Discourse Quotes

298 quotes by 242 authors

Is political discourse still just shouting opinions about subjective, hot-button issues based on poor understanding and outright ignorance about which agreements can never be reached? — Jeffrey Rowland
It's very fashionable to talk about human trafficking in this fantastic AC hall. It's very nice for discussion, discourse, making films and everything. But it… — Sunitha Krishnan
But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but… — Teresa de Lauretis
To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them â€˜commonâ€™ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root… — Robin Lakoff
A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in putting the vast… — Michelle Alexander
The Olivet Discourse is not about the Second Coming of Christ. It is a prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. — David Chilton
The tragedy is that in the name of resisting the internal deterioration of faith and the corruption of the world around them, many Christians -… — James Davison Hunter
Why is one view permissible and the other criminally barred-other than because the force of law is being used to control political discourse and one… — Glenn Greenwald
I wish to note that the level of discourse in Nigeria is abysmally low, and, usually, garnished with character assassination. We allow our personal frustrations… — Unknown Author
Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter. — Carolyn Heilbrun
Nima Shirazi is a rare voice of rational analysis and political insight that provides an eloquent counter to the pervasive absurdities that make up popular… — Susan Abulhawa
The grandest discourse ever delivered is an ostentatious failure if the doctrine of the grace of God be absent from it. — Charles Spurgeon
That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty. — William Shakespeare
All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails… — Samuel Johnson
Love is not a word that describes my feelings; it is not a technique by which I fulfill my needs; it is not an ideal,… — Eugene H. Peterson
But till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. Rich she shall be, that's certain; wise, or I'll… — William Shakespeare
The wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow-citizens . Nothing chills nonsense… — Woodrow Wilson
Is not birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, Manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and such like, the spice and salt that season a man — William Shakespeare
O' thinkest thou we shall ever meet again? I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our times to… — William Shakespeare
The agentive mind is not only active in nature, but it seeks out dialogue and discourse with other active minds. And it is through this… — Jerome Bruner

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