Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not.

Spare me the people who ask, 'Have you thought about ... losing weight, hiring an assistant, buying a Pentium, working with an etiquette specialist, coloring your hair?

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.