Monologue Quotes

59 Monologue quotes by 58 unique authors

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote
When your woman gives you the silent treatment, say you're sorry, or you'll find out how truly sorry you are when her monologue resumes. — Wes Fesler
I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell is rung when… — Benito Mussolini
Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world must be a… — Unknown Author
People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips. — Gillian Flynn
People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening. — Stephen Covey
What is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of… — Jacques Attali
Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or… — William H. Gass
The 1992 US Olympic basketball team is the best sports team ever, the equivalent of rounding up the greatest American writers of the last century… — Anna Quindlen
Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer… — Jonathan Evison
If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to be dynamic. Most… — Patricia Hampl
One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five… — Ryan Kwanten
I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from 'For Colored… — Kerry Washington
Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman. — George Plimpton
I love 'Last Call.' It took me a little bit to figure out that I wasn't going to be that guy in a suit telling… — Carson Daly
The beats are like scripts, and the raps are my monologue. — Azealia Banks
Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God,… — Henri Frederic Amiel
If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some… — Thomas Perry
The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor… — Margaret Whiting
I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people said 'ooh it's… — Thomas Howes
I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. — Clement Attlee
Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here… — Kali Hawk
The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly metallic… — Vance Palmer

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