The aim of argument, or of
discussion, should not be victory, but progress
View quotes by Joseph JoubertDiscussion is the first infirmity of feeble minds.
View quotes by Edward F BensonDiscussion in America means dissent.
View quotes by James ThurberIf there is anything in the universe that can't stand
discussion, let it crack.
View quotes by Wendell PhillipsWe had a
discussion but I didn't ask for his opinion [on Mourinho moaning]
View quotes by Raymond DomenechWe're having a philosophical
discussion about the yob ethics of professional footballers.
View quotes by Tom StoppardFrequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the
discussion.
View quotes by Franklin PierceThe Cuban revolution had just taken place, and there was a tremendous
discussion going on about it [on reading about Marxism]
View quotes by Henry FlyntEvery great movement must experience three stages: ridicule,
discussion, adoption.
View quotes by John Stuart MillI know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of
discussion as in America.
View quotes by TocquevilleAt my house, the main
discussion at lunch was what we were going to have for dinner. Salads were either macaroni or Waldorf.
View quotes by Paul LyndeDemocracy means government by
discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
View quotes by Clement AttleeThe drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual
discussion: what is left is theater.
View quotes by Robertson DaviesThe first comment I read was very nice, and the next comment was terribly flattering, and then the next one said something like 'I can't bear the sight of him!' [on web forum
discussion on him being Doctor Who]
View quotes by David TennantAvoid any specific
discussion of public policy at public meetings.
View quotes by Quintus CiceroWhen you turn the
discussion onto talk of religion, you will soon start to reveal a whole range of views ranging from the ardent supporter to the ardent atheist.
View quotes by Arthur HertzbergAmericans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public
discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.
View quotes by James Baldwin'Make America what we want it to be — a literate country and a hopefuller country.' —Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2001
'Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.'
Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000
'I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race.'
Describing a phone call to Sen. John Breaux. Crawford, Texas, Dec. 2, 2000
'The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.'
Austin, Texas, Nov. 22, 2000
'They misunderestimated me.'
Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
'They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.'
St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000
'The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty... I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas.'
-All Things Considered, NPR, June 16, 2000
BUSH: 'First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciseis de Septiembre, and ...'
MATTHEWS: 'What's that in English?' BUSH: 'Fifteenth of September.' (Dieciseis de Septiembre = Sept. 16)
-Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000
'It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.'
-Reuters, May 5, 2000
'Will the highways on the Internet become more few?'
-Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
'This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.'
-Speaking during 'PERSEVERENCE Month' at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000
'What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody
else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position.'
-The San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000
'Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?'
-Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
'Gov. Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure.'
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'I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.'
-U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000
View quotes by George W Bush
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