Conversation Magician Pillows

'Thanks to his brilliant conversation techniques, Bob had the shortest calls.'

'How fast can you hype?'

'Remember, Henson; we're not here to hobnob - we're here to schmooze.'

Talk shows are great. Listen shows are even better.

Using psychic powers, the final exam had been a breeze. However, Madame Evetta did not realize that the student in front of her from who she had obtained the majority of her answers, was Bugs Higgins.

"Liife! Give my conversation Liife!"

'May I suggest a pleasant viognier to put the subtext into gear?'

Stealing thoughts.

'I've forgotten the author and title - do you read minds?'

“What if I tell you the card you are thinking of is … the Jack of Hearts ?”

Interview.

We pay the maximum minimum wage.

Graduation day at Telekinesis School.

"What do you mean, I hardly moved all night? I was constantly dancing around politics, religion and the weather."

'They decided to immure the ladrone in a drogue.'

The Art of Bantering!

'Hold on, there might be someone more interesting on the other line...'

"Why am I a nurse? In my former lives I was a mind-reader, a juggler and a scribe."

"And she's an interesting conversationalist, too."

"His latest management book was all about controlling the mind...and how you could teach it to construct a new reality..."

'Please don't encourage them: Stop trying to communicate with them...'

"I know, I know — it looks silly, but you can’t imagine how warm I am."

'My tutor kindly agreed to help!'

Giant brain with an arrow through it sits on Freud's psychiatric couch.

The Basic Blueprint for 99% of Today's Conversations (or So it Seems)

Today's alpha-lesson is called "Always Jujutsu the Suspense." If someone says "I've got a great idea" and then pauses to create suspense, that's a power-move. They want you to beg them to continue. The alpha counter-move in this case is simple. Use the suspense-monger's suspense against them: say absolutely nothing.* *This move should never, ever be applied in the boudoir.

"He fights me when I tell him to take a nap. When I reword it and say go reboot, he doesn't have a problem."

"We're looking for fresh, exciting, independent voices which are very similar to those of our existing bestsellers."

'I wonder if they KNOW about each other?'

"Watch out for Bernie...he's a man of few words but a lot of gestures."

'You will awake feeling refreshed and promiscuous....'

Miley Cyrus

'Hey! The audience wants you to stop sending spam thoughts!'

Bookstore. Spelling Made Easy. I entered all the spelling bees in school but I never one won.

A person is reading another person's thoughts.