Calm Discussion Quotes

There's not a problem we have that we can't talk out. We can't shout it out.

I don't want to argue with you Mr. Speaker. I'm just trying to give you my thoughts.

Discuss anything, argue anything, but without bitterness or hot temper.

I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.

When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument.

When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people do not hold their opinions with passion; they hold them calmly, and set forth their reasons quietly. The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.

One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

I was famous in our college for calm and impassionate discussion; for one whole summer, I rose at five and went to bed at midnight, that I might have sufficient time for theology and metaphysics.

Disruption never helps your cause. ... It just looks like you're afraid to have rational discussion.

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.

Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with reflex hysteria but decided quietly, soberly and on its own merits. We need less emotion and more thought.

I am ready to have dialogue with the concerned parties once the nation is calm and the political temperatures are lowered enough for constructive and productive engagement.

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

Use soft words in hard arguments.

Criticism should be a casual conversation.

If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.

Stop yelling. If everyone’s yelling, no one can be heard.