Ludacris

#been #everyone #feel #heads #i

Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there'll be much less conversation because you'd be concentrating too much on the food. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#concentrating #conversation #does #enhance #food

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later. ↗

— Derek Luke

#age #came #conversation #even #front

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. ↗

— Martin Luther

#charming #communion #company #friendly #good

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#conversation #eight #generate #get #good

The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I'd get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#conversation #dining #dining room #far #get

It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#because #breathing #conversation #having #like

So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going to be shot at dawn. ↗

— Catharine MacKinnon

#ask #dawn #dogma #essential #going

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#actually #bold #central #continue #culture