489 Quotes About Debate

Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.

Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

It is always healthy to be honest.

An artist who is ‘anti-censorship’ is essentially waving a white flag; declaring their work to be inconsequential; a smudge; a scribble, a doddle, or a polka dot.

A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean … or what we really think.

Zaya set his fingertips atop a book and looked at Col. “One of the commanders turned a whole field of soldiers into potatoes. Then had them crushed underfoot by horses.”“They couldn’t feel much when they were potatoes. It was less cruel, really.

The number 2 is a very dangerous number: that is why the dialectic is a dangerous process

And talking about books as though something were at stake in a book. Not opening up a book to worship it or be elevated by it or to lose yourself to the world around you. No, boxing with the book.