Discussion Quotes

We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate.

If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

The networks initiated the discussion of live coverage.

Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.

Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long. We thought about making two CDs, 35 minutes each... But the songs need to breathe.

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.

One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.

We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue.

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.

There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.

As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means and how improvisation fits in all that.

When I found the book was condemned as soon as the book was printed, or rather as soon as it was set up ready to print, I held it in plates for a year nearly, waiting to see what would come out of all this discussion.

Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.

The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the political grandstanding and baiting out of the equation.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

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.

I know I will be breaking a taboo. But I'm sure that it will provoke a new discussion. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again.

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter.