Conversation Dinner Sample Conversation Topics

Starters Which inventions/discoveries would you like to see in your lifetime? As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? What has been the proudest moment of your life so far? Who communicates better: men or women? As more books become available in electronic format, what does constitute a book nowadays? How do you define success?

Main Course Do you think that disappearing languages should be protected or should we just let them fade away? If you could change places with someone for twenty-four hours, who would you change with and why? Can a perfect work/leisure balance ever be achieved? Is there a difference between honesty and truthfulness? Are moral values relative or absolute? Which current news story has provoked the greatest reaction in you?

Dessert The only thing that holds you back from seizing your dream is yourself. Do you agree? What factors are important to you when choosing a book to read? Could you live without the internet? Have you ever directly witnessed an event and later seen it recorded differently in the press? Would you like to have a perfect memory? How would it change your life?

What do you prefer spontaneity or stability?