Dialogue Analyst Gifts

"If, every time I say something, you say 'tell me something I don't already know' I'm just going to stop talking to you."

"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

Meet the Enemy

"I disagree — I think humans are funny."

Battle of the sexes in a relationship

The bluebird of passive-aggressiveness

"I've learned to give up when I hear Brooklyn in your voice."

"No, I don't believe youth is wasted on the young. I believe money is."

"This is ridiculous! I say we get back on speaking terms!!"

'He can toot his own horn but when he starts tooting the government's we need to step in.'

Vladimir Putin 101: Saying the Opposite of What You Mean

"If you could have a dinner conversation with someone, living or dead, who would it be?"

'I can't talk to my wife - all she says is `Baaah! Baaah!`!

"Well, geez, you don't need to bite my hea.."

Atheist Convention: 'I don't believe it!'

Moral Outrage.

'Safe!'

The psychiatrist.

The Tangents talk it over.

"The depth of your wrongness is so deep that it is unknowable."

"You have zero empathy, Carlton. And I can't even begin to imagine what that's like."

'You're trying to find yourself? -- No offense, but if I were you, I'd look for somebody ELSE.'

'Well, if I'm being honest, I think he's a raging narcissist.'

"Richard has quite an ear for dialogue."

'Do you get the feeling there isn't much substance in most conversations?'

'You know, sometimes I think we don't even speak the same body language.'

"You know what I bet it is? I bet we're breaking up but we just don't realize it yet."

"May I air-quote you?"

'Darling - have I ever told you how much you love me. . .?'

The unfortunate night there were two talking sticks at the conflict resolution meeting.

'Let's face it, marriage isn't just a word it's a sentence!'

'Nice talking to you, but would you please excuse me? I need to get some air...'

Concrete action v local solution