Discussion Quotes

"The aim for discussion or ...

"The aim for discussion or argument should not be victory, but progress" Joseph Joubert
📅︎ Mar 04
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"The only people afraid of d...

"The only people afraid of discussion are the ones whose points are too fragile to defend."
📅︎ Feb 13
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There’s no way to have a civil dis...

There’s no way to have a civil discussion when people can’t agree on what’s true and what isn’t. —Jerry Large
📅︎ Feb 16
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"Discussions are always better than arguments, beca...

"Discussions are always better than arguments, because an argument is to determine *who* is right, while a discussion is to determine *what* is right" -- unknown
📅︎ Jan 05
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"Democracy means government by discu...

"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking." — Clement Atlee
📅︎ Jan 06
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“People conflate discussion w...

“People conflate discussion with advocacy. People confuse debate with binary thought.” ~My Dad
📅︎ Dec 21
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"You must show that a man is wrong before you start explaining why he is wrong. The mod...

"You must show that a man is wrong before you start explaining why he is wrong. The modern method is to assume without discussion that he is wrong and then distract his attention from this (the only real issue) by busily explaining how he became so silly." -- CS Lewis
📅︎ Jul 18
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"Democracy means government by discu...

"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking." — Clement Atlee
📅︎ Aug 05
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"We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discuss...

"We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost. But when you have a discussion about whether or not we can assist people who are suffering, then suddenly we become very cost-conscious." - Prof. Andrew Bacevich
📅︎ Apr 16
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" The conversation between your fingers and ...

" The conversation between your fingers and someone else's skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have." - Iain S. Thomas
📅︎ Apr 29
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"We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discuss...

"We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost. But when you have a discussion about whether or not we can assist people who are suffering, then suddenly we become very cost-conscious." - Prof. Andrew Bacevich
📅︎ Feb 28
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I get the feeling that we’re in the general...

I get the feeling that we’re in the general area of the topic of discussion now. Could we now get to the point? —Gareth Blackstock, Chef!
📅︎ Sep 23
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The real test of compassion is not what ...

The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life. - Dalai Lama
📅︎ Aug 08
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"So we can proceed with our disc...

"So we can proceed with our discussion on the assumption that you are serious?" - Socrates (in Giorgas)
📅︎ Sep 02
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"Fellowship in church could be improved if...

"Fellowship in church could be improved if it was held as a group discussion, at night, and accompanied by wine." - George Washington
📅︎ Aug 20
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Remember: Rewar...

Remember: Rewards come in action, not in discussion.
📅︎ Feb 21
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"The aim of argument, or of d...

"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress." - Joseph Joubert
📅︎ Aug 19
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"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance a...

"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion." -Lord Acton
📅︎ Apr 27
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Discussion is always better than argumen...

Discussion is always better than argument because argument is to find 'Who is right' and discussion is to find 'What is right'.
📅︎ Dec 17
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“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert t...

“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the process of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” ~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis’ concurring opinion in Whitney v. California (1927)
📅︎ Aug 18
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"Offending people is a necessary and healthy act. Every time yo...

"Offending people is a necessary and healthy act. Every time you say something that's offensive to another person you just caused a discussion. You just forced them to have to think." Louis C.K.
📅︎ Aug 06
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"We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discuss...

"We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost. But when you have a discussion about whether or not we can assist people who are suffering, then suddenly we become very cost-conscious." - Prof. Andrew Bacevich
📅︎ Nov 02
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"Homocidal tendencies are like spr...

"Homocidal tendencies are like sprinkles, you can put them on anything" - a discussion on abnormal psychology
📅︎ Dec 07
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