Hailey Gates Quotes

I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.

I spend a lot of time bathing in a glow of consensus, but you have to be willing to say something to people who might not agree with you and take the consequences of what follows.

I think it's interesting to me to talk to people who don't agree with me all the time.

I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say, 'I don't get it,' it's worth looking at.

I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

You have to learn to have discourse with people you don't necessarily agree with.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

I enjoy the debate... I haven't met a single person in Congress yet that I dislike. It's not about moderating your views: it's about being able to talk about them and defending them in a way that's uplifting to people.

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

I've always been really opinionated, and mixed with being really open hearted, open to people shifting what I think all the time, but I like to speak with conviction.

We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

I play outsiders. That's just the way it's gone for me, and I think that's fantastic. I like it because I've always been interested in how the other guy thinks. I want to know what's going on in his head.

Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.

Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions.

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.