#consensus

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#along #been #bunch #consensus #ever

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported. ↗

— Paul Berg

#approach #consensus #developing #discussion #effort

There's a bit of debate about that; some say it was really Matthew, but the popular consensus is that Mark was the first one, so that's why I did that one first. And I was planning on doing all four. ↗

— Chester Brown

#bit #consensus #debate #did #doing

The Obama administration's attempted short-term fixes, even with unprecedented monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, produced average GDP growth of just 2.2% over the past three years, and the consensus outlook appears no better for the year ahead. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#ahead #appears #attempted #average #better

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#certainly #consensus #even #first #first world

Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#comedy #consensus #general #preferred #softer

The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order. ↗

— Anna Garlin Spencer

#common #consensus #earth #expression #feminine

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#constitutes #marriage

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#being #consensus #had #hear #other

Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage. ↗

— Judy Davis

#because #boy #california #caught #consensus