Debates Quotes

Debates, I hate.

— George H. W. Bush

Debates are boring.

— Mario Cuomo

“Great ideas doesn't need approvals, they need application.”

— Amit Kalantri

Polemical debates happen all the time in France.

— Michel Houellebecq

I play piano, a little Gershwin, before debates.

— Michelle Wu

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

— Geraldine Ferraro

I like to hear conversations that are debates.

— Misha Green

I oversee debates, premises, questions. And that's my role.

— Lindsay Hoyle

I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.

— Stephen A. Smith

I cannot believe that [Donald Trump] is actually in the debates.

— Bill Burr

“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I started working at Focus on the Family doing debates and media and cultural studies.

— John Eldredge

I think three debates is good. I think it should be on a night where viewers are going to be able to…

— Donald Trump

Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates.

— Richie Sambora

Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

— Anonymous

Debates about housing dynamics are often vague, anectdotal, and ad hominem.

— Jake Auchincloss

Society is indeed better off when we share knowledge with one another and have open debates about the issues in the public…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I find it unnecessary, useless and frankly a bit unnecessary to get into all sorts of debates over President Obama's religion or…

— Mike Huckabee

These esoteric, intellectual debates-I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have…

— Chris Christie

“Be transparent. Let's build a community that allows hard questions and honest conversations so we can stir up transformation in one another.”

— Germany Kent

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast,…

— Barack Obama

In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make…

— Julius Genachowski

I want to create the largest archive of great God debates in existence: a Web site that becomes a great resource for…

— Dinesh D'Souza

I spent four and a half hours debating Donald Trump in three debates, which I think should put to rest any questions…

— Hillary Clinton

One one hand, it's important to hear out the other side and try to reason with them using facts. The problem arises…

— Ana Kasparian

I suspect, too, that the modern debates represent the effort of candidates with widely-varying constituencies and special interests to please to tip…

— Allen C. Guelzo

I never listen to debates. They are dreadful things indeed. The plain truth is that I am not a fair man, and…

— H. L. Mencken

The show with Buckley and Vidal was happening live. There was no editing. There was no delay. So they were aghast. How…

— Morgan Neville

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and…

— Mark McKinnon

For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence…

— Preston Manning

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights…

— Ai Weiwei

I really don't have time at the moment for coalition debates. The voters will decide what the next parliament will look like.…

— Martin Schulz

Bret Baier is a hard-news guy. He does the debates. He's not biased.

— Jedediah Bila

“Almost all political debates by politicians are no more than mutual leg pulling.”

— Ravi Ranjan Goswami

“The longer a person's twitter @username is, the harder it is to argue with them … on twitter.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There's no question that many factors contribute to voters' perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.

— Mark McKinnon

Mexico isn't a country of routine debates among presidential candidates.

— Denise Dresser

“Discussions, debates and even arguments will be fruitful if done with an open mind.”

— Haresh Sippy

The real dynamic is that when Greens are in the debates, Conservatives don't do as well.

— Elizabeth May

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

— John Stuart Mill