Quotes About Debate

Never argue with idiots. Because First they bring you to their level and then they beat you with their experience.

Talking with an atheist is like trying to reason with someone who denies the existence of the sun.

Somebody start talking about politics so I can fall back asleep...

Everyone is entitled to their own incorrect opinion.

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

dogmatic kind of biblical literalism that gained increasing strength among evangelicals toward the end of the nineteenth century was reduced space for academic debate, intellectual experimentation, and nuanced discrimination between shades of opinion.

How often have we turned on the television and heard the host say, "Tonight we will be talking about faith versus science. Our first guest is a former University of Oxford professor, evolutionary biologist, and bestselling author. He believes that science, not faith, holds the answers to all questions. On the other side of the aisle we have Joe Smith, who will speak for the legitimacy of faith and Christianity. Joe homeschools his kids, thinks Oprah is the Antichrist,

Looks like the goddamned General Assembly at the UN.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

The only serious debate in numbers terms is whether the death toll from coal is five hundred times worse than nuclear, or many thousands of times worse.

Marxism is not about free speech and debate, it is about domination, repression, indoctrination, conformity, and compliance. The

dissensus politics

discussing cultural relativism with cultural relativists is like playing tennis with some guy who says, "Your ace is just a social construct.

men arguing over nothing but the sheer Italian love of verbal battle and mock outrage.

Is an egg a vegetable?

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

It's funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.

You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument.

When you argue with someone, you always argue at the level of the person with the lowest level of intelligence. You never argue up.

In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.