Quotes About Debate

I doubt that," I said. "I can argue with anything.

There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.

With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them.

I think the most un-American thing you can say is "You can't say that."

The most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.

Unanimity testifies to thoughtlessness, because in politics there are always arguments on both sides... political judgement should not be reflexive but deliberative.

I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.

rich were able to afford crypts where entire families would be able to "go to sleep with their fathers," as the saying went. Sleep was the common metaphor used to express their hope that one day Yahweh would return and resurrect the dead for judgment. There was a debate within the Pharisee and Sadducee circles about resurrection. The Pharisees believed it, but the Sadducees did not.

spend hours debating the greatness of Elohim versus the Great Goddess. She could hear Betenos breaking down in her protestations. She knew it was only a matter of time before Betenos rejected her pagan upbringing and embraced Elohim.

Annas responded quickly, "My colleague Joseph is taking Scripture out of context. David was speaking metaphorically, and Isaiah's Suffering Servant is Israel, not Messiah." A voice interrupted their debate. "I can see my tardiness has inspired you to discuss the matter of Messiah in my absence." Pilate paused at the entrance of the chamber, with his personal guard. Everyone stood in respect.

Man macht sich gar nicht klar genug, dass die gesamte Politik der Gegenwart auf das Problem der Klimaleugnung fokussiert ist.

As William Edgar has pointed out, Schaeffer's favorite method in apologetics (pushing an unbeliever to the extreme of his or her own presuppositions to show how dark the world is without Christ) was "very similar, if not identical" to Van Til's idea of placing yourself on your opponent's ground for the sake of argument.

The real battlefield is the realm of ideas.

Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.

Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.

Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.

Report of Daniel Webster's Speech in the U.S. Senate

Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish.

But when he spoke, that great voice of his poured out of his chest in words like the snowflakes of winter, and then no other mortal could in debate contend with Odysseus. Nor did we care any longer how he looked.

Come— the proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight.

No! ¿Cuántas veces te he dicho que no des tu brazo a torcer? Lo más importante para ganar una discusión es no vacilar, aunque tengas dudas y mucho menos si estás equivocada.

O jeito de um garoto argumentar é encontrar uma posição defensiva e mantê-la, mesmo quando ela não é sincera.

expostulations

Even the weekend chat shows seem to be designed for maximum noise and minimum analysis. They get the lefty and the righty on screen, throw the raw meat of the latest controversy in front of them, and watch them rip at each other. It's not a dialogue in the sense of an exchange of ideas intended to arrive at the truth. It's more of a talking points cage match.