Al Sharpton Quotes

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

I believe in discussing very thoroughly what should be the goal. When discussing it, I allow others to give their views.

You have to adjust to what your team needs and what you're able to do.

I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.

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

It always depends on who you work with. It is not about the budget, not about the countries but about people.

I have been fortunate to collaborate with people who have been open to discussion. If I tell them something, they have always explained to me why they want it the other way.

On the 'X-Men' films, people are always throwing out ideas and trying to get the shot to look the best and make the most sense, and to get it done efficiently. Everybody collaborates and everybody is very open to new ideas.

...if you expect people to try to do things your way, you're going to have to give some hints as to what that way is.

I don't think there's anything wrong with sitting down with people as long as you understand that there are needs to be met and purposes to be served.

Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.

The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate.

Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.

I've been lucky with the circle of people I'm playing with. We've played enough that there's a language we talk with each other when we play.

A conversation isn't a competition.

Consensus demands communication.

The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other

Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together

My whole work drive has been aimed at making people understand each other. . .

I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.