Positive Dialogue Quotes

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

Not everything is about causing controversy. That would be a very boring way to go.

George [Clooney] and I do have the aim one day to be in a film where we say one nice thing to each other. Hopefully one day.

The ideal is to build a culture of healthy discussion, where everyone's ideas are valued. At KIND, we want everyone to be comfortable challenging my or anyone else's ideas without ever feeling or making someone else feel that the questioning is a personal attack.

I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.

Any dialogue about fashion is a good dialogue.

I think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness.

You can do TV and radio without the personal insults.

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.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.

There is no other way to settle the Syrian conflict other than by strengthening the existing legitimate government agencies, support them in their fight against terrorism and, of course, at the same time encourage them to start a positive dialogue with the "healthy" part of the opposition and launch political transformations.

Some people's minds we're not going to change. But if we can't, we need to bring more positive voices into the discussion.

Where you find all the worries about immigration, I think the way to handle that is to listen to the person that's got concerns, and then try to move that in a positive direction, as opposed to decrying it and saying, 'Don't even raise that, you can't raise that.'