Quotes About Discussion

For my part, I ignored her jibes, as I had long ago formed the opinion that it is best never to notice children at all in any capacity lest they take a simple greeting as an overture for discussion -- or worse yet, touching by grubby, sweet-sticky fingers.

Faith is one of only two things in mankind's consciousness that defies discussion. The other is one's marriage.

Only two things in man's consciousness defy discussion: faith and one's marriage.

A philosopher's main task is to compulsively filibuster

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days.

Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory.

La lección que Anita saca de la discusión con su marido es bien clara: la justicia es un lujo al alcance de muy pocos.

Este capítulo te ha ofrecido recursos básicos para determinar el resultado de una discusión: Establece tu objetivo personal. Establece tus objetivos para tu audiencia. ¿Quieres cambiar su estado de ánimo, su opinión o su disposición a realizar lo que tú desees?

En una discusión, triunfamos cuando convencemos al público. En una lucha, vencemos cuando dominamos al enemigo.

La verdad surge de la discusión entre amigos. DAVID HUME

While the rest of the world fights, we'll argue. And argument gets you what you want more than fighting does.

Este capítulo te ayudará a distinguir entre una discusión y una lucha, y a decidir lo que deseas sacar de una discusión.

No obstante, las parejas exitosas discutían de manera diferente y con un propósito distinto. Los retóricos dirían que seguían instintivamente los principios básicos de la discusión.

La discusión suponía para ellas un problema, no un medio para una solución. Las felices discutían. Las infelices luchaban.

I didn't come in here to argue with a woman with big hair

Dites-en du bien, dites-en du mal, mais dites-en quelque chose.

If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society.

The story of a marriage was an excellent way to fulfill the goal of discussing class without discussing class, and to tell an audience that they were upwardly mobile.

She discussed this with Hound when they were alone, and it bothered him, too.

3. The séance was for real and everyone knows it. But they won't discuss it because A. they don't trust me, B. they don't like me, or C. they're playing it down because they're plotting to get me alone after school, duct tape my mouth, and throw me over the fence so Annaliese can rip out my throat with her ghostly teeth. Okay. Now that's paranoid.

If you're not getting together to have rich discussions about your stories, then you're not really using stories.

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.

I remember saying once to my friend Susan, when my marriage was becoming intolerable, I don't want my children growing up in a household like this. Susan said, Why don't you leave those so-called children out of the discussion? They don't even exist yet. Why can't you just admit that you don't want to live in unhappiness anymore?