Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I don't watch football debate shows on TV, hardly listen to the radio or read the papers. — Sergio Ramos Copy Share Image
“We could debate whether movies reflect or create the reality. It's clear to me they do both.” — alex tizon Copy Share Image
I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Copy Share Image
What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The tension between 'yes' and no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot,' makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
Just as the sharpening of iron is produced by tension, collision and heat, enduring ideas are created through intense debate and informed… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
I have always felt sympathy towards the biologists who accept to debate creationists. Now I also understand them better; one can fight… — Bertrand Meyer Copy Share Image
My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney and I know the difference between protecting a program, and raiding it. Ladies and gentlemen, our nation needs this debate.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
It's tempting to dismiss the debate about the National Security Agency spying on Americans as a technical conflict about procedural rights. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together,… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
During the Democratic presidential debate Howard Dean started off by apologizing to the crowd for having a cold. Then John Kerry apologized… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
I see Nick's number. I debate whether to assign a name to his number. If I commit to that, then I will… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims… — Scott Ritter Copy Share Image
Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam,… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
In present-day America, expressing reverence for those who serve in uniform is something akin to a religious obligation. Everyone professes to cherish… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
But one thing is certain: the commandments have not changed. Let there be no mistake about that. Right is still right. Wrong… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
An isolated person requires correspondence as a means of seeing his ideas as others see them, and thus guarding against the dogmatisms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How can you say anything other than Ratatouille is Pixar's best movie? Your a chef, for Christ's sake," Sue said. Lou smiled… — Amy E. Reichert Copy Share Image
Such debates [about the nature of Scripture], in my view, distract attention from the real point of what the Bible is there… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
School was more than academics; an education prepared you for the humdrum of real life: working with others, tempering one's personality to… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
After a battle royale debate, the fight between [Marco]Rubio and [Donald]Trump gets ugly. — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Debate and discussions strengthen democracy but violence during protests weaken democracy. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
You can't have a nuanced debate on Twitter, it's just people shouting. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image