Debate Quotes · Page 7

Having a debate with a modern Christian is like punching a sponge.

— Richard Dawkins

It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.

— Carl Hiaasen

To have diversity of opinion in the debate strengthens the outcome and you get a better result.

— Nancy Pelosi

When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.

— Atifete Jahjaga

The debate over troop levels will rage for years; it is...beside the point.

— Rich Lowry

Stop fighting about who created the world and fight against the people who are destroying it

— Anonymous

Post globalisation, the debate has been, 'How much more are we going to liberalise?'

— Nirmala Sitharaman

If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.

— Umar

We pretend that the debate about genetically modified crops is a debate about science when the reality is, actually, that the science…

— Mark Walport

My mother was Catholic, my father was Protestant. There was always a debate going on at home - I think in those…

— David Bowie

“Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave…

— Germany Kent

A fool is he that comes to preach or prate, When men with swords their right and wrong debate. [It., Chi conta…

— Torquato Tasso

Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct…

— Andrei Sakharov

What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the…

— Toni Morrison

I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during…

— Josh Gad

I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president... and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude.'

— Jon Stewart

I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political…

— Jimmy Carter

After listening to the debate on unemployment I can see a danger that Liberals lose to the Tories their claim to have…

— Jo Grimond

I welcome opposing viewpoints, but I should warn you that you'll be facing off against the 2nd-place finisher at the 1981 Charleston…

— Stephen Colbert

I will say I was a lot bigger as Superman. A lot bigger. I'm not saying how much. It's modesty about the…

— Henry Cavill

“I'll stop eating steak when you stop killing spiders." Absurdity: comparing cows to spiders. Arachnids are pure evil. They're like a cigarette…

— Davey Havok

Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or…

— David Suzuki

And we debate whether it's a - some woman's right to tear you out of there a piece at a time! C'mon!…

— Phil Robertson

One of the most horrifying and surprising evolutions we have witnessed among our widespread campus network is the rapid movement away from…

— Charlie Kirk

Have you ever wondered, perhaps, why opinions which the majority of people quite naturally hold are, if anyone dares express them publicly,…

— Enoch

If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless…

— Jill Stein

the word 'justification' has itself had a chequered career over the course of many centuries of debate. As the major historian of…

— Anonymous

Before the internet, a journalist would write an article about a company that the company felt was unfair and missed a point.…

— Henry Blodget

Our feelings alone don't change what happens with the police, what happens in jail, what happens when someone tries to go to…

— Melissa Gira Grant

I think on all the debate on immigration, and all of that, the class of person that should be given the benefit…

— Preston Manning

I am very annoyed about this issue. Why can’t it be a choice? Why is that any less legitimate? It seems we’re…

— Cynthia Nixon

I think it's very sad that CNN leads Jeb Bush, down a road by starting off virtually all the questions, "Mr. Trump…

— Jeb Bush

While having policy debate, we need to hold the race in a way to attract people toward the DPJ.

— Seiji Maehara

I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself.

— Mehdi Hasan

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

— Peter Jennings

Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.

— Diego Luna

Our God-given right to protect our country, ourselves and our families shouldn't be up for debate.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

— Thomas Carlyle

If you are feeling overly optimistic the Republican Candidates Debate is on.

— Kristen Schaal

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.

— Billy Corgan