Debated Quotes

53 quotes by 53 authors

Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of the garden was… — Terry Pratchett
[T]he visibility of styles is itself a product of historical consciousness. ... The very notion of "style" needs to be approached historically. Awareness of style… — Susan Sontag
I've always been infuriated by Bertie, I have to say. I never appreciated his style of politics. I thought it was very superficial, running around… — Lucinda Creighton
At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is… — William J. Brennan
In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally… — John Kenneth Galbraith
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run on aggregate demand… — Paul Krugman
In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it does not protect… — Stephen Halbrook
I've debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he… — R C Sproul
Immigration is everyoneâ€™s business: it is one of the most important national issues. The idea that it is too dangerous to be debated is a… — Geoffrey Blainey
While our managers debated what steps to take to address the sales and cash-flow crisis, I began to lead week-long employee seminars in what we… — Yvon Chouinard
Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters… — Samuel Johnson
An academic discipline, or any other semiotic domain, for that matter, is not primarily content, in the sense of facts and principles. It is rather… — James Paul Gee
We donâ€™t need more â€˜What if the mother is going to dieâ€™ debated, we need â€˜I had an abortion because I was not ready to… — Neko Case
Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of thought. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty. — Henry L. Stimson
DMT is a reliable method for crossing in to a dimension that human beings have debated the existence of for 50.000 years. Is there an… — Terence McKenna
In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same… — Jim Sensenbrenner
The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China. — Chen-Ning Yang
Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and… — Carol Bellamy

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