Dialogue Quotes

741 Dialogue quotes by 593 unique authors

I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a dialogue… — Iris Murdoch
It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual… — Alain de Botton
The ancient dialogue between reason and the senses is almost always more interestingly and passionately resolved in favor of the senses. — Kay Redfield Jamison
The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather,… — Michelle Obama
some may think that to affirm dialogue—the encounter of women and men in the world in order to transform the world—is naively and subjectively idealistic.… — Paulo Freire
Most mainline Protestant churches are, to one degree or another, post-Christian. If they no longer seem disposed to converting the unbelieving to Christ, they can… — Mark Steyn
Millions of people are suffering: they want to be loved but they don't know how to love. And love cannot exist as a monologue; it… — Rajneesh
Argumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two… — Peter Kreeft
An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter… — Peter Kreeft
The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. The boys have gone hog-wild with liberty, yet… — Dorothy Parker
Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to what… — Terry Pratchett
Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge;… — Dalai Lama
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue. — Bell Hooks
I was at a loss suddenly; but conscious all the while of how Armand listened; that he listened in the way that we dream of… — Anne Rice
He'd discovered that his memories of that summer were like bad movie montages - young lovers tossing a Frisbee in the park, sharing a melting… — Richard Russo
I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with… — Elmore Leonard
Desi, Desi, Desi what am I going to do with you? (Kyrian) Don't you dare take that flippant tone with me! (Desiderius) Why ever not?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We were in dialogue that was about something other than what we were saying. — Lorrie Moore
Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me. — Jim Butcher
If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed — Paulo Freire
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an answer.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I leave you free to imagine any dialogue you please. Choose whatever may charm you. Have it, if you like, that they hear the voice… — Jean Genet
In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his people, expelled and dispossessed… — Christopher Hitchens
Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron,” Sebastian said approvingly. “Excellent choice.” “You have read this?” Alexei asked. “It’s not as good as Miss Davenport and… — Julia Quinn
Life is, to some extent, an extended dialogue with your future self about how exactly you are going to let yourself down over the coming… — Charles Yu

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