Dialogue Quotes

741 Dialogue quotes by 593 unique authors

If you were only to listen, it becomes meditation. Without meditation you cannot hear. What is the meaning of meditation? Meditation exists only where mind… — Rajneesh
Help each other to live and to grow in the Christian faith so as to be valiant witnesses of the Lord. Be united, but not… — Pope Benedict XVI
Screw the dialogue, let's wreck some cars. — Unknown Author
It's a one-to-one dialogue. You open your mouth and you're talking to 6 million people. — Unknown Author
The characters are so flat and the dialogue so dull you expect it to be one of those movies whose existence is justified by a… — Kyle Smith
If you must have a rule to follow, I would suggest cultivating a dialogue with your inner voice... If you listen to the clues your… — Unknown Author
When I paint, mysterious things happen. What starts with a void ends with a dialogue. — Jeet Aulakh
[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends on the "school"… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
I totally believe that art is an open dialogue and that it is not logical. It does not always make sense. — Unknown Author
Dialogue is the only way to end war and terror. We need practical solidarity with those who are weaker and diplomacy from below. — Unknown Author
Ever since I became NATO Secretary General, I have emphasised the need for enhanced political dialogue among the Allies. And I am glad that, over… — Unknown Author
Life for the Christian is a dialogue with God. — J. H. Oldham
I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. For me the best way to fight against… — Malala Yousafzai
It is just not enough to strengthen the secret services for the fight against terrorism but it's also necessary to advance dialogue between cultures. — Horst Kohler
In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other. — Diane Johnson
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.… — Ernest Hemingway
Dialogue in fiction is what characters do to one another. — Elizabeth Bowen
James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me… — Anne McCaffrey
Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue. — Jack Woodford
Dialogue must appear realistic without being so. Actual realism-the lifting, as it were, of passages from a stenographer's take-down of a 'real life' conversation-would be… — Elizabeth Bowen
What must novel dialogue . . . really be and do? It must be pointed, intentional, relevant. It must crystallize situation. It must express character.… — Elizabeth Bowen
Dialogue is the ideal means of showing what is between the characters. It crystallizes relationships. It should, ideally, be so effective as to make analysis… — Elizabeth Bowen
Short of a small range of physical acts-a fight, murder, lovemaking-dialogue is the most vigorous and visible inter-action of which characters in a novel are… — Elizabeth Bowen
Jane Austen, much in advance of her day, was a mistress of the use of the dialogue. She used it as dialogue should be used-to… — Elizabeth Bowen
All good dialogue perhaps deals with something unprecedented. — Elizabeth Bowen

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