Tom Segura

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

American Comedian

John Battelle

Publishers are born connectors; they bring like-minded people together. They are also conversationalists of the first order. They foster the interaction between the three key parties in commercial media: the audience, the author/creator and the marketer.

American Businessman

Karen Salmansohn

In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.

American Author

Louis MacNeice

The poet has no greater number of muscles than the ordinary conversationalist; he merely has more highly developed muscles and better coordination. And he practises his activity according to a stricter set of rules.

British Poet

Joe Morgan

I don't see myself as a Larry King or somebody. When you do interviews, sometimes it turns to interrogations. I'm more of a conversationalist, not throwing hardball questions.

American Athlete

Gretchen Rubin

Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.

Alec Baldwin

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

American Actor

Matthew Morrison

I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal.

John Mason Brown

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

American Critic

Carrie Fisher

Kevin Smith is a very challenging conversationalist and Jay has many great stories.

American Actress

Being a conversationalist involves social skills, such as listening actively and showing genuine interest.

Social Skill

Using 'conversationalist' indicates someone's fluency and comfort in social situations, not just talking a lot.

Fluency Marker

'Conversationalist' usually has a positive connotation, suggesting someone is pleasant to talk with.

Positive Trait

 Now, I actually use the exact same skills as a professional interviewer that I do in regular life. So, I'm going to teach you how to interview people, and that's actually going to help you learn how to be better conversationalists. Learn to have a conversation

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...

 dancer a spirited conversationalist a cultivated man of the world who read widely and spoke many languages his letters and speeches although they were written on the battlefield and on the fly represents some of the greatest