Quotes About Discussion

I'm trying to elevate small talk to medium talk

When I first entered the ministry, I dreamed of communicating God's Word so powerfully that people would mull it over and discuss it during the week. I envisioned impassioned discussions of the deep theological truth I'd presented in the sermon. I must have been smoking something.

2S+1Q. Every ask needs to be two sentences and one question. The directness of this approach is key to your success. Remember that most asks are overasked and overexplained, and quite simply, there is just way too much discussion on your part so that you leave the person wondering, "Now just what is it that I'm supposed to be thinking about?

Ask Open-Ended Questions When you start to ask questions, never give the participant a chance to simply answer yes or no. The idea here is to ask questions that start a discussion. These questions are bad for starting a discussion: "Do you think this is cool?" "Was that easy to use?" These questions are much better: "What do you think of this?" "How'd that go?

Read The Ghost Writer and American Pastoral, then get back to me. What about your father?

That's another story, replied my father.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

All that we can say is that the belief in God is universal—with those who believe in him. And even here universality of belief is only secured by their refraining from discussing precisely what it is they mean by "God," and what it is they believe in. There is agreement in obscurity, each one dreading to see clearly the features of his assumed friend for fear he should recognise the face of an enemy.

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.

We're doing something different tonight," she said, ending the discussion. "We're going to a party up by the campus.

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

Mr. Parkes, finding himself in the position of having got into metaphysics without exactly seeing his way out of them, stammered forth an apology and retreated from the argument.

New-England weather — it is a matter about which a great deal is said, but very little done.

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the character of individuals.

Classics are books that everybody talks about, and nobody reads.

Sayyid Ali Amin said that the Lebanese Shi'ite Hizballah movement was attempting to stop discussion of the thesis of clerical rule in Iran, because challenging this ideology would undermine Hizballah's own power in Lebanon. "This is the biggest proof that [clerical rule] is not part of religious beliefs, but it is a power and political ideology," he said.

I think I'd make a good candidate," Bernie explained, making it plain that he planned to run no matter what I or anyone else decided to do. This was clearly not a negotiation, just a discussion. For me, the choice was obvious: divide our forces by running myself or stand aside. Actually, it was easy -- I never much wanted the job. Ousting the incumbent had always been my main objective, the only way I could see to open the political process.

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Jugyokenkyu is a bucket of practices that Japanese teachers use to hone their craft, from observing each other at work to discussing the lesson afterward to studying curriculum materials with colleagues. The practice is so pervasive in Japanese schools that it is…effectively invisible.

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The gods and men who have kept their prestige for long have never tolerated discussion. For the crowd to admire, it must be kept at a distance.

The dogmas whose birth we are witnessing will soon have the force of the old dogmas; that is to say, the tyrannical and sovereign force of being above discussion. The divine right of the masses is about to replace the divine right of kings.

Judgments accepted by crowds are merely judgments forced upon them and never judgments adopted after discussion.