Debating Quotes

I consider myself to be quite persuasive when I want.

In every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise not sense; by meanness, not greatness.

At the Oxford Union I'd never debated before but I gave it a go.

Accent [emphasis] is the soul of speech; it gives it feeling and truth.

A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.

I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

I felt that politics was one place where I could possibly have a career in arguing, debating, and getting to write papers. I almost considered working in law enforcement or something like that, but that didn't really last long.

If somebody tries to tell me the earth was created in 7 days I take a fossil and say "FOSSIL". If he still won't shut up I throw it at him.

I'm not good at throwing around rhetoric.

A lot of people ask me, did debating help me as a writer, and I honestly don't know.

My childhood was a mix of ballet classes and debating society. I liked arguing. As a teenager, I wanted to be an author. Later on, inspired by Young Enterprise and the Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, I decided I wanted to go into business.

We have fossils... We win!

I'm not a polemicist; I had no business writing a polemic.

I think that the candidates who are doing it [not debating] are doing a great disservice to the party. It's a sign of an unhealthy institution.

We deal with all varieties of information. Somebody's always upset no matter what we do. We have to make a decision; otherwise there's a never-ending debate.

Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talking about television. Sharing with friends the thrill of the last episode, debating what will happen next, working to enlist friends to watch the same shows that you love.

Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.

I happen to like debating, and I like to debate like a lawyer, and I can argue any points to death, and I will.

The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight.

You know I love you, right?” The urge to kiss her goodbye was so strong that I almost broke our rules. She smiled, beautiful and golden in the late morning light. “Not as much as I love you.” “Oh, man. This is my dream come true: having an ‘I love you more’ debate. Here, I’ll start. I love you more. Your turn.” Sydney laughed and opened the door. “I’ve taken debate classes. You’d lose to my logic.

Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.

I'm not good at standing on platforms and persuading people to my political point of view. Nor would I seek to. My gift is completely different. It's for presenting an imaginative version of the world which I hope people would recognize and be affected by.

One can always debate questions back and forth.

I'm a better polemicist in prose.