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I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus. — Miguel Syjuco

Time spent arguing is, oddly enough, almost never wasted. — Christopher Hitchens

The two sides of the debate don't even mention that viewpoint, so far outside the bounds of respectable thought it lies. — Anonymous

I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. — Christopher Lasch

The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though. — Vanessa Kerry

I think that you have a situation where one political party, in specific, if you watched the Republican debate, it's all about terrorism. — Juan Williams

I've never heard of William Craig. A debate with him might look good on his resume, but it wouldn't look good on mine! — Richard Dawkins

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate. — Joseph Nye

Faced with intolerance and hatred, no debate is possible. — Jacques Chirac

There is no debate whether we need a cultural policy or not. We do need it, but there are different ways of doing it. — Frederic Martel?

These truth-seeking students gathered at a local pub on the campus of King's College, called the White Horse Inn, to debate the ideas of Luther. — Steven J. Lawson

There are plenty of dates that are dead nights that you could do. There are plenty evenings that are dead nights that you could have the debates in. — Donald Trump

I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate. — Pitbull

I've won every debate I've had with an atheist, and never converted even a single one. — Francis Joseph Sheed

People still think there's sort of a debate around the Charter that politicos go into. And I get wrapped up in it, too, from time to time. — Justin Trudeau

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate). — Armie Hammer

A number of individuals tried to make my homosexuality a topic of debate. I admittedly found that rather upsetting. — Jens Spahn

I've always been very wary of debates involving women. — Tony Abbott

He who frames the question wins the debate. — Randall Terry

He don't debate he concentrate on survivin'
He don't like to drive if he's been drinkin'
But he'll drink while he's drivin'
He's the dude — Devin The Dude

I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate. — Karen Hughes

I think the thing that the American people want is for the divisive debate on health care to stop. — Jacob Lew

You can't serve on every committee. But you can know what happened, what the debate was, who said what. — Kevin McCarthy

The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight. — Homer

The only thing what happens in the Houses of Parliament is the debate about foxes, badgers and moles — Wayne Wignall

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate. — John Ralston Saul

The whole size zero debate is disgusting. My sister, who's 13, looks amazing - but she's already worried about her figure. — Billie Piper

The range of debate between the dominant U.S. [political] parties tends to closely resemble the range of debate within the business class. — Robert Waterman McChesney

It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate. — Carl Hiaasen

Let's chew on the chewables! — Pawan Mishra

Do not debate! is one of my inventions. — Deng Xiaoping

Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate ... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us? — Bob Inglis

I think three debates is good. I think it should be on a night where viewers are going to be able to watch. — Donald Trump

Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good. — Bill O'Reilly

[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate. — Hermann Bondi

It's too much show business and too much prompting, too much artificiality, and not really debates. They're rehearsed appearances. — George H. W. Bush

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said. — Criss Jami

It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics. — Al Gore

You're arguing in a circle," I said. "In a spiral," said Lamiel, "which is the best way to argue. — Harry Blamires

But, once you get a taste for shutting people up, it's hard to stop. Why bother winning the debate when it's easier to close it down? — Mark Steyn

With or without a Social Security fix, Americans don't have enough assets to retire on. There has to be a much larger debate. — Frank Keating

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction. — Hillary Clinton

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country. — Theresa May

Opinion pages have an impact on public debate, and they sometimes reveal things the government would rather have kept quiet. — Andrew Rosenthal

Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change. — Jeff Goodell

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. — Lyndon B. Johnson

If you are feeling overly optimistic the Republican Candidates Debate is on. — Kristen Schaal

I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions. — Sebastiao Salgado

Cloture is simply cutting off debate. — Ted Cruz

We could debate whether movies reflect or create the reality. It's clear to me they do both. — Alex Tizon

Intellectual discourse and investigation is admittedly great fun but only truly meaningful when conducted in the service of others. — Sergio De La Pava

I can tell you is all nine of the people here [ on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. — Ted Cruz

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture. — Ibrahim Babangida

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate. — Franklin Pierce

The more you win a debate intellectually, the more you lose it practically. — Daya Kudari

Dialogue unplugs you from your own programming as you become more real; debate turns up the voltage and entrenches you more deeply. — Oli Anderson

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't. — Michael Moore

We've become more tolerant because we're tired of the debate. — Suzanne Fields

Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Love is the most pernicious drug of all. Let the romantics debate its existence. Pragmatists accept it and use it. — Stephen King

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science. — James Inhofe

If you have no competition there's no need to debate. — T.F. Hodge

In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent. — Gary Bauer

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness. — Dennis Prager

The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Within the reigning social order, the general public must remain an object of manipulation, not a participant in thought, debate, and decision. — Noam Chomsky

In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism. — Maajid Nawaz

Frustration is having a debate with a blind man on shades of red — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really are. — Jesse Ventura

Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest. — Mahatma Gandhi

Always following behind a prosecuting attorney, one defense counselor or another was unwittingly drawn into a debate with the previous speaker. — Jason Lucky Morrow

Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate! — Randy Pausch

A fool and his money be soon at debate — Thomas Tusser

Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human. — Bryce Courtenay

Most people would agree that the details matter when it faces the user. But where the real debate is on things that don't face the user. — Keith Rabois

The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. — Elliott Abrams

My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking. — Scott Ritter

While having policy debate, we need to hold the race in a way to attract people toward the DPJ. — Seiji Maehara

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. — Criss Jami

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree. — Elbert Hubbard

I like the debate, but I don't really like the fight. I don't like being in the ring. I'm not competitive. — Zoe Bell

The first presidential debate was down in Florida. Residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions. — David Letterman

We shall seek debate without division or rancour. — Johann Lamont

When I'm debating others, whether it's Eleanor Clift or Bob Beckel, you're still in a fierce debate mode, but you're also on best behavior. — Monica Crowley

To cut 1930s jobless, FDR taxed corps and rich. Govt used money to hire many millions. Worked then; would now again. Why no debate on that? — Richard D. Wolff

If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up. — Bill Simmons

News writing and sports writing have become synonymous. And it started with, you know, free agency, and now it's in the concussion debate. — Jane Leavy

I'm just a very normal person, living in north London, doing my best for my area and to put forward some serious debate on issues in the party. — Jeremy Corbyn

Don't play semantic games with the prospect. Advertising is not a debate. It's a seduction. — Al Ries

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. — Jim Lehrer

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

Fuck that person. Fuck them in the face.
With a cabbage. — Julio Alexi Genao

Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects. — Theodore Roosevelt

I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate. — Tom Cole

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting. — Gloria Feldt

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so. — Michael Palin

For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. — Margaret Heffernan

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