Quotes About Discussion

I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.

Philosophy only seems to offer endless dispute, with no cakes and ale.

When academics claim a topic is obsolete, they mean merely they are tired of flogging it with their cliches.

But I don't think we shall quarrel about a word - the subject of our inquiry is too important for that.

Dear Sigmund, Multiple Personality Disorder is a much discussed topic in my one bedroom bedsit."Signed....Thomas, Jane, Ralf, Tom, Toomey and Spot

Poetry is a man arguing with himself; rhetoric is a man arguing with others.

That's the one issue can't discuss.You can discuss abortion back and forth, discuss gun control back and forth. But you can't have a dissenting opinion in America (politics) on Israel.

If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

The only intelligent way to discuss politics is on all fours.

Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool.

I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table.

I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

The way your parents try to talk to you about politics and pull you to their side, that's an exciting moment in your family.

I'm not going to talk too much politics because I'm not smart enough to do that.

You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan.

I could say much about politics, our only entertainment here, but you would not care a fig about that.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

Mr. Craig was not above talking politics occasionally, though he piqued himself rather on a wise insight than on specific information.

It is pretty damn obvious that there are positive impacts of climate change, even though we are not always allowed to talk about them.

Today's progress, was once yesterday's discussion. Speak aloud, see it through, and most importantly believe!

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

That's one of the things books do. They help us talk. But they also give us something we all can talk about when we don't want to talk about ourselves." Mom