Quotes About Dialogue

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.

If any man wants to gain a good opinion of his fellow men, he ought to do what I am doing: pester them with letters.

It does your mind good to talk to people different from you.

The one subject never discussed, in my experience, was race relations. The prevailing view was that there was no reason to upset the status quo, and most were willing to continue existing conditions indefinitely.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Perhaps the new way of evangelizing is not so much through confrontation and argument, but through conversation, dialogue, and affirmation

Who is there?" asks God. "It is I." "Go away," God says… Later… "Who is there?" asks God. "It is Thou." "Enter," replies God.

Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time was the absence of the African voice. Being part of that dialogue meant not only sitting at the table but effectively telling the African story from an African perspective - in full earshot of the world.

Everybody says they want to hear from consumers. Well, be careful what you ask for: Now they won't shut up.

Leadership is the day to day communications about the real issues.

Pundits on television news programs discuss politics as a horse race or compare the effectiveness of pseudo-events staged by candidates. They do not discuss ideas, issues, or meaningful reform.

Finn doesn't have as much respect for Han's legacy as everybody else does, and Han finds that a bit charming. They team up and go on a mission together. The banter is very choppy, and the dialogue is pretty funny. Chewie enjoys the banter and the friction between the two, but they definitely have each other's backs.

You always risk people misunderstanding you when you say anything.

Not listening is the reason for so many misunderstandings and conflicts.

As parents, we tend to be in Tell rather than Listen mode.

Artwork operates on two different levels: On one level, there's artwork as a mode of expressivity, and then there's the other side, where the image is a construction that is meant to engage in a discursive field in order to perform a particular function.

If I was on a 'Modern Family' kind of show, and they said, 'You have to say that the burger is $5.55; Have a good day!'... I could do that!

We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and adds more meaning and dialogue to hip hop.

I prefer radio to television. Radio is a dialogue; television is a monologue. In radio, you have to interact - they put the words in your head; you build the pictures in your mind. To that extent, it is more engaging than television.

My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.

That is very different from how it used to be in the 20th century. Media was very one way. There's a small little industry. It broadcasted its message and everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy and actually restoring a more natural way.

Your whole life doesn't have to be one long, smart monologue.

When you don't have an interruption, there's a flow, so it's easier to memorize. Monologues are easier to memorize than dialogue.

We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.