Famous Quotes & Sayings

Glenn Greenwald

There's a perennial debate about whether the propagandistic tripe produced by establishment media outlets is shaped more by evil or by stupidity. Personally, I think it's both: a healthy dose of each is needed. The system design is malicious, while those who serve as its public face are generally vacant.

I think we were very successful in raising the debate. I don't think we were successful in resolving it.

I think we should debate all of the energy options that are reasonably available,

I think what we are going to lose out on is full and fair debate over the issues.

Tom Daschle

There are other ways to spend that money, ... In our view, all of these issues are relevant to the debate on the marriage penalty.

We shouldn't wait too long to revive the debate on the European future.

Hayao Miyazaki

I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise.

We will have a very tough debate in the second half of 2002,

We are entitled to a great national debate, ... and we shouldn't shy away from it.

Gary Johnson

I never, ever, when I entered this process of running for president of the United States, thought I would be excluded from the debate table. Ever. What does two terms as governor get you?

Henry Hyde

There are many voices telling us to halt this debate, that the people are weary of it all, ... There are other voices suggesting we have a duty to debate the many questions raised by the circumstances in which we find ourselves, questions of high consequence for constitutional government.... What is the significance of a false statement under oath? Is it essentially different from a garden variety lie? A mental reservation? A fib? An evasion? A little white lie? Hyperbole?

There are a number of Floridians interested in this debate.

This reopens the debate about the validity of the findings of a protective effect for moderate drinkers, and it suggests that studies in the future be better designed to take this potential error into account.

Michael Johns

To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December 8, 2003, demonstrated that there is no debate about this most fundamental fact: Medicare must survive.

We will definitely debate the governor, and whether we come up with a number of 10 at the moment or something else, we're definitely looking forward to debating him.

Michael K. Powell

What scared me in that debate is that it's not about the ownership rules at all. The vast majority of people don't even know what the rules say, to be perfectly candid. Name all six of them.

Three months ago, the debate was whether the economy was still declining or going sideways. Now the debate is whether the economy is going sideways or whether it is improving.

Most of the debate is framed in terms of us and them. You have some folks on the left saying how they help us. And then you have people on the right saying how they pose a threat to us.

Microsoft is in there, stirring up debate. The whole thing is more of a mess than it has to be.

Barack Obama

When students participate in debate, they learn to study issues in depth and from perspectives, a skill I use everyday in the Senate.

We have our eyes on the prize, focusing on the election in November and the real differences in this race. That's the debate we've been focusing on.

We haven't seen this kind of debate in years. This is an election year, and this is a high-profile issue.

Karl Rove

We intend to pick it up. I welcome this debate because it is one that we can win.

Roger Goodell

When you're talking about a trade you're saying, 'Is it good for this team or that team, did they give up too much?' That kind of debate is great for the game.

Gloria Arroyo

We're waiting for emotions to subside, and we hope that the opposition will go back to their seats so we can proceed with the debate and hopefully with the voting,

We're delighted they're engaging in a debate that they say doesn't exist.

Julia Robinson

We aren't pushing a particular agenda, but we're opening a dialogue on how we need to be doing something different. We think it is positive to talk about ideas. We selected the university to do that because the university is intended to be a place where you can debate ideas without being polarized.

We have a whole new dynamic brewing here -- a new social movement of sorts in the debate over immigration.

Rod Paige

We have a very diverse system and not withstanding all the debate, this package is right down the center,

Right now, four teams, people should be saying it's a lock. The debate is whether it should be five teams.

Barbara Boxer

On the other side of this debate they are very good at getting votes. And they are very good at being politicians, but I don't think they are worth a wit in the gynecological operating room! I don't want them in that operating room, telling a doctor what procedure to use for my daughter, or my niece.

Charles Schumer

one of the finer debates that I have heard in 18 years in the House.

Scott Horowitz

We know that there's hydrogen there?but there is a huge debate as to what that hydrogen is locked up with. If there is water there, that's a big deal?a huge impact on how we do exploration.