Meaningful Discussion Quotes

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

I think that not criticizing my successor is a statement unto itself, in terms of trying to create an environment where people are able to have a meaningful discussion or debate without trash talk.

I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.

It's really nice to have someone who's intelligent and articulate to talk to about what you're doing, because it's a big part of who we are.

Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.

I like reading things where someone's looked at what I do with some honesty, and maybe been challenged by it, and they have something to say that shows they've thought about it, even if they don't necessarily like it.

Everybody knows that really intimate conversation is only possible between two or three. As soon as there are six or seven, collective language begins to dominate. That is why it is a complete misinterpretation to apply to the Church the words 'Wheresoever two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.' Christ did not say two hundred, or fifty, or ten. He said two or three.

I try to always bring topics to the table that matter, topics that I think need to be discussed and reflected on.

...what I feel we ought to do at this juncture is to dash off somewhere where it's quiet and there aren't so many housesdancing the 'Blue Danube' and shove some tea into ourselves. And over the pot and muffins I shall have something veryimportant to say to you.

I'm just trying to be truthful and collaborate with people who have interesting things to say.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

If two people have the same opinion, one is unnecessary. ... I don't want to talk, to communicate, with someone who agrees with me; I want to communicate with you because you see it differently. I value that difference.

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?

Ignorance is not something that lends itself to a meaningful discussion.

The real axis of social change is not horizontal, but vertical. We don’t need a whole bunch of people gathering to think shallow thoughts together. What we need is for as many people as are ready to go there, to gather and think deep thoughts together.

There's no way to be prepared for a conversation with someone you don't know about something that means the world to you.

It's important, at least for me, that while we're entertaining, there's also something substantive to talk about.

I do not like talking casually to people - it does not interest me - and most of them are unwilling to talk at all seriously.

Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.

The choice of a topic which will bear analysis and support enthusiasm, is essential to the enjoyment of conversation.

I've met Theresa May, and I think she's a good person. I'm not someone who goes, 'Ooooh, boooo, the Tories,' or 'Ooooh, boo' anyone, actually. You sit down and have a sensible conversation, and she is really, really capable of having a sensible conversation.

I think it's important to find projects that evoke people into conversation. It's like reading a good book. You want to talk about it.

There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.