Quotes About Dialogue

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.

War is young men dying and old men talking

War is always a contest of words as well as of wounds.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

So the whole war is beause we can't talk to each other.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A man without words is a man without thought.

If you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.

Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.

Argument is the worst sort of conversation.

The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.

A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

Where there are so many, all speech becomes a debate without end. But two together may perhaps find wisdom.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

A screenplay is a story told with pictures, in dialogue and description, and placed within the context of dramatic structure.

Somebody once said that good conversation should be like a tennis match, with each player gracefully sending the ball back across the net; instead, most conversation is like a golf game, with each player stroking only his own ball, and waiting impatiently for the other to finish.

The way in which we say something is often more important than what we say.

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

Those with whom one disagrees should not be regarded as enemies but rather as people who's views deserve careful examination and may shed light on one's own.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.