Debate Quotes · Page 8

Say this out loud five times fast! 'I won a math debate.'

— Anonymous

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems.

— Georg Brandes

Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.

— Donald L. Carcieri

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.

— Ariel Helwani

The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.

— Thomas Paine

My statements aren't incomplete, they're just in-progress. It's a debate and a discussion.

— M.I.A

The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.

— Elizabeth I

There is some debate in professional circles about whether the so-called “midlife crisis” exists.

— James Hollis

I grew up in Orlando, Florida, and I joined the debate team right around the time of the 2000 election.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

The Republican debate got pretty heated. They spent most of their time arguing over who God called first.

— Jay Leno

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.

— Herbert Hoover

Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.

— Bill Moyers

If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.

— Jacques Parizeau

After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a…

— Robyn Hitchcock

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued…

— Caleb Cushing

I have gay friends in my life who are conservative. I have gay friends in my life who are for gay marriage…

— Andrew Breitbart

Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but…

— Carl Sagan

After two years of hard work and debate, Congress has passed a highway bill that will help fuel our economy by creating…

— Bob Ney

I suppose that the sympathetic/unsympathetic debate about characters sometimes feels to me like a misstatement of purpose. I always think of truly…

— Rick Moody

These are party-sanctioned debates. This is a presidential election, you show up at the debates. These are the rules. We have a…

— Ryan Grim

There is too much disagreement for disagreement's sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred…

— Cory Booker

Shortly after her nomination was announced,[Betsy] DeVos tweeted, almost as if she had forgotten something important to say. And she said, I…

— Claudio Sanchez

In all disputes, a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at…

— Nelson Mandela

The plight of the terrified Central American children who have flooded across the U.S. border to escape violence and poverty in their…

— Óscar Arias

Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he…

— Jonathan Swift

The Cable Guy was underbudgeted, so it was always a debate about whether we could have more days or certain things that…

— Judd Apatow

Some dozens of years ago, there was a debate conducted between people insisting that "this loaf of bread must be redistributed," and…

— Zygmunt Bauman

Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad.…

— Henry A. Kissinger

I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Donald Trump claims - he did interview after the debate where he said, well, gosh, you can't find Americans to do these…

— Ted Cruz

More likely, there were probably some real divisions within the Iranian government - some groups wanted to ally with al Qaeda against…

— Kenneth M. Pollack

When it comes to the whole debate today over evolution versus creation, Jesus affirmed the early chapters of Genesis were accurate when…

— Charlie Campbell

When you look at that debate stage, Mitt Romney could have dominated it maybe.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

— Geraldine Ferraro

We are Americans, We have the right to participate and debate any administration.

— Hillary Clinton

There are gonna be a core set of values that shouldn't be up for debate. Should be our north star.

— Barack Obama

Grace is ours. Let's live it! Deny it or debate it and we kill it.

— Charles R. Swindoll

If you listen to the debate, [Barack Obama] and [John] McCain said the same thing about gay rights.

— Bill Ayers

The Internet has compromised the quality of debate.

— Noam Chomsky

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.

— Bob Woodward