Jay R. Ferguson Quotes

I'm not opposed to talking with anyone who is willing to talk.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.

I don't think it makes any sense to try to get anyone to not talk.

Understanding is a two-way street.

Talking to people is not giving them anything.

I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.

I'm fine talking about a lot of things.

'Dialogue' is not a dirty word; it's our word.

Conversation is a really good way to get things done.

It's important for people to give every leader the chance to step forward and look for ways to have dialogue.

What I've really learned is to be open to listen to other people's opinions and then question my own thoughts. And learn how to talk to people. The biggest gift from having one of these moments is that it gets people talking.

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

Good dialogue is very important.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

The church must constantly promote dialogue.

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

It's a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don't understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk.

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.