Debating Quotes

Your boyfriend seems to think Im being unpleasant to you hes debating whether or not to come break up our fight. - Edward Cullen

You showed your credentials by being able to talk about all this detail, but a lot of people - including Democrats - got sucked into it. They learned the lingo, but they forgot it had no relation to reality. It was like critics of 'The Three Stooges' debating the right way to squirt seltzer up your nose. They forgot that the whole thing was a little silly. - Barney Frank

Why not interview those with opposing views separately and give each more than a minute or two to make their point without having to respond to another person's debating tactics? And why not encourage interviewers to intervene when blatant errors or falsehoods are offered as facts? - Bruce Bartlett

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it. - Alan Valentine

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own. - Colin Powell

When two arrogant people are debating, I prefer to put the headset into my ears. - Unknown

When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was. - Steve Martin

What we're spending our time debating is whether the Fed goes a quarter point or a half point. - Dana Johnson