Quotes About Discussion

It's better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

I had talks with my American colleague, (Treasury Secretary) John Snow, which created the basis on which the forgiveness of Iraqi debt can be settled mutually in the Paris Club.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on Friends is.

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.

Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues.

As an academic, I value the free exchange of ideas.

Reddit has attracted a lefty, libertarian audience since the beginning.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.

I enjoy a good reasoned argument. I love the power of logic.

Dear Feliks . . . I consider that we must as soon as possible move to a more "liberal" form of Soviet rule: fewer repressions, more legality, more discussion, more self-rule (under the party's guidance naturaliter [Bukharin liked to use Latin]), etc. . . . That is why I sometimes speak out against proposals to widen the rights of the GPU, etc. Understand, dear Feliks (you know how much I love you) that you have no reasons whatsoever to suspect me of any

Thanks. Maybe we could discuss it over dinner." "Sure. I'll call you tomorrow, during dinner.

If our lives and ministries are expressions of what we actually believe, and if what we believe is off center and yet so pervasive that it is seldom even brought to conscious discussion, much less debated, then this explains why our impact on the world is so paltry compared to our numbers. I cannot overemphasize the fact that this modern understanding of Christianity is neither biblical nor consistent with the bulk of church history.

Do you really think you are going to change anyone's mind? I always wonder, who are these people who spend all day on Internet message boards and comments sections getting really angry and trying to prove that their opinion is THE opinion that everyone should have.

Intellectual controversies tend to be like dog fights without the teeth, in which the barking not the biting does the damage.

Come now, let us reason together.

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.

Democracy is not only a form of state, it is not just something that is embodied in a constitution; democracy is a view of life, it requires a belief in human beings, in humanity. . . . I have already said that democracy is a discussion. But the real discussion is possible only if people trust each other and if they try fairly to find the truth.

Remember, our very first job is to appropriately monitor our teen's safety. After all, if we're not successful at that, then any discussion of cognitive skills is irrelevant.

We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.