Quotes About Discussion

More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can only be true by accident. A faith worth having is faith worth discussing and testing.

We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.

China is chaotic and complex, requiring a more dictatorial management structure that doesn't have room for democracy or discussion.

Nobody is born a Bolshevik. It has to be learned. And it cannot be learned solely from books either. It is learned, over a long time, by a combination of field work, struggle, personal sacrifices, tests, study, and discussion. The making of a Bolshevik is a long, drawn-out process. But in compensation, when you get a Bolshevik, you have got something. When you get enough of them you can do anything you want to do, including making a revolution.

It is better to explore an idea than to keep a polite silence.

The meal had included five courses, an irony for a summit that had gathered to discuss world hunger. The

Long afterwards, I remember thinking that in all those years of endless analytical discussion only once did we come anywhere near the truth (far enough off as it was) and that was when Paul spoke in a spirit of angry parody.

Well. On which aspect of our ill-advised doings are we about to lecture each other? I have very little to say. As I recall, I exhausted the matter on several other occasions.

If time allowed, I should be delighted to discuss my private life in every choice particular with all of you, but it really isn't relevant.

Civility's nearly as dull as sobriety and I cannot—will not—be labelled dull. I have peper and piones, and a pound of garlik; a ferthing-worth of fenel-seed for fasting dayes, but dullness have I none: nor am I overfond of being discussed.

Are we going to have a sensible discussion?' she said. 'Well, you are sensible,' Lymond said. 'And I am not unconscious, yet.

We always had the greatest arguments over sex and fishing.

Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot

What I wanted, frankly, was someone who would argue me out of the things that I was thinking.

Now we can talk," said Poirot. "When I say that, I mean, really, that I shall talk.

Fortunately at Miss Marple's age, there was always some ailment that could be discussed with slight exaggerations on the patient's part. Miss Marple hesitated between "her shoulder" and "her knee," but finally decided upon the knee. Miss Marple's knee, as she would have put it to herself, was always with her.

When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

Police in China can do whatever they want after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.

If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

Value, like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's nonetheless discussable and mutually appreciated.

If something's true you should be able discuss it or ask whether it's true. It helps me as a comedian. But it doesn't necessarily help my personal life.

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.