Quotes About Dialogue

See?" said Boris, interrupting Vitya right in

A guesstimate?" prompted the man Enrique. "About your dad?" "Ballpark will do," the Korean lady said.

For the first time in the history of the country," a writer in Collier's Weekly exclaimed, great corporate leaders and union representatives would join "the President of the United States to talk over their differences face-to-face.

Why write stories? To join the conversation.

Are we going to have a sensible discussion?' she said. 'Well, you are sensible,' Lymond said. 'And I am not unconscious, yet.

Fou!" "Who?" "I didn't say 'who'; I said 'fou,' " "I know you did. I said who?" "Who?" "Who's fou?" "Oh, is. By Jove, 'suis'! 'Je suis fou.

No," said Harriet, who had been exercising

Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.

Oh, look. Do you remember me? I was the one that said, not ten minutes ago, let's not talk about that dandy book.

Good," said Arthur. "See?" said Ford. "No," said Arthur.

Asking people about their opinions is a very good way of making friends. Telling them about your own opinions can also work, but not always quite as well. Nowadays

You see what I have done?' he asked the ceiling, which seemed to flinch slightly at being yanked so suddenly into the conversation.

People who talk to themselves on the phone," said Ford, "never learn anything to their advantage.

Then why did you ask me?' it screamed. 'I just wanted something to talk to,' said Marvin.

Ford grasped him by the lapels of his dressing gown and spoke to him as slowly and distinctly and patiently as if he were somebody from the telephone company accounts department.

Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)

It is a profound belief of mine that if you can induce a person to talk to you for long enough, on any subject whatever! sooner or later they will give themselves away.

What I wanted, frankly, was someone who would argue me out of the things that I was thinking.

It's extraordinary, the amount of misunderstandings there are even between two people who discuss a thing quite often - both of them assuming different things and neither of them discovering the discrepancy.

What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious things—but until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it.

It's often when you're talking over things that you seem to see your way clear. Your mind gets made up for you sometimes without your knowing how it's happened. Talking leads to a lot of things one way or another.

Now we can talk," said Poirot. "When I say that, I mean, really, that I shall talk.

Are you still there monsieur Poirot?" Demanded Mrs. Oliver. At the same time, the operator requested more money. With these formalities completed, Poirot spoke once more. "Are you still there Madame?" "I'M still here." Said Mrs. Oliver. "And don't let's waste any more money asking each other if we're there. What is it?