Quotes of: Debates Keyword

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

Bainbridge Colby

Should we tolerate debate within feminism's ranks? Undebatable! But it's not so simple: women are socialised to avoid conflict; when we do differ, especially on politics and in public, it's still tediously labelled a 'catfight.'

Robin Morgan

In this universe of ours, with its wealth of errors and legends, historical data and false information, one absolute truth is the fact that Superman is Clark Kent. All the rest is always open to debate.

Umberto Eco

After two years of hard work and debate, Congress has passed a highway bill that will help fuel our economy by creating roughly 500,000 new jobs, as well as address many critical transportation needs in Ohio and the 18th Congressional District.

Bob Ney

I'm working as hard as I can. Yesterday, I had five different debates. I don't get a half an hour a day to talk to my wife. I don't know how much harder I can work.

James P. Moran

There are numerous biographies of Woolf. Biography has been highly influential in shaping the reception ofWoolf ’s work, and her life has been as much debated as her writing. I would recommend the following three which represent three different bio...

The Cambridge Introduction to Virginia Woolf

If you believe in the eighteenth century view of the mind, you will look and act wimpy. You will think that all you need to do is give people the facts and the figures and they will reach the right conclusion. You will think that all you need to do i...

Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives

The only debatable issue, it seems to me, is whether it is more ridiculous to turn to experts in social theory for general well-confirmed propositions, or to the specialists in the great religions and philosophical systems for insights into fundament...

The Essential Chomsky

De Bono argues that the West's tradition of settling disagreement by debate or argument is an example of reliance on logic.

Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't

Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate and made every window, kitchen implement, and subway station a rehearsal for tragedy.

Girl, Interrupted

the instant she made a point of telling me I was just as good as them, I saw that the whole question was open to debate and she was cheering me on because I was on the losing team

The Gap Year

The more degrees of freedom there are in practice, the wider the discussion and debate can be.

Holding on to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones: Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighting for

There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence.

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness

The most central truth to the creation account is that this world is a place for God's presence.

The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate

Dwarfs are very attached to gold. Any highwayman demanding 'Your money or your life' had better bring a folding chair and packed lunch and a book to read while the debate goes on.

Men at Arms

Sarah in the City of Moon is a children’s book debating humanity, tackling questions such as: are conflicts taught or are they innate?” – Dalia Qutob 'Children are the best Legislators of the law and bylaw of love.''-Dalia Qutob

Sarah in the City of Moon

Like most so-called debates between liberals and conservatives, they weren’t interested in listening or responding to each other. They were solely concerned with making sound bites.

SuperMale's Gone and Left Us

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.

Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate

[A] great deal of what we believe we do not know firsthand; instead we have faith in the knowledge of specialists.

Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate

I always lift both lids of the toilet seat before I pee. Then I sit down while tinkling. If you think that’s crazy, then you haven’t seen a Florida gubernatorial debate.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

You don’t stockpile guns because ‘you never know’. You stockpile guns because you know. And while you may be wrong, your shitload of guns says you no longer welcome debate on the subject.

The World's Game