Private Discussion Quotes

I have disagreements with leadership, I have disagreements with the speaker, but I have those one-on-one.

If the debates had been public, no constitution would have ever been adopted.

I shouldn't talk about individuals in an open forum, at least without thinking about it better.

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

When differences of view emerge, as they are bound to do from time to time, they should be resolved privately and whenever appropriately, collectively.

If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.

I don't need to air any differences of opinion in public.

To have found you is a dear happiness; and to be Apollo's son is beyond all my hopes; but there is something I want to say to you alone. Come; this is a private matter between us two - anything you tell me shall be as secret as the grave.

It's better to negotiate behind closed doors than it is to be out throwing rocks at one another in the public square.

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under.

There's something about a podcast that feels like two people in a closet with the lights off.

When we speak quietly one to another things somehow get settled.

The telephone lets anybody say what he wants to the person of his choice; he can conduct business, express love, or pick a quarrel. It is impossible for bureaucrats to define what people say to each other on the phone, even though they can interfere with - or protect - the privacy of their exchange.

Private, accidental, confidential conversation breeds thought. Clubs produce oftener words.

The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor.

I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could have a real conversation. And I know that people... like to eavesdrop on a conversation.