Quotes about Dialogue
“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
- Acts 8:34
I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.
- Tony Campolo
The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.
- Karl Barth
Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.
- Joseph Addison
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.
- Winston Churchill
they will learn how much better it is, when one is uninformed, to put questions than to make assertions;
- Jerome
Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.
- Dale Carnegie
Healthy and democratic process. If one cannot make one's point without yelling, name-calling, or insulting others, one should develop a stronger argument before speaking further.
- Lisa Wingate
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.
- Bill Gates
It makes a huge difference whether I treat a nonbeliever as someone who is wrong rather than as someone who is on the way but lost.
- Philip Yancey
You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would like to get.
- Jacqueline Novogratz