Quotes About Dialogue

You okay?" "The worst movie line ever written," Victoria replied.

Okay," Simpson said. "You got

In any conversation, it's often something that seems quite insignificant at the time that gives you the piece of information you're looking for.

Knowles," said Emma

She will open the conversation with a subject of her choice, to which you can respond appropriately. It is not considered courteous for you to ask her any questions, and you should address her as ma'am, which rhymes with jam, not harm.

Sorry. I forgot your lust for small talk. And how have you been in the fourteen hours since we last spoke, eight of which you were sleeping?

Wenn Vernunft wirklich feurige Materie wäre, wie von Diogenes als Erstem angenommen wurde, so sähe man es doch am besten daran, wie über die Jahrhunderte hinweg der eine Nachdenkende die Gedanken eines anderen aufnimmt und versucht, ihnen das Eigene hinzuzufügen und sie so am Leben zu halten.

Wenn man verstehen will, was einer meint oder sagt, muss man im Grunde das, was er meint oder sagt, immer schon wissen. Ist dann ein gelungener Dialog nur Wiedererkennen? Und das Verstehen nicht etwas ein Weg, sondern vielmehr ein Zustand?

they will learn how much better it is, when one is uninformed, to put questions than to make assertions;

I like people who talk a lot. Since I don't.

Why can't we talk about what we think instead of just all the stupid shit we've done?

You know I have trouble with colloquialisms, so I resent your shocked reaction.

Because in the end to learn a language, to feel connected to it, you have to have a dialogue, however childlike, however imperfect.

We were stating facts and at the same time arguing, an argument whose depths only he and I could fully comprehend.

Perchè alla fine per imparare una lingua, per sentirsi legati a essa, bisogna avere un dialogo, per quanto infantile, per quanto imperfetto.

Work out problems in person, not on e-mail.

I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.

Universities are set up to get people to work together by having them disagree with each other.

If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.

I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life's dialogue used to work on a very low budget soap opera.

At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.

John Paul II called us Jews the older brothers of Christians. He represented humanity, dialogue and reconciliation, and he laid the foundation for religions to work together.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

Comedians are the most challenging people for me to shoot. Because you're not actually in the dialogue with them, they are performing. When I work with a comedian, I become their audience.