Quotes About Discussion

The less people seem to know about something, the more they pontificate on it.

A defense [of religion] is needed because none has been forthcoming. The discussion has been ceded to men who regard religious belief with frivolous contempt. Their books have in recent years poured from every press, and although differing widely in their style, they are identical in their message: Because scientific theories are true, religious beliefs must be false.

My first and most enduring challenge as CEO was to dramatically improve the quality of both our individual thinking and our group discussions.

The men sit around getting fat and arguing with each other about something they call "philosophy" - most of which is pure nonsense.

The extreme mathematical weirdness of (infinity), which Galileo spends a lot of time in TNS giving examples of, is rather presciently attributed to epistemology instead of metaphysics. Paradoxes arise, according to G.G.'s mouthpiece, only when we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited.

CHAPTER I: DISCUSSION AND BED

The concept is to establish a welcoming structure and routine by assigning students to tables and lunchtime discussion topics based upon their mutual (or similar) passions. If possible, the tables could be moved off to one side of the cafeteria, away from the distracting noise and visuals, to help foster successful conversations.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

All I want is compliance with my wishes, after reasonable discussion.

Ormai quasi sempre le discussioni tra di loro finivano con una risata, la grazia inconfondibile che alleggeriva la loro unione.

As Lord Kitchener observed after one heart-shaking discussion: 'We cannot make war as we ought; we can only make it as we can.

combined to break his reserve; before he knew it, he had joined in a discussion, one of those half cynical, half serious discussions which are characteristic of an age which inquires because it doubts, and doubts the more because it has inquired.

If countries remote from a dispute were among those called upon in the first instance to achieve a settlement the result was likely to be merely vapid and academic discussion.

I remember that we had a discussion in the war about unity of command, and that Mr. Lloyd George said, It is not a question of one general being better than another, but of one general being better than two.

Quit murdering and start arguing.

The great impediment to action is not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action.'—PERICLES.

There's nothing more debauched than thinking. This sort of wantonness runs wild like a wind-borne weed on a plot laid out for daisies. Nothing's sacred for those who think. Calling things brazenly by name, risque analyses, salacious syntheses, frenzied, rakish chases after the bare facts, the filthy fingering of touchy subjects, discussion in heat--it's music to their ears.

By?em kiedy? obecny przy dyskusji Kotta - czy nie z Breiterem? - na temat co chcia? powiedzie? X w swoim ostatnim utworze. Ciskali w siebie cytatami. Zaproponowa?em, ?eby go zapytali przez telefon i nawet da?em im numer. Zamilkli, a po chwili zacz?li rozmawia? o czym innym - gdy problem zosta? zredukowany do telefonicznego pytania, przesta? ich interesowa?.

I asked the girl if she could bring a sister for me. She did. Sister Maria Teresa. It was a very slow evening. We discussed the New Testament. We agreed that He was very well adjusted for an only child.

What is fascinating is that it is physical. You know, that's one thing about intellectuals, they've proved that you can be absolute brilliant and have no idea what's going on. But on the other hand, the body doesn't lie, as we now know. Nono, it'll be great, because all of those ph.Ds are in there, like, discussing modes of alienation, and we'll be in here quietly humping.

She taught me philosophy and I developed a crush on it. We read together and hired a student from Columbia to come in once a week and discuss a different great work. But the arguments we had over free will and monads, while heated, were never as combatative as the ones we had over our marriage. I knew I was in trouble when, in one philosophical discussion, Harlene proved I didn't exist. I

People are always saying the humanities are dead so it's strange how many conferences there are. (p. 203-204)

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

Higher stage [regarding moral reasoning] parents do not use love withdrawal as a parenting technique and prefer discussion-based parenting (e.g., induction). Higher stage parents are less likely to endorse "conventional" values (e.g., obedience, manners, respect for rules and law) and are more likely to endorse values that promote autonomy and commitment to and respect for others.