Quotes About Dialogue

Watson: Get that out of my face. Sherlock: It's not in your face, it's in my hand. Watson: Get what's in your hand out of my face.

no era aquel un momento para dimes y diretes.

I'll tell them,' she said, and the baby looked at me cynically.

Where is it written that I had to tell her and that she couldn't tell me.

You see, you've asked why and you're willing to listen to me. That shows true psychology! But the main thing is not to interrupt me with questions

literature is but the shadow of good talk

Many people are so comfortable and rooted in this way of knowing reality that they are unable to engage in any meaningful dialogue, being so sure of the 'facts', and that their version of 'reality' is the true one and nothing else possibly could be.

He formed his sentences hesitantly and then threw them at me with such force that I felt as if I were receiving a present each time

Poder conversar é uma grande sorte, disse ela. É compreensível que, nos casais que não sabem se aproveitar das palavras, os mal-entendidos formem bolas de neve e acabem por estragar tudo entre eles.

The other person always has a point, Listen to each other, and you'll hear it.

There's silence, then the phone bleeps again with his reply:

Hello, Philip?" I say into the receiver—then immediately I wish I'd said something thrusting and impressive, like a simple "Yep.

I had no idea you could be a specialist at awkward conversations

Do not believe that you alone can be right. The man who thinks that, The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul— A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.

You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply.

Are you quite finished? It's your turn to listen for just as long as you've ... instructed me. Hear me out, then judge me on the facts.

But now I have a right to learn from you as you just learned from me.

We must use words as they are used, or stand aside from life.

I and my silences keep talking to each other.

I'm A Speaker, Your A Listener.

Rather, they are interwoven in artful ways that suggest the symphonic art that appeared in musical style two millennia after Isaiah. Motifs appear, disappear, and reappear in ways that keep the thoughtful reader involved in an active dialogue with the writer.

To speak well and to listen carefully is no easy task at times of high emotions and deep conflict. People's very identity is under threat.

People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.

Communication works for those who work at it.