Quotes About Dialogue

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

I don't delude myself into thinking I'll bring anyone around to my way of thinking, especially Sean Hannity.

What I would like is to at least have a discussion with the coach, that he tells me what he thinks. I have to know.

Listener and reader input is every bit as important as anything any of us can say. We'd be like crazy people chattering in the middle of that empty field that Joe Biden thinks we should stand in to be safe from swine flu if it weren't for the calls, the letters, the blogs, and the reaction from our audience.

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground.

I liked to think I had written 'scripts' when I was in high school, but looking back at them, they were about thirty pages of wannabe-Mamet dialogue with a staple through them.

I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better.

I had a brilliant relationship with Thomas Tuchel. We spoke a lot, not only on the surface, but really deep about football and our work.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me. Let me let them voice their opinions; let me get their thought process.'

Dialogue is not always the best way to show emotion, to show your thought process, or to reveal yourself, as a character.

Republicans and Democrats know Xavier Becerra to be a thoughtful leader who is always willing to listen to both sides.

We need to have a more thoughtful, two-sided conversation about racial issues in this country.

We have to replace our focus on personalities with a focus on ideas so that the opinionated and self-serving pronouncements and forms of cyber-bullying are replaced by thoughtful dialogue and open-minded conversation.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

Kids who are accustomed to having their concerns dismissed tend to be far less receptive to hearing the concerns of their caregivers. Over time, such kids also become far less receptive to talking to their parents.

I've noticed that . . ." and ends with the words "What's up?

Strategy #1: Reflective listening—simply saying back to the child whatever they just said to you—often followed by clarifying statements, like "How so?" or "I don't quite understand" or "I'm confused" or "Can you say more about that?" or "What do you mean?" This is your default drilling strategy, and the one you'll be using most often.

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context.

The question mark, used well, may be the most profoundly human form of punctuation. Unlike the other marks, the question mark—except perhaps when used in a rhetorical question—imagines the Other. It envisions communication not as assertive but as interactive, even conversational.

Os silêncios são sempre embaraçosos porque nunca se sabe o que o outro está pensando...

The term "dialectic" has its origins in ancient Greece. It was seen as a special process of dialogue whereby opposing views or opinions could be reconciled with each other to establish the truth.