Open Discussion quotes:

Send

Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion. -- Colin Farrell
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. -- James Reston
To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators. -- Tony Campolo
I don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion. -- Aretha Franklin
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum. -- Emma Bonino
If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties. -- Dick Spring
What's increasingly clear is that when you are open to a discussion of leadership, and you're relating it to your company, it is much easier to get people to become open. -- Kenneth I. Chenault
We can have open and good discussion with our Republican brothers and sisters. But when we walk into the chapel we should leave our political differences out in the parking lot. -- Scott Howell
I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate. -- Dennis Ritchie
I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus. -- Robert Casey
I don't mind if other people call me an atheist, but I call myself a naturalist. Atheism doesn't tell you much about what I do believe in; the term naturalist opens up the discussion better. -- Greg Graffin
Laughter is such a healing thing, and through laughter, we find commonalities with each other. There's a lot of separation in the world, and by creating more things to laugh at, we can create a common ground for open discussion. -- Sufe Bradshaw
The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic. -- George Soros
When Gingrich attacked CNN's John King for bringing up his alleged proposal of an open marriage to his second wife, Gingrich accused him of lowering the level of discourse in a presidential debate, suggesting that such a discussion is unworthy of consideration by voters. -- Robert Dallek
I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made. -- E. P. Thompson
The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important. -- Noam Chomsky
We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate. -- Russ Feingold
September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good. -- Noam Chomsky
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a risk it won't be open anymore. We spent quite a bit of time with Verizon policy people in addition to participating in a multilateral discussion with the Federal Communications Commission. -- Vint Cerf
I am a big advocate for having an open discussion about team norms and preferences. At The Muse, some of us like to start working at 7:30 A.M. Others focus best from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. Create a culture where it's acceptable not to be working when someone else is working. -- Kathryn Minshew
These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. -- George W. Bush
He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion. -- Richard Whately
Force loses its legitimacy when it is used instead of free and open discussion. -- Gustavo de Greiff
Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion -- Aamir Khan
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. -- James Reston
It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one. -- William Sloane Coffin
The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion. -- Learned Hand
New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths. -- George Bernard Shaw
Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the open discussion of countervailing views. -- John Paul Stevens

Send