Quotes About Dialogue

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Communication is only possible between equals.

Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.

To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them 'common' to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means 'common.')

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.

The key to handling problems and conflict within an organization is to keep the channels of communication wide open.

Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.

Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two.

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.

Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf.

Communication is mutual feeling with someone, not a didactic process of information.

The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Most of us live in a Jackal world where we take turns using the other person as a waste basket for our words.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.