Quotes About Debate

The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than admit they're wrong... Until they come face to face with someone who is tenacious enough to dissect their logic, and resilient enough to endure the thinly veiled intellectual abuse they dish out during debate, they're never forced to question their ability to defend bad ideas.

Some threads narrow to 2 people going back and forth, and they should get a room (email/Skype/hotel).

For every awkward debate on a P2, there was often a private Skype chat where it was resolved. Matt set good examples for praising in public and critiquing in private.

Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?" "On occasion," said Locke. "There are contrary opinions.

Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?" "On occasion," said Locke. "There are contrary opinions." "Are you more dangerous than a cow? A chicken? A sheep?" "Let's be generous and say yes.

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

Q: What is a forum? A: Two-um plus two-um.

Chien was careful to avoid debates over science and faith. To him, wonder was wonder and did not require further complications.

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, "What do you think about the Christ?" (Matt. 22:41–42)

a man who read too many books and disagreed with everybody

Next time a man tells you talk is cheap, ask him if he knows how much a session of Congress costs.

Polemical debates happen all the time in France.

Anyone who claims that the debate is over and the conclusions are firm has a fundamentally unscientific approach to one of the most momentous issues of our time.

I think any time you take on touchy subjects, you're going to offend some people, or you're going to please others.

Every time Kellyanne Conway goes on TV, there's another fight with whoever's interviewing her that particular day.

Smoking pot makes people talk for long periods of time, for instance, so people who advocate pot won't shut the hell up about it.

Images are the currency of our age, but it's a toss-up whether live in a time of abundance or debasement.

It's time to move the debate past the dogmatic view that carbon dioxide is evil and toward a world view that accepts the need for energy that is cheap, abundant, and reliable.

Smaller movies are great because you don't have to argue with so many people all the time. But really I like arguing so there's a balance either way.

Hard to argue with a woman, period. Only time a man wins with one of them is when the woman is either on TV or dead. (Jack)

Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.

This is the debate we have every time we talk about the minimum wage, that if we raise it even 50 cents, that it means employers are just going to shut down. It's not true.

Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.

With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures.