Debates Quotes

126 quotes by 118 authors

Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by… — Nathan Myhrvold
I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My… — Richard M. Nixon
I think a lot of moral debates are not over what is the basis of justice, but who gets a ticket to play in the… — Steven Pinker
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and… — Steven Pinker
Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates… — Mitt Romney
In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of… — Jonathan Sacks
When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I… — Gary Vaynerchuk
If I can get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states and be allowed into the debates, I'd not only run, I'd win. — Jesse Ventura
For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and… — Ai Weiwei
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. — Elwyn Brooks White
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest. — William Penn
On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of… — Thomas Jefferson
The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them. — David Gemmell
She would make facial expressions as though she were having conversations with people in her head.They seemed to turn into debates more often than not,judging… — Cecelia Ahern
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress. — Hendrik Willem van Loon
The world of TV debates is antiquated. What looked smart and modern in 1960, with Kennedy versus Nixon, looks quaint and over-rehearsed between Obama and… — Ruzwana Bashir
I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions… — Bruce Feiler
Debates require a lot of hard work and preparation. If you try to wing it, it shows. — Mark McKinnon

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