Quotes About Dialogue

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

For other brain types who may be hesitant to speak up because they fear they may offend others or their ideas won't be well-received, practice speaking up and sharing your opinions. You may be surprised to find that others respond more positively to you when you say what's on your mind.

questions can outperform statements in persuading others.

when both parties view their encounters as opportunities to learn, the desire to defeat the other side struggles to find the oxygen it needs.

Lead with questions, not answers." "Engage in dialogue and debate, not coercion." "Conduct autopsies, without blame." "Build 'red flag' mechanisms." In other words, make it easy for employees and customers to speak up when they identify a problem.

Yes and' isn't a technique," Salit says. "It's a way of life.

It's about leading with my ears instead of my mouth," Ferlazzo says. "It means trying to elicit from people what their goals are for themselves and having the flexibility to frame what we do in that context.

Many parents these days, however, are learning that discipline will be much more respectful—and, yes, effective—if they initiate a collaborative, reciprocal, bidirectional dialogue, rather than delivering a monologue.

Engage, don't enrage.

We will honor the controversy, and explore possibilities rather than assert absolutes.

I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.

If you give an answer to your viewer, your film will simply finish in the movie theatre. But when you pose questions, your film actually begins after people watch it. In fact, your film will continue inside the viewer.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.

I think the 'Predator' franchise has been great on a number of levels. When it comes to online safety for kids, and adults, I think we've raised awareness and created a dialogue that didn't exist three-and-a-half years ago. Clearly, it has resonated with viewers for a variety of reasons, and I'm attached to it.

'Deadwood' proved that viewers are smarter in terms of grasping intricate dialogue than they had been given credit for.

I invite a variety people on my show with wide-ranging opinions - sometimes even my jaw hits the floor, too - but I let them speak. Whether it's left, right, or center, I want to expose my viewers to other perspectives. Agree with them or not, the nation needs to listen.

My own experience is that the best outcomes are reached when opposing viewpoints are clearly and strongly presented before decisions are made.

Reducing everything immediately to good and evil is bad history - not only because it isn't true, but because reductionism is unpersuasive; it is boring. Good history, on the other hand, demands that one talk socratically - that one can present alternate viewpoints, not strawman arguments.

Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have.

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.

I'm all for free speech, and I don't need my viewpoint to be the only viewpoint.

Discussing and dissecting opposing viewpoints with others on Twitter opened up a whole new way of thinking for me.

A key part of our democracy is having a marketplace of ideas, open forums where people with diverse viewpoints can be heard and treated with respect.

Our society needs to become less fragmented and more open to alternative viewpoints.