Discussion is the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas

1. In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.
Vinoba Bhave

2. Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
Clement Attlee

3. Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.
Thomas Huxley

4. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert

5. A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument…and the occasional bar fight.
J. Michael Strazynski

6. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt

7. Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.
Nelson Mandela

8. All I wanted – was agreement with all my desires after a constructive discussion.
Winston Churchill

9. Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.
Romain Rolland

10. America deserves a real discussion about real policy.
John F. Kerry

11. Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchange of ignorance
Anonymous

12. Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute the word wit for humor. Humor inspires sympathetic good-natured laughter and is favored by the healing-power gang. Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it’s the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down
Anonymous

13. Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.
Jon Postel

14. Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.
Leonardo Da Vinci

15. I just don't get some people. If you have all the time in the world to talk about other people, and for them to be a topic of discussion with you and your friends, whenever you all get together… you obviously aren’t living your own life.
DeAndre Carswell

16. Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate
Anonymous

17. No opinion that cannot stand discussion or criticism is worth holding.
James Talmage

18. It is a proposal for discussion.
John Reld

19. Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion.
Dwight Macdonald

20. The discussion is not over.
Juergen Trittin

21. We must further discuss these positive actions and continue to create spaces for dialogue, discussion and mutual understanding.
Riad Saloojee

22. An oil lamp becomes brighter after trimming, A truth becomes clearer after being discussed
Anonymous

23. If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
Leon Trotsky

24. Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance
Anonymous

25. Remember Rewards come in action, not in discussion.
Tony Robbins

26. Theory now concern for truth must not hobble our discussion.
Mason Cooley

27. We had a very good discussion. It was productive to be here.
John Bloomer

28. Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.
Anonymous

29. One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.
Dudley Field Malone

30. Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.
Jon Postel

31. Having a good discussion is like having riches
Anonymous

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32. Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.
Vladimir Nabokov

33. If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
Leon Trotsky

34. It’s not even a point of discussion. I don’t believe this is anything that could involve any decisions in the future about what’s going to happen
Joe Glass

35. We can have open and good discussion with our Republican brothers and sisters. But when we walk into the chapel we should leave our political differences out in the parking lot.
Scott Howell

36. Ideas run wild without discussion.
Serge King

37. Every great movement must experience three stages ridicule, discussion, adoption.
John Stuart Mill

38. We had a discussion about team character and heart at halftime.
Dan Pinkerton

39. Discussions are always better than arguments, because an argument is to find out who is right, and a discussion is to find what is right
Anonymous

40. Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.
Robert Quillen

41. If you can't add to the discussion, don't subtract by talking.
Lois Wyse

42. A good rule for discussion is to use hard facts and a soft voice.
Dorothy Sarnoff

43. The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert

44. If there is anything in the universe that can’t stand discussion, let it crack.
Wendell Phillips

45. The more discussion the better, if passion and personality be eschewed; and discussion, even if stormy, often winnows truth from error – a good never to be expected in an uninquiring age.
Ellery Channing

46. I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
Akio Morita

47. After a great deal of discussion in Soviet literature about the correct definition of a combination, it was decided that from the point of view of a methodical approach it was best to settle on this definition – A combination is a forced variation with a sacrifice.
Alexander Kotov

48. Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak…Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.
Cesar Chavez

49. A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.
George Soros

50. Machiavelli’s teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
Lord Acton

51. Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
Quintus Tullius Cicero

52. Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.
Ginger Rogers

53. And why do we always laugh while we're in this discussion?
Nickeback

54. A friendly discussion is an argument in the early stages
Anonymous

55. The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
Ewan McGregor

56. The real driver for this discussion is the presence or absence of life on Mars. Like most astronomers, I’d love to believe it’s there (or life was at one time) but we probably won’t know for sure until humans explore the planet
Anonymous

57. I'm so tired of the same discussion.
Nipsey

58. When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
Ai Weiwei

59. Feminism is not a rulebook but a discussion.
Tavi Gevinson

60. Nodding during class discussion to make you look like you are listening to your teacher
Anonymous

61. Every clarification breeds new questions.
Arthur Bloch

62. If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.
Mary Wollstonecraft

63. Our discussion was to keep them from getting it on the block. We let them get it on the block early, but the rest of the night they shot the shots we wanted them to shoot. They just went in.
Tom Bonebrake