My father was this huge, influential intellectual in the '60s and '70s. He was one of the main players in the cultural discussion in Sweden, the editor of papers.

- David Lagercrantz

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

- George Soros

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.

- Galileo Galilei

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

- Franklin Pierce

NEPA's common sense approach to foster discussion and collaboration about major development projects has worked well to protect our national treasures and resources.

- Frances Beinecke

There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.

- Eddie Campbell

There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long. We thought about making two CDs, 35 minutes each... But the songs need to breathe.

- Ed O'Brien

You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan.

- Eugene Jarecki

The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.

- Elihu Root

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

- Dirk Benedict

I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I'm more optimistic than pessimistic.

- Adam Savage

The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. It's a status that does exist.

- Clive Davis

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.

- Charles Babbage

I know I will be breaking a taboo. But I'm sure that it will provoke a new discussion. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again.

- Brigitte Nielsen

In terms of immigration, we're seeing a lot of Democrats and Republicans use the really elastic term, 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform,' and they don't totally understand what that means. For us in El Paso, it's part of a larger discussion about the nature of the border.

- Beto O'Rourke

A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

- Bob Beauprez

If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to help close the deficit.

- Bill Gates

Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.

- Barry Ritholtz

There's a horrible fallacy that exists in the popular discussion of fiction these days: the idea that a successful central character need be 'likeable' or 'sympathetic'. It is surely more important that they be human, no? More crucial that they breathe?

- Andrew O'Hagan

There's a bizarre insistence on how a story should be. 'The protagonist must be sympathetic!' they say. Whatever that means. I never engage in that discussion. I never use that word, 'sympathetic.' I just know 'interesting.'

- Alexander Payne