Academic Debate Quotes

#1. Dogmatic kind of biblical literalism that gained increasing strength among evangelicals toward the end of the nineteenth century was reduced space for academic debate, intellectual experimentation, and nuanced discrimination between shades of opinion.

Mark A. Noll

#2. It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated.

George Orwell

#3. Faith does not know that there will be a tomorrow, but hopes that there is

Judy Azar LeBlanc

#4. I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.

Lev Grossman

#5. RESIST no thought; RETAIN no thought; REACT to no thought; RETURN to the sacred word.

Cynthia Bourgeault

#6. You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back.

Peter Hain

#7. Religious damage is worse than alcohol damage or drug damage

Sunday Adelaja

#8. I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

Brene Brown

#9. In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Nelson Mandela

#10. All I want is a chance to start this over with you. We did it backwards, and that's on me. I get it. But damn it, let me try again, because if you don't, it'll be the biggest regret of my life.

Kristen Proby

#11. Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

David Halberstam

#12. I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz world.

Paul Smoker

#13. It's amazing how quickly the things you thought would make you happy seem small once you stumble on something true.

Hilary T. Smith