Discussions Quotes

“The Anatomy of Conflict:

If there is no communication then there is no respect. If there is no respect then there is no caring. If there is no caring then there is no understanding. If there is no understanding then there is no compassion. If there is no compassion then there is no empathy. If there is no empathy then there is no forgiveness. If there is no forgiveness then there is no kindness. If there is no kindness then there is no honesty. If there is no honesty then there is no love. If there is no love then God doesn't reside there. If God doesn't reside there then there is no peace. If there is no peace then there is no happiness. If there is no happiness ----then there IS CONFLICT BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION!”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.”
― Stefan Molyneux

“We may sometimes witness conversations at cross purposes and see how people hold muted dialogues of the deaf. They keep talking without really recognizing what the other is trying to bring home. Why should we not more engage in discussions with animals, promising much better results? Animals often appear to be much wiser, reasonable observers, and excellent listeners. (Let us say more and speak less)-Erik Pevernagie”
― Erik Pevernagie

“The fatal misconception behind brainstorming is that there is a particular script we should all follow in group interactions.... [W]hen the composition of the group is right—enough people with different perspectives running into one another in unpredictable ways—the group dynamic will take care of itself. All these errant discussions add up. In fact, they may even be the most essential part of the creative process. Although such conversations will occasionally be unpleasant—not everyone is always in the mood for small talk or criticism—that doesn’t mean that they can be avoided. The most creative spaces are those which hurl us together. It is the human friction that makes the sparks.”
― Jonah Lehrer

“We seldom learn much from someone with whom we agree.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“A healthy argument, even with an idiot, is always good; it opens one's eyes to own misunderstandings.”
― Ashok Kallarakkal

“How often have the greatest thoughts and ideas come to light during conversations with the family over the evening dinner?”
― E.A. Bucchianeri

“Perhaps someone may say 'But surely, Socrates, after you have left us you can spend the rest of your life in quietly minding your own business.' This is the hardest thing of all to make some of you understand. If I say that this would be disobedience to God, and that is why I cannot 'mind my own business', you will not believe that I am serious. If on the other hand I tell you that to let no day pass without discussing goodness and all the other subjects about which you hear me talking and examining both myself and others is really the best thing that a man can do, and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living, you will be even less inclined to believe me. Nevertheless, that is how it is, gentlemen, as I maintain; though it is not easy to convince you of it.”
― Socrates, Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.

“I hope you won't take this the wrong way . . ." is another bell ringer for me.

I sense the mealymouthed attacker approaching so if I cannot flee, I explain in no uncertain voice if there is even the slightest chance that I might take a statement the wrong way, be assured that I will do so. I advise the speaker that it would be better to remain silent than to try to collect the speaker's bruised feelings, which I intend to leave in pieces scattered on the floor.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves to be ready and able to come to our own self-defense.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

“Yesterday, she shed tears, keeping her head on my shoulders. And I think she's not going to be fine because I know she won't. Because a couple of years back, I wasn't.
And when you know that you've fallen hard on a cold ground and are still lying there, what do you tell others who are taking the fall?
You close your eyes. You accept to lie there a little longer.

But I lie on my bed now, and it's a little too warm today.”
― Sanhita Baruah

“Issues or fears of confrontation tend to showcase unhealthy and unprofessional communication. If you are trusting someone to tell you all the good, bad and ugly, but they only give you the good out of their fears and confrontational issues… the bad and the ugly can grow worse and worse quickly.”
― Loren Weisman

“Many of our discussions took place as we walked up and down the streets, sat on benches or stood in doorways taking shelter from the rain.”
― Fred Uhlman, Reunion

“Non sense discussions, have you ever thought that most discussions which you have are useless, pointess?? It's true and that's why I never go out.”
― Deyth Banger

“Discuss, don't debate.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Fabric of Humanity

“I really don't want to discuss the merits of cabbage with you.”
― Ben Ditmars, Ten Minutes in Heaven

“I learned as a teenager to keep certain prophecies and visions to myself or at least to my own small council. Our esteemed House of Oracles has many gifted Seers who get overly excited when they finally piece something together. Then the whole world knows. Then they all come to me yammering for solutions. “What shall we do? How can we fix it? Tell us all that you know about this…”

And next come the ad nauseum discussions. Everybody has an opinion—each sure they’ve divined the best course and the talk goes in endless circles for weeks and moons, until I want to cut out their tongues so I no longer have to listen to their egos.

It becomes my dearest wish; a giant bouquet of dry, deflated tongues that are finally finally still.”
― DD Adair

“Discussions about High Altitude Observatory Diseases (HAOD) are a notable omission from professional astronomy conferences.”
― Steven Magee

“not just elections, public discussion and individual (mass) protest are also essential in a democracy”
― sireesh kondra

“Discussions about people and events lead to zero economic output.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Discussing ideas can potentially increase the kinetic energy of ideas to a point where ideas turn into innovation.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“There is a fascist way of being antifascist, is a reflection that arises from seeing how, often, the accusation of being fascist is used, in the most varied contexts. as a low-key dialectical argument to close a discussion for which one has no case.
Perhaps it is because when all one is capable of doing is opposing an idea one ends up representing that same idea in the mirror.”
― Luigina Sgarro

“Discussions don't matter when decisions are already made.”
― Garima Soni - words world