Quotes About Dialogue

Do you expect to talk to us, Master Musgrave?' 'No, Lord Robert, I expect to die,' said Tom.

This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: You hurt it, and keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the speech from the screams.

Never resolve with violence what can be addressed with cutting commentary.

Eighty percent of all questions are statements in disguise.

Listening: You can convey no greater honor than actually hearing what someone has to say.

debate" thus takes place among very few members. Most speeches are delivered from prepared notes and often have little

Personally, he much preferred to get them chatting. People were generally much less inclined to want to kill you once you'd chatted for a bit, and if they weren't, well, at least you could use the time to think of an escape plan.

To rehearse imaginary conversations on paper is called literature. To do so out loud is called madness.

The teacher-student relationship evaporated, replaced by a rich and lively exchange of equals.

You ask a philosopher a question and after he or she has talked for a bit, you don't understand your question any more.

I will have to learn how to survive them, and perhaps writing is a good means of survival. A way of not forgetting the ones who have disappeared, of continuing a dialogue.

Grahhhhh." I looked up at LaForce. Did he just, Grahhhhh, at me?

Se habla a sí mismo, pero tenemos la impresión de que se dirige a cada uno de entre nosotros.

People would much rather argue their own visions and conceptions about a book than engage in a dialogue with the author, because the author could always trump you with, 'I wrote it.'

My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen.

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters.

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth.

I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft that goes on with it.

I love the visual aspect of the theater. But I like what people have to say, too.

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to Europe, there's very little problem with communication. All the gags are visual. The music they can understand, and it helps communicate a lot better.

The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue.

I find movies rely upon dialogue too much sometimes, and you lose the power of what really the most basic cinematic language is, which is the visual language.