#discussion

President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether or not a plan that already failed once will fail again, the establishment would rather distract the American people with gossip. ↗

— Alveda King

#again #already #american #american people #around

If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#great #had #made #many #mistakes

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#almost #any #discussion #fundamentalist #i

The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#benchmark #common #discussion #evolution #fossils

I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#acts #aesthetic #also #always #arena

I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion. ↗

— Pink

#awareness #change #discussion #i #least

If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#desire #devotional #discussions #energy #faith

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion. ↗

— Thomas Reed

#barrier #been #discussion #done #erect

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

#completely #consequent #control #definition #difficulty

I think it's important to travel around in order to get a notion of what's going on, to find out what people are think about. I enjoy talking on campuses most because people are more informed and discussion is generally livelier. ↗

— Harrison Salisbury

#around #because #campuses #discussion #enjoy