To be clever in argument is not rationality but rationalization. — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument. — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am finishing a biography of [Gustave] Flaubert. Because he is the opposite of what I am. One needs to rub up… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Argument does not teach children or the immature. Only time and experience does that. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Whenever they are condemning weaves or breast implants, some people speak so passionately that their false teeth almost fall out.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Political linguists have argued that the right often uses stories to make an argument, while the left falls back on facts and… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
The purpose of apologetics is not just to win an argument or a discussion, but that people with whom we are in… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in health care when there… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
Chevron has wrapped itself in some pretty good arguments that make you scratch your head. The moral responsibility is certainly at its… — Joe Berlinger Copy Share Image
“Oh, go to bed!" Dan said that, and went away. "Oh, yes, it's all very well to say go to bed when… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
There are two modes of knowledge: through argument and through experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
As an individual navigating this reality, you have to make choices to survive. Sometimes you happily work for free if it's something… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
However much the creationist leaders might hammer away at their scientific and philosophical points, they would be helpless and a laughing-stock if… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
I suppose I was about 20, and a crowd of us had been to a village hop and came back to make… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Anne Pitkin's poems have such lyrical sweep, such a sensitive eye for the natural world as it touches the human, that reading… — Rosellen Brown Copy Share Image
We have received no single argument in favour of this document except political pressure. No link has been established between carbon dioxide… — Andrey Illarionov Copy Share Image
“There is no great religion without a great schism. All of them have it. And that's because you're dealing with something called… — Tom Quinn Copy Share Image
If you meditate long enough, deep enough, it is impossible for you to hurt anybody for food; it is impossible. It is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image