“The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.” SidesListeningArgumentNo One Listening Author:Evan Esar
“Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing.” WritingGuyWinningSoundSidesListeningOughtArgumentArguingYour SideEditorialsWinning An Argument Author:Adam Gopnik
“Yesterday, the Supreme Court spent over an hour listening to arguments on whether Obamacare is unconstitutional. Yeah, listening to arguments about Obamacare for an hour, or as most people call that, 'Thanksgiving Dinner.'” PeopleHoursListeningArgumentYeahCourtDinnerYesterdaySupremeSupreme CourtObamacareUnconstitutionalThanksgiving Dinner Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life, people do it differently in different cultures because they have different interpretations, that's how it should be. The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.” PeopleWayShouldMeanDoeDifferentChristianCultureJesusDifferencesListeningArgumentChristian LifeOne WayInterpretationDiscipleDifferent CulturesDifferent Interpretations Author:Alan Green
“To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things for partisan reasons, and all of our institutions are full of malevolent actors - if that's the storyline that's being put out there by whatever party is out of power, then when a foreign government introduces that same argument with facts that are made up, voters who have been listening to that stuff for years, who have been getting that stuff every day from talk radio or other venues, they're going to believe it.” IfsYearsBelieveHas BeensMadeReasonFactsGovernmentPoliticalActorsStuffPartyListeningArgumentInstitutionsRadioDialogueVotersIntroducingSuspicionPartisansVenuesStorylineTalk RadioPolitical Dialogue Author:Barack Obama
“If you and I are not having a dialogue, when you're having an argument, the reason the argument happen is because we are not listening to each other. Then, the argument comes in, but if we truly listen instead of hearing, argument will not happen. Then, we'll empathize, and then once the empathy kicks in, you will be much more inclining with my viewpoint and I'll be inclining with your viewpoint, and that's what is missing in organizations.” ReasonMissingListeningEmpathyArgumentDialogue Author:Subir Chowdhury