Quotes About Debate

Argy-bargying in double-Dutch like that. Do you want

If things go badly for me tonight, I want you to stay with Mr. Wynter; he will pay you a decent wage." "Will he make me bathe?" "No, he will debate the matter with you until you decide to wash." "Ah. One of those.

The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese.

Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.

Arguing with real people was marginally better than getting upset with sheets of paper.

If a man, said Epictetus, opposes evident truths, it is not easy to find arguments by which we shall make him change his opinion. But this does not arise either from the man's strength or the teacher's weakness; for when the man, though he has been confuted, is hardened like a stone, how shall we then be able to deal with him by argument?

only a fool would argue with a fool!

Wilson argues that knowledge is gained and science progresses through a process of conflict and resolution.

In 1790s ladies' debating societies were still deliberating 'In the Marriage State, which constitutes the greater Evil, Love without Money, or Money without Love?' 12

defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.

Libraries should provide materials and information presenting to all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Many can argue; not many converse

Opinions are a useless currency

The synoptic Gospels suggest that the entire Jewish council, the Sanhedrin, met on the first night of Passover to determine Jesus's fate—this would be tantamount to gathering all the members of the Supreme Court, Congress, and the White House press corps together late on Christmas Eve to debate a minor case of law. If

polemics can sometimes be constructive.43 Averil Cameron notes that some polemics help sharpen arguments and consolidate knowledge.44 Polemics also tell us what is at stake for the individual or group issuing the invectives.

the liberal believes in freedom in all areas except for his criticism.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.

I had conceived of lovemaking as a sort of asking and answering of questions, but with us it only led to further questions, until we seemed to be locked in a philosophical debate. Instead of the proverbial sadness after sex, I felt something like a semantic despair.

Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, infamous, sullying, and grotesque is contained for me in this single word: God.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

La parte difficile, in una discussione, non è difendere la propria opinione, quanto conoscerla.

Although at the time I didn't realize this, the Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev had begun promoting 'glasnost' or political openness throughout the Soviet Union, and everywhere Ukrainians were debating the justice of Soviet domination over our country. Finally, the citizens of Ukraine were beginning to realize that Moscow was destroying their environment and endangering their lives.