Quotes tagged ‘Debate’

(37 total)

“I don't attack people, just ideas.”

“Any time you're creating debate, I think, is the best way to start any revolution.”

“Our democracy is built on debate, Congresswoman! I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee. The people of the 5th elected me to serve their interest. I am sure we agree on that!”

— Ilhan Omar, twitter.com

“On the Midwest: People call us the heart of America; we pride ourselves on being real, salt of the earth folks who help each other out, swap creamed corn recipes, have euchre tournaments, and debate good-naturedly over who makes the best deep dish pizza. (Seriously, only tourists eat that shit.)”

— Melanie LaForce, amazon.com

“Suddenly a dark cloud settled over first period... I got a C in debate?”

— Amy Heckerling, Cher Horowitz, Alicia Silverstone, imdb.com

“Please, please, kids, stop fighting. Maybe Lisa's right about America being the land of opportunity, and maybe Adil's got a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of the workers.”

— Sam Simon, George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta, imdb.com

“Horrible ideas have a long history of advancement through ‘respectful debate’ among folks whose bodies those ideas do not affect.”

— Danielle Tcholakian, longreads.com

“I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.”

— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com

“Age old debate. People these days always talk about how disgusting butchers and people who sell meat are, however I've found that people who sell fruits and vegetables are grocer.”

— Celdamaged, reddit.com

“Now, you're going to use our song to disrupt our debate. This is crazy.”

— Al Sharpton, washingtonpost.com

“It is quite impossible for a proposition to state that it itself is true”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com

“Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.”

— Gertrude Stein, en.wikiquote.org

“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”

— Christopher Hitchens, amazon.com

“[Cultural] appropriation suggests theft, and a process analogous to the seizure of land or artifacts. In the case of culture, however, what is called appropriation is not theft but messy interaction. Writers and artists necessarily engage with the experiences of others. Nobody owns a culture, but ev…”

— Kenan Malik, nytimes.com

“In general: why has the movement for social justice unfolded in such a way that its most passionate members have forbidden complexity, nuance, internal criticism, and conditional support? [...] Why do people insist we all be loyal soldiers at precisely the time we need robust internal debate the mos…”

— Freddie DeBoer, medium.com

“Academics and the media in particular should support viewpoint diversity instead of serving as the handmaidens of political expediency by trying to exclude voices or damage reputations and careers. If academics and the media won’t support open debate, who will?”

— Roger Pielke Jr., wsj.com

“Chris Wallace: Didn't Trump Foundation money pay out your lawsuits? Donald Trump: No, we put up the American flag, that's it.”

— Chris Wallace, youtube.com

“We will create an economic machine the likes of which we haven’t seen in many decades. And people, Chris, will go back to work and they’re going to make a lot of money. We’ll have companies that will grow and expand and start from new.”

— Donald Trump, youtube.com

“I’m a big fan of NATO, but they need to pay up.”

— Donald Trump, youtube.com

“I'd be happy to compare what we do with the Trump Foundation, which took money from other people and bought a six foot portrait of Donald. I mean, who does that? It just was astonishing.”

— Hillary Clinton, youtube.com